United Kingdom intelligence community

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The United Kingdom Intelligence Community (IC) is the set of intelligence agencies of Her Majesty's Government, under increasingly centralized control after several reorganizations, the most recent in 2009.^[1] It is less complex than the United States intelligence community although still having worldwide responsibility.

Central Intelligence Machinery[edit]

Administratively placed in the Cabinet Office (UK) is the directing organization.

Member rganizations[edit]

The community consists of three civilian Agencies, the Defence Intelligence Staff that coordinates the various military intelligence services, the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), and the central intelligence machinery.

Agencies[edit]

1. Secret Intelligence Service, with principal responsibility for human-source intelligence
2. Government Communications Headquarters, responsible for signals intelligence
3. Security Service (MI5), focused on counterintelligence

Defense Intelligence Staff[edit]

• Collection
  • HQ ICG: Headquarters Intelligence Collection Group
  • DHO: Defence HUMINT Organisation
  • DGC: Defence Geographic Centre
  • JARIC: The National Imagery Exploitation Centre
  • JAGO: Joint Aeronautical and Geospatial Organisation
  • JSSO: Joint Service Signals Organisation
• Production and analysis
• Counterintelligence
  • Defence Equipment & Support Principal Security Advisor (DE&S PSyA)

Other organizations[edit]

Senior-level analysis is under the Joint Intelligence Committee.

Financial intelligence is probably a Treasury responsibility.

As of 2007, there is a Office of Security and CounterTerrorism in the Home Office.

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