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	UK Joint Intelligence Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) was founded in 1936 as a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
		JIC members John Scarlett and Sir Richard Dearlove (head of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service) gave evidence to the Inquiry in which they argued that the words used in the dossier were consistent with their assessment of the intelligence available at the time.
		In addition to its Chairman, the JIC comprises the heads of the British intelligence agencies, the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence Staff, the Chief of the Assessments Staff, representatives of the Ministry of Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other departments and the Prime Minister's adviser on foreign affairs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UK_Joint_Intelligence_Committee (640 words)

	Defense Intelligence Agency
		The Committee consisted of the directors and representatives of the intelligence organs of the Army, the Navy, the State Department, the Board of Economic Warfare, and the Coordinator of Information (later redesignated by President Roosevelt in 1942 as the Office of Strategic Services, the foreunner of the Central Intelligence Agency).
		The Joint Chiefs of Staff were responsible in their corporate character for providing jointly agreed intelligence to the Secretary of Defense and to the heads of the Unified and Specified Commands; "joint intelligence" was actually a synthesis of departmental intelligence.
		The intelligence system was not "in consonance with the objectives of the 1958 Act" which specified strengthening the channels of command from the President to the "combatant forces." Thus, the 1958 Act resolved several asymmetries concerning the "vague authority" of the Secretary of Defense.
	www.dia.mil /history/histories/relationship.html (2901 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Panel Warned Blair of War Risk
		The joint committee also concluded that "al Qaeda and associated groups continued to represent by far the greatest terrorist threat to Western interests, and that threat would be heightened by military action against Iraq," according to the report issued today by the House of Commons Intelligence and Security Committee.
		The House of Commons intelligence committee -- which consists of nine senior lawmakers from the three main political parties, all of them appointed by the prime minister -- is well-regarded by members of Parliament.
		The committee said it had made no attempt to judge whether the decision to invade Iraq was correct, but whether the intelligence the government relied upon was adequate and properly assessed.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A59917-2003Sep11?language=printer (1014 words)

	The Joint Intelligence Committee - the JIC Chairman & Co-ordinator for Intelligence and Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The JIC is reported to have a staff of 20 with a further 30 in the 'JIO' or ISG.
		Following criticism of the JIC performance both before and during the Falklands War from the Franks Committee in January 1983 a full time Chairman for the JIC was to be appointed from within the Cabinet Office.
		The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) agrees the broad intelligence requirements and tasking to be laid upon SIS and GCHQ.
	hometown.aol.com /ContinuityRA/jic.html (969 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Politics \| At-a-glance: Campbell's evidence
		Mr Anderson said the committee's remit was very serious, stressing that the charge against Mr Campbell was whether, in his zeal to make the case for going to war, he embellished the evidence to mislead Parliament and the public at a vital time of peace and war.
		Tory committee member Sir John Stanley said Mr Campbell had been guilty of a grave failure in his briefing of the prime minister about the February document, which had been presented as having Joint Intelligence Committee status, when it was actually "largely culled off the internet".
		Once the decision was taken for the September dossier to be primarily an intelligence based document, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee took responsibility for it, said Mr Campbell.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/politics/3021132.stm (2738 words)

	Statement of Richard C Shelby on 911 Joint Intelligence Committee Report
		The U.S. Intelligence Community is hard-wired to fight the Cold War, engineered in order to do a superlative job of attacking the intelligence “targets” presented by a totalitarian superpower rival but nowhere near as agile and responsive to vague, shifting transnational threats as we have needed it to be.
		Intelligence collectors — whose status and bureaucratic influence depends to no small extent upon the monopolization of “their” information-stream — often fail to recognize the importance of providing analysts with “deep” access to data.
		The whole point of intelligence analysis against transnational targets is to draw patterns out of a mass of seemingly unrelated information, and it is crucial that the analysis of such patterns not be restricted only to personnel from a single agency.
	9-11congress.netfirms.com /shelby.html (14484 words)

	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Congressional Testimony
		This Committee is familiar with the FBI's analytical shortcomings, as demonstrated by the limited dissemination and analysis afforded the Phoenix memo.
		With regard to Intelligence Operations Specialists (IOSs), who provide direct support to investigations, we are proposing a total staffing level of 205, with 89 currently on board and 44 in various stages of the background investigation process.
		This Committee has presented select testimony that is critical of the FBI's historical unwillingness and technological inability to share information with not only the CIA but with other federal agencies, and with our state and local law enforcement colleagues.
	www.fbi.gov /congress/congress02/mueller101702.htm (4496 words)

