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What is Intelligence? - correct answer Processed Information that provides an assessment What is the primary role of joint intelligence? - correct answer To provide information and assessments to facilitate mission accomplishment What is Strategic Intelligence - correct answer Intelligence needed by policymakers to make policy and military decision at the national and international level What is Operational Intelligence - correct answer Intelligence used by military leaders to plan and accomplish strategic objectives with the operational area What is Tactical Intelligence - correct answer Intelligence provided to military leaders in the field to accomplish immediate tactical objectives President's Daily Brief (PDB) - correct answer The flagship intelligence product that the Director of national Intelligence delivers every day to the president. This document emphasizes strategic analysis. WIRe - correct answer CIA Product that several hundred senior Executive and legislative branch policymakers receive daily National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) and National Intelligence Assessments - correct answer Products written by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) with input from the entire Intelligence Community (IC). NIEs often provide a longer-term perspective on issues of critical national security Secretary of Defense/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Daily Intelligence Update (SECDEF/CJCS J2 Daily Intelligence Update) - correct answer Department of Defense (DoD) Product that the DoD leadership receives daily
Secretary's Morning Summary (SMS) - correct answer A State Department product that the Secretary of State Receives Daily Strategic Intelligence Target Audience - correct answer SR Military and Civilian Leaders; Combatant Commanders Responsibilities of Strategic Intelligence - correct answer Assist in developing national strategy and policy ; monitor the international or global situation ; assist in developing military plans ; assist in determining major weapons systems and force structure requirements ; support the conduct of strategic operations Operational Intelligence Target Audience - correct answer Combatant and Subordinate Joint Force Commanders; Component Commanders Responsibilities of Operational Intelligence - correct answer Focus on military capabilities and intentions of enemies and adversaries; analyze the operational environment; identify adversary centers of gravity and critical vulnerabilities; monitor events in the joint forces commanders area of interest; support the planning and conduct of joint campaigns Tactical Intelligence Target Audience - correct answer Unit Commanders Responsibilities of Tactical Intelligence - correct answer Support planning and the execution of battles, engagements, and other joint force activities; provide commanders with information on imminent threats to their forces and changes in the operational environment; provide commanders with obstacle intelligence Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) - correct answer Intelligence that involves the interception of Communications Intelligence (COMINT) and Electronic Signals Intelligence (ELINT) Communications Intelligence (COMINT) - correct answer Intelligence based on information intercepted from messages between individuals Electronic Signals Intelligence (ELINT) - correct answer Refers to the information gleaned from analyzing electronic signals, such as radars
Covert Action - correct answer Defined by the National Security Act of 1947 as "an activity or activities of the United States Government to influence political, economic, or military conditions abroad, where it is intended that the role of the United States Government will not be apparent or acknowledged publicly," covert action is a White House-sanctioned operation that is planned to ensure that the U.S. can mask or plausibly deny its role. Sometimes there are certain unintended consequences of covert action, resulting in negative publicity for the U.S. Counterintelligence (CI) Initiatives - correct answer Seek to stymie the efforts of foreign intelligence services (defensive counterintelligence) and manipulate information to confuse foreign intelligence gathering (offensive counterintelligence). The DNI's National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) manages the counterintelligence activities of the IC. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA): - correct answer A joint agency focused on intelligence collection and all-source analysis to support military customers and integrating products of military service intelligence activities and the Combatant Commands Military Service Intelligence - correct answer Each branch of the armed forces has its own service intelligence center and intelligence organization. These units collect and analyze information to support that service's specific intelligence requirements while also contributing to larger IC information needs National Security Agency (NSA) - correct answer This agency manages the nation's primary cryptologic and signals intelligence capabilities National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - correct answer This agency administers the imaging and mapping of the Earth's surface National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) - correct answer This agency oversees the design and operation of U.S. overhead reconnaissance systems. Open Source Data (OSD) - correct answer Is the raw print, broadcast, oral debriefing or other form of information from a primary source. It can be a photograph, a tape recording, a commercial satellite image, or a personal letter from an individual
