US Intelligence Community

Running Head : INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

The CIA versus the Department of Defense

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ) and the Department of Defense has been at constant odds with each other regarding intelligence efforts

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Since it was established , the intelligence community has been plagued by several continuing problems when it comes to sharing of information coordinating activities , and validating analysis . Since

World War I there has been a boundary between military and civilian intelligence

Part of the problem was that most intelligence agencies would not share information they gathered with other intelligence agencies . During the Second World War , the Military Intelligence Unit of the US Army , the Naval Intelligence Office , and the Federal Bureau of Investigation , was in conflict about their respective jobs

The terrorist attacks of September 11 which killed millions of lives was a big blow to the Intelligence Community

The Central Intelligence Agency

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ) is a government agency of the United States established in 1947 . Its aim is to collect information and conduct secret operations in to protect US national security . The information collected by the CIA is known as intelligence (Jeffreys-Jones , n .d

Until 2004 , the director of the agency served as Director of Central Intelligence . The position is responsible for the coordination of activities of the US Intelligence Community , which likewise includes the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA ) and the National Security Agency (NSA . Aside from that , they are likewise responsible for collecting information from other intelligence agencies operating in the country evaluating individual pieces of information from each source , and giving intelligence estimates to the president and their adviser (Jeffreys-Jones , n .d

In 2004 , however , the role of being automatic Director of Intelligence came to an end with the passing of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA . Considered as the most radical change in the intelligence world since the National Security Act of 1947 , the IRTPA paved the way for the creation of the Office of Director of National Intelligence (DNI . This new position was responsible for the coordination and supervision of the activities of 15 intelligence agencies , including the CIA . Porter Gross , who is Director of CIA directly reports to John Negroponte , the first Director of National Intelligence (Jeffreys-Jones , n .d

The creation was due to findings of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks , which investigated the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon , which revealed that both the CIA and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI ) failed to share intelligence that could have prevented the event (Jeffreys-Jones , n .d

U .S . Department of Defense

The US Department of Defense is a reflection of the lingering ethics of civilian control of the military . The Defense Secretary comes from the civilian sector and each branch of the military is likewise headed by a civilian . Initially , the DoD merged the Army and...