Description
Deliverable Length: 3-5 pages
Part 1
Create a user guide of the intelligence community’s (IC’s) capabilities and limitations using the intelligence cycle as a guide. Consider the following points in your guide:
- Include a short description of the IC and the role of intelligence and information sharing in homeland security (HLS).
- Cover the agencies within the IC, including the agency’s primary role within the IC and the types of primary intelligence gathered.
- Provide an explanation of any specialized technology that is used by any IC agency.
- Provide a brief summary of the IC’s capabilities and limitations as they relate to intelligence gathering and information sharing.
- Include a cover page and a reference page with a minimum of 4 sources in APA format.
Part 2
Create a worldwide intelligence agency or fusion center organizational chart. Analyze the flow of information and intelligence among the following:
- Foreign-nation intelligence agencies
- U.S. national intelligence agencies
- State-level intelligence agencies
- Local intelligence fusion center organizations
Consider both the vertical (i.e., the exchange of intelligence and information to and from U.S. national-level intelligence agencies, state-level fusion centers, and local intelligence centers and operations) and the horizontal (i.e., the exchange of intelligence and information between the U.S. and foreign national-level intelligence agencies, among U.S. federal agencies, between state fusion centers, and between communities) relationships. Consider the following:
- Describe how these entities share information and the challenges in exchanging accurate, timely intelligence.
- Using an example of information collected by a source in a foreign location, trace the flow of that information to operational use in a U.S. city.
- Include a recommendation on how all of the various levels of intelligence organizations can improve intelligence and information sharing.
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