Webster, the CNC is a fusion centerintended to monitor and pro-
duce intelligence information about international trafficking in illegal
drugs and international organized crime. Although the drug trade had
become a national concern as early as the 1970s, international crime
came to the forefront of national concern only with the end of the
Cold Warand the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Because of the
connection between illegal drug trafficking and international crime,
the CNC, in addition to gathering and analyzing intelligence, has a
mandate to assist and work with law enforcement agencies.DCI ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER (DEC).The DEC is a fusion
centerestablished in 1997 by Director of Central Intelligence
(DCI)John M. Deutchas the focal point for all intelligence com-
munity (IC) activities related to environmental issues. Housed in the
Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA’s)Directorate of Intelligence
(DI), the DEC’s mission is to assess transboundary environmental
crime; support environmental treaty negotiations and assess foreign
environmental policies; evaluate the role of environmental issues in
regional instability and conflict; support the international environ-
mental efforts of other U.S. government agencies; and provide envi-
ronmental data to nondefense agencies. The DEC also provides data
to the environmental community.DCI NONPROLIFERATION CENTER (NPC).Established on 17
September 1991 within the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA’s)Di-
rectorate of Intelligence (DI), the Center’s mission was to track the
worldwide development and acquisition of production technology, de-
signs, components, or complete military systems in the areas of
weapons of mass destruction and advanced conventional weaponry. It
also provided support to proliferation-related monitoring and compli-
ance activities, including United Nations (UN) inspection teams. In
April 1992, DCI Robert M. Gatesraised NPC’s stature by making it
a DCI fusion center. On 25 March 1993, DCI R. James Woolsey Jr.
designated the director of the NPC as his special assistant for nonpro-
liferation. DCI Woolsey also broadened the NPC’s mission, assigning
it principal responsibility for ensuring the coordinationof intelligence
community (IC) proliferation-related analysis and support to the pol-
icy, export licensing, law-enforcement, military, and operations com-
munities. After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the NPC48 • DCI ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER05-398 (2) Dictionary.qxd 10/20/05 6:27 AM Page 48