Whether in its current form or its earlier incarnations as the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the most recognizable IC agencies. INR analysts focus on analyzing foreign events, media and public opinion, organizing conferences, and analyzing humanitarian issues. While one of the smallest intelligence offices within the IC, INR is often recognized for the quality of its analysis. INR coordinates the IC Associates Program, the Title VIII grant program on Eurasia and East Europe, and the Global Futures Forum. INR’s Analytic Exchange Program connects the IC to the private sector, academic researchers, and non-governmental organizations on foreign policy and intelligence topics. These efforts include reviewing intelligence, counterintelligence, and law enforcement activities for consistency with foreign policy. INR focuses on three key intelligence activities: all-source analysis, intelligence policy and coordination, and analytical outreach. INR, the oldest civilian intelligence branch, provides intelligence support to State Department employees and policy-makers. The FBI created the first such task force in New York in 1980 and, since then, the Bureau has gathered and shared vital intelligence with federal agencies and state and local law enforcement partners.įollowing the attacks of 9/11, the FBI evolved its intelligence mission by enhancing the role of analysis in the Bureau, adding new resources and organizational components, and working to integrate FBI intelligence activities into every aspect of its mission.ġ945-Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and ResearchĪfter World War II, the Department of State established the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), replacing the Office of Strategic Services Research and Analysis Branch. The rise of domestic and international terrorism in the 1970s and 1980s led to the creation and growth of FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces, which integrate federal, state, and local counterterrorism personnel and operations. The FBI also has used extensive intelligence operations, including dangerous undercover work, to disrupt and dismantle major organized crime groups across the United States. For example, exploitation of Army/NSA signals intelligence led to the identification and disbanding of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's spy ring that shared nuclear secrets with the Soviet Union in the 1940s. and international intelligence services to track down spies. During the Cold War, FBI agents used intelligence and cooperation with U.S. counterintelligence in both World Wars, even operating a full-blown foreign intelligence collection effort in the Western Hemisphere from 1940-1947. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has a long history of gathering, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence to support investigations that help prevent attacks and protect the nation from terrorists, spies, and criminals of all kinds. Today, more than 52,000 military and civilians support the naval intelligence community. In 2009, the ONI transformed again, adapting the organization to focus on four key Centers of Excellence: Scientific and Technological Intelligence, Operational Intelligence, Information Services and Technology, and Expeditionary and Special Warfare Support. They built a capability around acoustic intel during the Cold War to protect against the threat of Soviet submarines carrying nuclear weapons. Over time, ONI expanded and adapted its capabilities to meet emerging threats. These capabilities were critical to victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. The ONI played a critical role in WWII by gathering tactical and technological intelligence on German U-Boats, assisting with prisoner interrogations, developing ship and aircraft recognition manuals, and creating 3D terrain models for operational planning. ONI provided insights into new ways to build ships, helping transform the American Navy into a modern, naval power. Mason hoped that an Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) would keep America apprised of naval innovations around the world. Navy needed an intel office to gather technological and shipbuilding intelligence. Theodore Bailey Myers Mason suggested that the U.S.
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