What are some of the challenges the intelligence community faces in supporting the Homeland Security enterprise (such as the balance of civil liberties and security)?
What are some of the challenges the intelligence community faces in supporting the Homeland Security enterprise (such as the balance of civil liberties and security)?
Provide evidence from the weekly readings to support your arguments via APA parenthetical citations.
Other sources (if used at all) must be subordinate to your understanding of the readings presented in the class.
Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 350 words.
Lesson
Introduction
Earlier in this class, you explored several misperceptions about the field of intelligence. Movies and popular literature, along with personal experiences, all contribute to these misunderstandings.
A final misperception about intelligence is that intelligence is only gathered on actors outside the borders of the United States. However, an unfortunate reality is that threats to the United States do not all originate from outside the nation. In fact, many threats to this country come from within its borders.
To guard against the full range of threats, the U.S. must engage in domestic intelligence activities and collect information and intelligence within the country.
However, unlike many countries around the world, the U.S. does not have a dedicated domestic intelligence agency and the many approaches to collection are unique. There is also a strict need to preserve the civil liberties of United States citizens and maintain a critical balance between intelligence transparency and secrecy.
Domestic Intelligence
The United States is very unique in that it does not have a dedicated agency responsible for domestic intelligence. Instead, this mission is part of the overall goal of the IC and is implicitly and explicitly stated in the mission and objectives of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
As you learned in earlier lessons, ODNI was established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. Within that act, very specific authorities were granted to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) that directly support the gathering of domestic intelligence (ODNI 2015).
Authority 1
Ensure that timely and objective national intelligence is provided to the President, the heads of departments and agencies of the Executive Branch, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military commanders, and the Congress.
Authority 2
Establish objectives and priorities for collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of national intelligence.
Authority 3
Ensure maximum availability of and access to intelligence information within the Intelligence Community.
Authority 4
Develop and ensure the execution of an annual budget for the National Intelligence program based on budgetary proposals provided by IC component organizations.
Authority 5
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