Open Source Information (OSIF) - correct answer Is comprised of data that can be put together, generally by an editorial process that provides some filtering and validation as well as presentation management. Typically this is generic information that is widely disseminated. Newspapers, books, broadcast, and general daily reports are commonly used Validated Open Source Intelligence (OSINT-V) - correct answer Is OSINT to which a very high degree of certainty can be attributed. It can be produced by an all-source intelligence professional, with access to classified intelligence sources, whether working for a nation or for a coalition staff. It can also come from an assured open source to which no question can be raised concerning its validity (images of an aircraft arriving at an airport that are broadcast over the media). Responsibilities of Joint Intelligence - correct answer 1.Inform the Commander 2.Describe the Operational Environment (OE) 3.Identify, define, and nominate objectives 4.Support the planning and execution of operations 5.Counter adversary deception and surprise 6.Support friendly deceptions efforts 7.Assess the effectiveness of operations Joint Intelligence Responsibility: Inform the Commander - correct answer •The J- analyzes the adversary and other relevant aspects of the OE, and produces assessments on a continuing basis to support the commander in creating and/or exploiting opportunities to accomplish friendly force objectives. The J-2 should assess the characteristics of the adversary's decision-making process and identify weaknesses that may be exploited. The J-2 should disseminate intelligence in a timely manner. Joint Intelligence Responsibility: Describe the OE - correct answer Present the OE as a convergence of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of friendly and adversary forces. Describing this OE to the commander and staff affects the commander's COA assessment, as well as future operations. Joint Intelligence Responsibility: Identify, Define, and Nominate Objectives - correct answer •All aspects of military planning are dependent on the determination of clearly defined, achievable, and measurable objectives. When identifying and
attained, and when unforeseen opportunities can be exploited or require a change in planned operations to respond to adversary (enemy) actions. The Steps of Intelligence Operations - correct answer 1. Planning and Direction
- Collection
- Processing and Exploitation
- Analysis and Production
- Dissemination
- Evaluation and Feedback Joint Intelligence Operations - correct answer Provides the basis for common intelligence terminology and procedures. It consists of six interrelated categories of intelligence operations characterized by broad activities conducted by intelligence staffs and organizations for the purpose of providing commanders and national-level decision makers with relevant and timely intelligence. Intelligence Planning Process Lines of Effort - correct answer 1. Providing intelligence support to joint operation planning
- planning intelligence operations Intelligence Planning Process Line of Effort: Providing Intelligence Support to Joint Operation Planning INCLUDE - correct answer •Production of intelligence assessments •Estimates of adversary intentions, capabilities, and COAs Intelligence Planning Process Line of Effort: Planning Intelligence Operations INCLUDE - correct answer •Identifying information gaps •Prioritizing intelligence requirements •Developing federated production and integrated collection plans •Assessing intelligence capabilities, for the purpose of identifying shortfalls and mitigation strategies Principles of Joint Intelligence - correct answer 1.Perspective (Think like the adversary)
2.Synchronization (Synchronize intelligence with plans and operations) 3.Integrity (Remain intellectually honest) 4.Unity of Effort (Cooperate to achieve a common end state) 5.Prioritization (Prioritize requirements based on commander's guidance) 6.Excellence (Strive to achieve the highest standards of quality) 7.Prediction (Accept the risk of predicting adversary intentions) 8.Agility (Remain flexible and adapt to changing situations) 9.Collaboration (Leverage expertise of diverse analytic resources) 10.Fusion (Exploit all sources of information and intelligence) Principles of Joint Intelligence Defined - correct answer •Intelligence analysts should strive to understand all relevant aspects of the OE. This understanding should include not only the adversary's disposition, but also the sociocultural nuances of individuals and groups in the OE. •The ability to think like the adversary is predicated on a detailed understanding of the adversary's goals, motivations, objectives, strategy, intentions, capabilities, methods of operation, vulnerabilities, and sense of value and loss. Espionage Act of 1917 - correct answer America declared war with Germany in April 1917 under President Woodrow Wilson. Two months later, the U.S. Congress passed the Espionage Act, which defined espionage during wartime. National Security Act of 1947 - correct answer • Signed by President Harry S. Truman
- Primarily streamlines and unifies the nation's military establishment by combining the Navy department, the Army department and the newly created Air Force department with the War department to form the Department of Defense.
- Establishes the National Security Council (NSC).
- Establishes the creation of the CIA. The CIA replaces the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Executive Order 12333 - correct answer - Signed December 4, 1981 by Ronald Reagan
