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PLSC 326 WEEKS ELEVEN-TWELVE Flashcards

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What are the two critical dimensions of intelligence?

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  • Collection
  • Analysis
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Two key categories of intelligence

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HUMINT
TECHINT (w its subcategories)

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What are the subcategories of intelligence of TECHINT?

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  • TECHINT
    1. SIGINT
    a. COMINT
    b. [ELINT]
    c. [FISINT]
    2. IMINT
    3. [GEOINT]
    4. [MASINT]
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What does OSINT stand for?

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Open Source Intelligence

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When was the Soviet invasion on Afghanistan?

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1979

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When did the Soviet Union withdraw from Afghanistan?

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1989

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When did the US invade Afghanistan?

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2001

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When did the US invade Iraq?

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2003

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What is Operation Neptune Spear and why did it take place?

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the operation lead by a CIA analyst where hand picked Navy SEALs to kill Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan and it took place after the terrorist attacks of 9/11

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What do we mean by National Security Enterprise?

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an informal label used to refer to all the different components of the US Government (Departments, Agencies, Congress) relevant to national security policy. Sometimes the media is also included

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Who is allowed to join specific NSC meetings?

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-Statutory members
-Statutory advisors
-Several others, depends on the Presi’s needs or preferences

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The three key roles/tasks of the National Security Council

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  1. Advises the President
  2. Assists the President in coordinating and reconciling all aspects of national security policy
  3. Makes sure the various Executive Departments and Agencies develop (plan) and carry out (implement) national security policies of the President
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Biden’s NSC Statutory MEMBERS

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  • President Biden
  • VP Kamala Harris
  • SecState Antony Blinken
  • SecDefense Lloyd Austin
  • SecTreasury Janet Yellen
  • SecEnergy Jennifer Granholm
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Biden’s NSC Statutory ADVISORS

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  • CJCS Mark Milley (Army
  • DNI Avril Haines
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What is the interagency process?

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the efforts by the NSC to coordinate the work of the many departments and agencies involved in national security

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What is the hierarchy of the NSC’s committees?

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  1. PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE (PC)
    - Cabinet-level, i.e., Secretaries
  2. DEPUTIES COMMITTEE (DC)
    - Deputy Secretaries, Undersecretaries or Assistant Scretaries
  3. INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE (IPC)
    - Assistant Secretaries, etc.
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Which is the oldest exec dept?

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State

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Who was the first SecState?

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Thomas Jefferson

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State Dept budget

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$50 billion

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How many people make up the State Dept?

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8k foreign service officers (FSOs) and 11k other civil servants

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Who used to be the dominant player in NS and who is it now?

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Used to be State, now it’s Defense

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What is the organization of a typical US Embassy Abroad?

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US Ambassador (nom. by pres, and need Senate confirm)
Chief of Station (COS)
Defense Attaches (DOD)
Legal Attaches (FBI Agent)
FSOs with different specialties and priorities

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Who is the head of the US mission in that country?

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US Ambassador

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DoS is organized around what two kinds of offices?

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  • Functional
  • Regional/Geographic
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which is the largest exec dept and one of the largest orgs in the world?
DoD
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What are the 2 DOD members in the NSC?
Sec Defense CJCS
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What department is the FBI part of?
Department of Justice
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What are thhe key mission of the FBI?
-domestic law enforcement - counterespionage/counterintelligence - fighting organized crime - counterterrorism prevention and prosecution
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Who's job is it to uphold the Constitution of the United States
FBI (whose main priority is to protect civil rights)
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What are the MAIN TASKS (3) of the NSAdvisor?
1. Advise President 2. Manage the 400+ staff of NSC Staff 3. Manage the "interagency process," the PC, DC, and IPC
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What are the FOUR model of National Security Advisor?
1. Purely "secretarial/administrative" 2. Principal "counselor" of the President 3. The "honest broker" that facilitates discussions and neutrally reports the views of the members of the NSC to the President 4. "Advocate" for particular types of policies
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Who coordinates the Intelligence Community?
ODNI
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What is the Intelligence Community made up of?
18 members: - 1 coordinating and overseeing intelligence agency: the ODNI - 1 independent agency: the CIA - 9 intel agencies that are part of the DOD - 7 intel agencies that are part of non-DOD Departments
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What are the 7 organizations we should be familiar with under the Defense Department? (know all acronyms)
DIA NSA NRO Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines
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What is the organization we should be familiar with under the State Department? (know all acronyms)
INR (Bureau of Intelligence and Research)
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What are the 2 organizations we should be familiar with under the Justice Department? (know all acronyms)
FBI DEA
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What is the Intelligence Community? (definition from DNI.gov)
The U.S. Intelligence Community is a federation of executive branch agencies and organizations that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the United States
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Current DNI
Avril Haines
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Who prepares and presents the PDB (President's Daily Brief)?
DNI and her office
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Current Director of the CIA
William Burns
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Under the 1947 National Security Act, what is the the CIA is in charge of?
covert operations/actions
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Who are the directorates of the CIA?
- Directorate of Operations *** - Intelligence collection - Covert action/operations - Directorate of Analysis *** - Directorate of Science and Technology *** - Directorate of digital innovation - Directorate of support
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What are the 3 key issues for the IC?
1. Management of the Intelligence Budgets 2. Should there be Coordination or centralization? 3. How much oversight should the NSC exercise over intelligence activities?
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What are the 5 steps of the Intelligence Cycle?
- Planning and direction (aka “requirements”) - Collection - Processing - Analysis and production - Dissemination
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The three principal groups of actors in the intelligence cycle are
- The policymakers - The collectors - The analysts

PLSC 326: National Security Policy (3 decks)

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