The Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense has seventeen intelligence agencies and organizations that work autonomously and collaboratively to collect information that is useful in maintaining foreign relations and protecting national security . This group of organizations and agencies constitute the intelligence community of the United States government

The Defense Intelligence Agency is a Department of Defense combat support agency and an important member of the United States Intelligence Community . DIA is the chief manufacturer and administrator of foreign military intelligence , supplying military intelligence to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community

, in support of U .S . military preparation and procedures and weapon systems possession

The National Security Agency is the cryptologic organization within the United States Intelligence Community . It is in charge of creating and extracting coded information to protect classified national security information and gain access to information that might be useful for national security

The National Reconnaissance Office improves and conducts unique and pioneering space scouting systems and carries out intelligence-related activities essential for U .S . National Security . It designs , constructs and operates the spy satellites of the United States government

Military intelligence agencies take advantage of a number of information collection and analysis methods to offer assistance to commanders in support of their decisions . This is achieved by providing an assessment of available data from a broad scope of sources , aimed towards the mission requirements or reacting to questions as part of the operational or operation preparation activity . In order to provide an informed analysis , the information...