	Blair was warned Iraq war would raise terror risk - War on Iraq - smh.com.au
		But the JIC did judge that, in the event of the collapse of Saddam's regime, the risk of terrorist groups getting hold of chemical and biological materials would grow, it said.
		The Intelligence and Security Committee, which reports directly to Blair, has been investigating how intelligence was used in the run-up to the Iraq conflict, amid allegations that Downing Street "sexed up" the case for war.
		During its probe, the Intelligence and Security Committee -- whose nine members are appointed by the prime minister and report directly to him -- had access to 12 years of confidential files on Iraq's pursuit of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/09/12/1063268547402.html (1850 words)

	Testimony to the Joint Congressional Intelligence Committee Inquiry
		The Office of the Coordinator is a major intelligence consumer, rather than an intelligence producer, and our mission depends on the timely and efficient flow of information on terrorism and terrorist threats.
		One of our objectives therefore is to enhance the sharing of threat and other counterterrorism intelligence between our government and the many other governments around the world that are contributing to the global war on terrorism.
		The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) represents the Department on the Interagency Intelligence Committee on Terrorism and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism also participate in selected committee activities.
	www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/rm/13891.htm (3571 words)

	News Leader - Fernandina Beach, Florida (Amelia Island)
		That is why the 9/11 Commission urged Congress to replace the current fragmented oversight arrangement with either a House-Senate joint committee or single panels in each congressional body with exclusive oversight and legislative power.
		A Joint Intelligence Committee would require a number of committees and their powerful chairmen to sacrifice their jurisdictions over intelligence matters.
		The author is the former U.S. House Minority Staff Director of the Iran/Contra Committee and Minority Counsel of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee.
	www.fbnewsleader.com /articles/2004/12/04/opinion/00editviewpoint.txt (597 words)

	House - Senate Joint Committee Actions
		The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (July 24, 2003) Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 Report (S. Rept.
		Joint Committee Staff Report: FBI Handling of the Pheonix Electronic Communication and Investigation of Zacarias Moussaoui Prior to September 11, 2001.
		Joint Inquiry Staff Statement, Part I (Septmber 18, 2002) Statement by Eleanor Hill, Staff Director, Joint Inquiry Staff, House - Senate Joint Intelligence Committee on September 11th.
	www.state.de.us /cjc/terrorism/house.shtml (436 words)

	Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee
		The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of John Scarlett as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee to replace Peter Ricketts, who is returning to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
		The Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) is responsible for the management of the work of the Committee.
		The postholder assists the JIC in establishing intelligence requirements and priorities for the Agencies, and advises the Secretary of the Cabinet on matters connected with the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of Parliament.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page2725.asp (318 words)

	MI5 \| National Intelligence Machinery (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, Sir Richard Mottram, advises the Prime Minister on the co-ordination of the intelligence machinery, the establishing of intelligence requirements and arrangements for assessing the performance of the security and intelligence agencies.
		Other JIC members include the heads of the three security and intelligence agencies, the Chief of Defence Intelligence and senior representatives of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Home Office and HM Treasury.
		The Security Service contributes intelligence to meet some of the JIC requirements but, in line with our statutory functions, we formulate our own set of plans and priorities, which are approved by the Home Secretary.
	www.mi5.gov.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /output/Page151.html (357 words)

	A failure of intelligence
		It was from the Joint Intelligence Committee which is made up of the three chiefs of Britain's intelligence and security agencies and senior officials from the main government departments.
		As Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence he was in charge of the MoD's analysts, and yet, without even seeing the new intelligence, Cragg accepted the judgement of MI6 and the dossier's drafters that it had dealt satisfactorily with his analysts concerns.
		Neither had had a career in intelligence analysis, and yet both signed up to the dossier's conclusion that Saddam was producing chemical and biological agents without canvassing their own expert analysts.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article6468.htm (6376 words)

	Controversial staffer clouds 9/11 probe: Eleanor Hill's appointment as staff director of the Joint Intelligence ...
		Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he was "hopeful this investigation will be bipartisan and bicameral." The political leadership of both parties called for a bipartisan investigation.
		A longtime Democratic insider, she spent 15 years at the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and was staff director and chief counsel when the Democrats lost control of the Senate in 1995, at which time president Bill Clinton appointed her inspector general (IG) of the Department of Defense (DoD).
		The committee already had heard testimony from several senior DoD officials who said under oath that they were being ordered to approve technology transfers to China over their objections that this would harm U.S. national security.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_28_18/ai_90307296 (735 words)

	The JIC Warned Tony Blair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In a report assessing the pre-war intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, the Government's Intelligence and Security Committee referred in passing to this warning.
		'The JIC assessed that al-Qaida and associated groups continued to represent by far the greatest terrorist threat to Western interests, and that threat would be heightened by military action against Iraq.' (p.
		British intelligence told Tony Blair explicitly and clearly before the war that invading Iraq would increase the risk of just the kind of bombings that have taken place in London.
	www.j-n-v.org /London_Blasts/L_B_rapid_rebuttal_JIC_warning.htm (125 words)

