The defence intelligence staff. UK Strategic Intelligence, Planning and Decision Making

1.

THE DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE
STAFF
UK Strategic Intelligence, Planning and
Decision Making
Defence Intelligence

2. The UK Intelligence Community

Y
Prime Minister
Y
Foreign &
Commonwealth
Secretary
Secret
Intelligence
Service (SIS)
Government
Communications
Headquarters
(GCHQ)
Defence
Secretary
Home
Secretary
Defence
Intelligence
Staff (DIS)
Security
Service
Security &
Intelligence
Co-ordinator
Intelligence &
Security
Secretariat
Defence Intelligence

3. The Joint Intelligence Committee

CDI
(MoD)
DCDI
(MoD)
Policy Director
(MoD)
Chairman
(Cabinet Office) Whitehall Liaison Dept
(Foreign Office)
DUS(D)
(Foreign Office)
Joint
Intelligence
Department of Trade & Industry
Committee
Director
GCHQ
HM Treasury
Director General
Security Service
‘C’
(SIS)
Chief of the
Assessments Staff
(Cabinet Office)
Defence Intelligence

4. The Joint Intelligence Committee

Chief of the
Assessments Staff
(Cabinet Office)
Chairman
(Cabinet Office)
Analysis
Security & Intelligence Co-ordinator
(Cabinet Office)
PM’s Foreign Policy Advisor (Hd OD)
CDI
(Ministry of Defence)
DUS(Defence & Intelligence)
and Whitehall Liaison Department
Foreign Office
Joint
Director
GCHQ
Intelligence
Committee
‘C’
(SIS)
Collection
Policy Director
Ministry of Defence
Policy
DG Org & Int Crime Directorate
Home Office
Director HM Treasury
Director General
Security Service
DFID
Director of Export Control & Non-Proliferation
Department of Trade & Industry
Defence Intelligence

5. The Intelligence Agencies: GCHQ

Based in Cheltenham
Support to Military Operations
brings GCHQ close to military
customers such as the DIS
Defence Intelligence

6. The Intelligence Agencies: Secret Intelligence Service

Based in London
SIS & GCHQ placed on statutory
basis (Intelligence Services Act
1994) under the responsibility of
the Foreign Secretary.
Defence Intelligence

7. The Intelligence Agencies: Security Service

Based in London
Counter-terrorism
Law enforcement support
Defence Intelligence

8. The Defence Intelligence Staff

• The Defence Intelligence Staff is to
provide timely and highly-valued
intelligence that will:
• Support to operations
• Guide Departmental decision making
on the formulation of defence policy
and the commitment and employment
of the UK’s military forces;
• Contribute to wider national
intelligence collection and assessment.
Defence Intelligence

9. Intelligence Collection Methods

Open Source Information
Environmental
Intelligence
Imagery Intelligence
Director General Intelligence
Collection (DGIC)
Measurement & Signals
Intelligence
Human Intelligence
Signals Intelligence
Defence Intelligence
Acoustic Intelligence

10. Intelligence Analysis and Production

Deputy Chief of Defence
Intelligence (DCDI)
Scientific &
Technical
Targeting &
Info Ops
Strategic Assessments
Defence Intelligence

11. The Intelligence Cycle

DIRECTION
COLLECTION
DISSEMINATION
PROCESSING
Defence Intelligence

12. Tactical ISTAR

Defence Intelligence

13. Operational ISTAR

Defence Intelligence