Defence Intelligence

THE DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE THE DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE STAFFSTAFF

UK Strategic Intelligence, Planning and Decision Making

Defence Intelligence

The UK Intelligence CommunityThe UK Intelligence Community

Secret Secret Intelligence Intelligence

Service (SIS)Service (SIS)

Government Government Communications Communications

Headquarters Headquarters (GCHQ)(GCHQ)

Security Security ServiceService

Defence Defence Intelligence Intelligence Staff (DIS)Staff (DIS)

Intelligence & Security

Secretariat

Foreign & Foreign & Commonwealth Commonwealth

SecretarySecretary

Defence Defence SecretarySecretary

Home Home SecretarySecretary

Security & IntelligenceCo-ordinator

Y

Prime MinisterPrime MinisterY

Defence Intelligence

The Joint Intelligence CommitteeThe Joint Intelligence CommitteeChairman

(Cabinet Office) Whitehall Liaison Dept(Foreign Office)

DUS(D)(Foreign Office)

Director GeneralSecurity Service

Chief of theAssessments Staff

(Cabinet Office)

‘C’(SIS)

HM Treasury

DirectorGCHQ

Policy Director(MoD)

DCDI(MoD)

CDI(MoD)

Joint

Intelligence

Committee

Department of Trade & Industry

Defence Intelligence

Chairman

(Cabinet Office)

DUS(Defence & Intelligence) and Whitehall Liaison DepartmentForeign Office

Director General

Security Service

Chief of the Assessments Staff

(Cabinet Office)

‘C’

(SIS)

Director HM Treasury

Director

GCHQ Policy Director Ministry of Defence

DFID

CDI

(Ministry of Defence)

Joint

Intelligence

Committee

Director of Export Control & Non-Proliferation

Department of Trade & Industry

DG Org & Int Crime Directorate

Home Office

The Joint Intelligence CommitteeThe Joint Intelligence Committee

PM’s Foreign Policy Advisor (Hd OD)

Security & Intelligence Co-ordinator (Cabinet Office)

Policy

Collection

Analysis

Defence Intelligence

The Intelligence Agencies:The Intelligence Agencies:GCHQGCHQ

• Based in CheltenhamBased in Cheltenham

• Support to Military Operations Support to Military Operations

brings GCHQ close to military brings GCHQ close to military

customers such as the DIScustomers such as the DIS

Defence Intelligence

The Intelligence Agencies:The Intelligence Agencies:Secret Intelligence ServiceSecret Intelligence Service

• Based in LondonBased in London

• SIS & GCHQ placed on statutory SIS & GCHQ placed on statutory

basis (Intelligence Services Act basis (Intelligence Services Act

1994) under the responsibility of 1994) under the responsibility of

the Foreign Secretary.the Foreign Secretary.

Defence Intelligence

The Intelligence Agencies:The Intelligence Agencies:Security ServiceSecurity Service

• Based in LondonBased in London

• Counter-terrorism Counter-terrorism

• Law enforcement supportLaw enforcement support

Defence Intelligence

The Defence Intelligence StaffThe Defence Intelligence Staff• The Defence Intelligence Staff is to The Defence Intelligence Staff is to

provide timely and highly-valued provide timely and highly-valued intelligence that will:intelligence that will:

• Support to operationsSupport to operations

• Guide Departmental decision making Guide Departmental decision making

on the formulation of defence policy on the formulation of defence policy

and the commitment and employment and the commitment and employment

of the UK’s military forces;of the UK’s military forces;

• Contribute to wider national Contribute to wider national

intelligence collection and assessment.intelligence collection and assessment.

Defence Intelligence

Intelligence Collection MethodsIntelligence Collection Methods

Imagery Intelligence

Signals Intelligence

Measurement & Signals IntelligenceHuman Intelligence

Director General Intelligence Director General Intelligence Collection (DGIC)Collection (DGIC)

Open Source Information

Acoustic Intelligence

EnvironmentalIntelligence

Defence Intelligence

Intelligence Analysis and ProductionIntelligence Analysis and Production

Deputy Chief of DefenceIntelligence (DCDI)

Scientific &Technical

Strategic Assessments

Targeting &Info Ops

Defence Intelligence

The Intelligence CycleThe Intelligence Cycle

DIRECTION

DISSEMINATION

PROCESSING

COLLECTION

Defence Intelligence

Tactical ISTARTactical ISTAR

Defence Intelligence

Operational ISTAROperational ISTAR