ernment for analyzing and integrating intelligence information pertain-
ing to terrorismand counterterrorism. In addition, the NCC is to con-
duct strategic counterterrorism operational planning by integrating all
instruments of national power. It can assign, but not direct, operational
responsibilities to lead agencies, and in doing so, the center is to ensure
that all agencies have access to and receive needed intelligence to ac-
complish assigned activities. Finally, the NCC is to serve as the central
information repository on all known and suspected terrorists and inter-
national terror groups. Accordingly, the executive order charges the
NCC with preparing the daily terrorism report for the president and sen-
ior officials. The NCC’s director now reports to the director of national
intelligence(DNI). See alsoTERRORISM THREATINTEGRATION
CENTER.NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER (NDIC). Estab-
lished in 1993 as the nation’s principal center for strategic domestic
counternarcotics intelligence. A component of the Department of
Justice, the NDIC supports national policymakers and law enforce-
ment leaders by producing threat assessments based on open-
source intelligence(OSINT) information from the intelligence com-
munity (IC) as well as from state and local law enforcement sources.
Its assessments focus both on global drug trafficking and on drug
trends within each state of the United States. While the bulk of its
work centers on narcotics trafficking, the NDIC also provides threat
assessments on ancillary issues, such as gang violence.NATIONAL FOREIGN ASSESSMENT CENTER (NFAC).The Di-
rectorate of Intelligence (DI) of the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) was renamed in 1978 as NFAC in order to become the analytic
arm of the intelligence community (IC) and to distance analysis
somewhat from the criticisms leveled against U.S. intelligence in the
late 1970s. During its short existence, NFAC carried out analytic
functions but also absorbed some community-wide organizations like
the Arms Control Intelligence Staff (ACIS) and the Technology
Transfer Assessment Center (TTAC). In 1981, newly appointed Di-
rector of Central Intelligence (DCI)William J.Caseyreorganized
NFAC into interdisciplinary regional offices and reverted to using its
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