A few months ago, I was hearing reports that the United States has 13 federal intelligence agencies
13? Let’s see –
the Central Intelligence Agency
the Defense Intelligence Agency
the National Security Agency
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
the U.S. Secret Service
What else?
Here you go … the Director of Central Intelligence’s website, with the wheel of the 13 :
Now we know, to quote the Staff report “…when they might repent this display of openness.”
They might repent some time ago. The link in the report (www.odci.gov/ic/icagen2.htm) is disfunctional.
Also, panamajack’s link (http://www.cia.gov/ic/icagen2.htm) does not bear fruit.
Heres one I found 11/4/02 in the CIA site… Good old CIA.
http://www.intelligence.gov/1-members.shtml.
Of course, all but the directly military efforts will now presumably be swallowed by the Office of Homeland Security.
FWIW, from a warfighter’s (not military intel) angle, when we think of “intel,” I think we mostly think of CIA, NSA, and the closest military intel shop. For instance, all the unified combatant commanders, such as Central Command, have their own intel divisions. They pull some info from NSA/CIA and other sources, and also do their own collection and analyzing from a more tactical level (i.e., things closer to the fight than satellites). While they’re not agencies, they’re the bellybutton the military uses for intel.
Generally speaking, when we talk about intel, we don’t talk about NIMA, NRO, FBI, DOT, or DOS.
The U.S. Intelligence Community is officially comprised of fourteen agencies:
And then I noticed that brian lighthart actually beat me to the link. Sorry. :o
As I looked at the list, I thought “WTF?” about the Coast Guard. Then I realized that many security experts think that U.S. ports and arriving container ships may be the best way to unleash another terror attack, so I certainly hope the Coast Guard has some good people in “intel”.