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Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

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The Intelligence CommunityThe Intelligence Community (IC) consists <strong>of</strong> the 13 executive branch organizations thatconduct the range <strong>of</strong> intelligence activities constituting the total U.S. national intelligenceeffort. The IC is headed by the Director <strong>of</strong> Central Intelligence, who simultaneously servesas Director <strong>of</strong> the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In addition to the CIA, the IC includesthe Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, Army Intelligence, NavyIntelligence, Air Force Intelligence, Marine Corps Intelligence, the National Imagery andMapping Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Federal Bureau <strong>of</strong>Investigation, the Department <strong>of</strong> the Treasury, the Department <strong>of</strong> Energy, and theDepartment <strong>of</strong> State.One component <strong>of</strong> the IC worthy <strong>of</strong> special mention is the DCI Nonproliferation Center,which is responsible for managing and coordinating U.S. intelligence support toproliferation-related policy.DCI Nonproliferation Center (NPC): BackgroundOriginally established on September 17, 1991, within the Directorate <strong>of</strong> Intelligence andadministratively subordinated to the Office <strong>of</strong> Scientific and <strong>Weapons</strong> Research (OSWR),the Nonproliferation Center’s mission was to track the worldwide development andacquisition <strong>of</strong> production technology, designs, components, or complete military systemsin the areas <strong>of</strong> weapons <strong>of</strong> mass destruction and advanced conventional weaponry. Onbehalf <strong>of</strong> the DCI, the NPC provided IC-coordinated assessments to U.S. policy agenciesresponsible for these issues and support to proliferation-related monitoring andcompliance activities, such as UN inspection teams. The Center was also tasked withdeveloping requirements, strategies, and data bases for IC support to U.S. policy andenforcement agencies.In April 1992, then-DCI Robert Gates raised NPC’s stature by making it a DCI Center andremoving it from OSWR’s administrative control. The Director <strong>of</strong> the NPC, Gordon Oehler,became the senior IC spokesperson on proliferation-related issues. At the time, the NPCwas directed to plan and execute a proliferation-related strategic plan that actively involvedall elements <strong>of</strong> the IC. On March 25, 1993, DCI R. James Woolsey designated the Director<strong>of</strong> the NPC as his Special Assistant for Nonproliferation. The DCI also broadened theNPC’s mission, assigning it principal responsibility for ensuring the coordination <strong>of</strong> ICproliferation-related analysis and support to the policy, export licensing, law-enforcement,military, and operations communities. Specific areas were identified so that the NPC couldimprove the planning, coordination, management, and effectiveness <strong>of</strong> IC proliferationrelatedactivities.73

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