Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence

in December 1979. In April 1978, left-leaning Afghan military offi- cers overthrew the centrist government and handed power to t ...

intelligence information for General George Washington. Mulligan also had access to British secrets through British officers bil ...

ernment for analyzing and integrating intelligence information pertain- ing to terrorismand counterterrorism. In addition, the N ...

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BOARD (NFIB). See COMMITTEE ON IMAGERY REQUIREMENTS AND EX- PLOITATION. NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGE ...

tomers. Even though it is part of the Defense Department, the NGA serves the entire intelligence community and provides combat s ...

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY (NIA).Established by presidential directive (PD) on 22 January 1946, the NIAprovided ex- ecutive ...

areas of concern. The NIC now has six regional and six issue NIOs who commission and oversee the drafting, production, and disse ...

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION BOARD (NIPB). Established in 1979, the NIPB now operates under the National In- telligence Coun ...

(materiel exploitation). In addition, the NRO manages satellite sys- tems designed to intercept communications from space, a fie ...

This arrangement has worked relatively well but has not addressed the bureaucratic competition over technical collection systems ...

NATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANT.SeeASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENTFOR NATIONALSECURITYAFFAIRS. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA). Establishe ...

Historically, the NSC’s importance has varied with the amount of attention each president has given it. The Department of Stated ...

For 60 years, presidents have sought to use the NSC system to in- tegrate foreign and defense policies in order to preserve the ...

ing it should function as an agent of the State Department and the military. Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) Roscoe Hil- ...

NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION DIRECTIVE (NSDD) 17. Dated 4 January 1982, NSDD 17 gave the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) approva ...

U.S. citizens to understand foreign cultures, strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness, and enhance international cooperation an ...

ing a broad range of subject matter, its reports bridge the gap between the government and the private sector. In the national s ...

to the Iraqi government in spring 2004. His long career included ser- vice as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Philippines ...

Subsequently, the United States viewed the ICJ with active hostil- ity and distrust and has never reinstated its acceptance of t ...

for most of his life, President Nixon was the first chief executive to resign from office because of a scandal. Aconservative po ...