Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence

analysis of the nascent atomic weapons program of the Soviet Union.

By the 1970s, that program—like the functions of the old AEC—had

come to reside within the DOE.

OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT (TREASURY DE-

PARTMENT).The Treasury Department’s Office of Intelligence

Support openly collects financial and monetary data from around the

globe and subjects this information to analysis for government and

business consumers. Treasury intelligence, a member of the intelli-

gence community (IC), also seeks intelligence information about

technology transfers and the spread of weapons technology. As such,

it is an important element in identifying money flows, collecting

trade information, ferreting out money laundering schemes, and dis-

tributing licensing data.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL ESTIMATES (ONE).Established by Di-

rector of Central Intelligence (DCI)Walter Bedell Smithin 1950,

the ONE’s mandate was to produce and disseminate national intelli-

gence estimates (NIEs). DCI William Colbydisbanded the ONE

and created the National Intelligence Council (NIC) system in Sep-

tember 1973.

OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (ONI). America’s premier

source for maritime intelligence, the ONI employs civilian and mili-

tary personnel around the world in support of navy operational com-

manders and war fighters. The ONI is also the nation’s oldest contin-

uously operating intelligence service. Located in the Federal Center

in Suitland, Maryland, the National Maritime Intelligence Center

(NMIC) is the home and nerve center of the ONI. The NMIC also

supports the Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center, the

Naval Information Warfare Activity, and the Marine Corps Intelli-

gence Activity (MCIA).

The ONI was established on 23 March 1882 to seek and report on

global maritime technological developments. Naval attachés and mil-

itary affairs officers soon began a systematic collection of technical

information about foreign governments and their naval advancements.

Reports of foreign technology advances circulated between the vari-

ous bureaus of the navy, stimulating new interest in naval matters.

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