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Article: Intelligence Community
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- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, andSecurity
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Intelligence Community
The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a group of 14 agencies and organizations responsible for conducting intelligence activities necessary to the national security of the United States and the success of its foreign relations. Headed by the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), its members include the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a number of Department of Defense (DOD) agencies and organizations, and intelligence-gathering agencies within the departments of State, Energy, Justice, the Treasury, and Homeland Security.
Defining the Intelligence Community
In contrast to the generic term "intelligence community," the United States has a formal ...