	Interim Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
		Mr Ehrman is at present Director General for Defence and Intelligence in the FCO.
		The postholder assists the JIC in establishing intelligence requirements and priorities for the Agencies, and advises the Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator on matters connected with the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of Parliament.
		William Ehrman was appointed the Director General for Defence and Intelligence at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 2002.
	www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk /newsroom/news_releases/2004/040720_jic.asp (557 words)

	UK Joint Intelligence Committee - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) is the Cabinet Office[?] body which sets goals for the United Kingdom intelligence agencies, evaluates their output and presents summaries to the Prime Minister.
		There are two kinds of JIC meeting: those at which Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US are represented; and those attended only by Britons.
		The CIA Chief of Station in London normally attends all meetings, leaving when 'domestic' issues are discussed.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /ji/JIC.html (119 words)

	Summary of Recent Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee's Appreciation of Germany's Intentions-2/3/42 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		L. McDOWELL ENCLOSURE MEMORANDUM FOR JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE: Subject: Comments on a British Appreciation of Germany's intentions References: (a) Medal 65, a summary of a recent British Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee appreciation of Germany's intentions.
		Reference (b) forwarded reference (a) to the Joint Intelligence Committee and the Joint Strategical Committee for collaborative study and comment.
		The Joint Strategical Committee has collaborated in the preparation of this paper, and concurs therein.
	www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu /fdr/psf/box1/t04j09.html (200 words)

	Intelligence committee report welcomed
		It examines whether the available intelligence, which informed the decision to invade Iraq, was adequate and properly assessed and whether it was accurately reflected in government publications.
		He also said that that the Committee has a number of criticisms and spells out a number of lessons to be learned, which the Government will take on board.
		The Intelligence and Security Committee examines the expenditure, administration and policy of the UK's three intelligence and security agencies.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page4452.asp (283 words)

	Top Secert 1949 Document
		The JIC document had not been found previously because it had been classified top secret and was not in the records checked to satisfy the previous FOIA requests.
		The Committee was composed of representatives from the Army, Navy, Air Force, State Department, FBI and CIA.
		To advise the Joint Intelligence Committee of the findings of the Directorate of Intelligence, USAF, regarding the sightings of unidentified aerial objects and the Air Force organization established for further investigation and solution of the problem.
	www.cufos.org /IUR_article1.html (2532 words)

	Online NewsHour: Background: Intelligence Inquiries -- September 26, 2002
		KWAME HOLMAN: Five days of public hearings before joint congressional committee has revealed dozens of instances where the CIA and FBI received information well before September 11, 2001, indicating the United States was a potential target for a terrorist attack using a hijacked airliner.
		ELEANOR HILL, Staff Director, Joint Intelligence Committee: From 1994 through as late as August, 2001, the intelligence community had received information indicating that international terrorists had seriously considered the use of airplanes as a means of carrying out terrorist attacks.
		KWAME HOLMAN: On Tuesday, the committee released its third report, focusing on the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, who was arrested in Minneapolis a month before the September 11 attacks.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec02/bkgdfindings_9-26.html (1079 words)

	Joint Intelligence Committee Hearings Begin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Chairman Bob Graham, D-Fla., says even though the initial hearings will not be open to the public, as much information as possible will be released.
		Porter Goss, R-Fla., chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, agrees that the hearings should be as open as possible, without jeopardizing national security.
		Goss has been angered by leaks of classified information that he says have made it harder for the intelligence committees to conduct their investigation.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2002/6/4/71358.shtml (666 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| New JIC chair William Ehrman profiled
		A top intelligence official, William Ehrman, has been named the new chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
		He is currently director general for defence and intelligence at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and had been acting as the committee's deputy chairman since October 2002.
		Mr Ehrman will also be head of the intelligence and security secretariat until a permanent appointment can be made.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3911385.stm (250 words)

	Kristen Breitweiser before the Joint Intelligence Committee
		I would now like to thank the members of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Eleanor Hill, and her staff for giving the families this opportunity to be heard.
		And it goes without saying that the examination of the intelligence agencies by this Committee does not detract, discount, or dismantle the need for a more thorough examination of all of these other culpable parties.
		Not a seemingly hard task in light of the fact that one of them was listed in the San Diego phone book, the other took out a bank account in his own name, and, finally, an FBI informant happened to be their roommate.
	www.angelfire.com /az/sthurston/kristen.html (3742 words)

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