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DNI Issues Directives on Analytical Standards, DOCEX

August 1st, 2007 by Steven Aftergood

Director of National Intelligence J.M. McConnell has issued new Intelligence Community Directives on standards for intelligence analysis and on document exploitation.

“Analysts and managers should provide objective assessments informed by available information that are not distorted or altered with the intent of supporting or advocating a particular policy, political viewpoint, or audience,” the DNI instructed. See “Analytical Standards” (pdf), Intelligence Community Directive 203, June 21, 2007.

Meanwhile, a new interagency DNI Center called the National Media Exploitation Center “will serve to advance the IC’s collective DOMEX [document and media exploitation] capabilities on behalf of the DNI.” See “Document and Media Exploitation” (pdf), ICD 302, July 6, 2007.

Also new is “National Intelligence Board” (pdf), ICD 202, July 16, 2007.

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2 Responses to “DNI Issues Directives on Analytical Standards, DOCEX”

  1. John McCreary Says:
    August 1st, 2007 at 1:09 pm

    The ICD that replaces the NFIB with the NIB is more than organizational musical chairs. It makes official that intelligence now includes domestic spying as well as foreign intelligence; secret and not secret information. That is a major change.

  2. smb1971 Says:
    August 1st, 2007 at 2:45 pm

    If the DNI is truly committed to establishing effective burden sharing, then the public (or blogosphere) should have no part.

    D. POLICY

    1. Pursuant to the IRTPA, the DNI is committed to: 1) ensuring efficient integration of IC elements and their collection, analysis, production, and dissemination activities; 2) establishing and maintaining an effective, reliable, and collaborative capability; 3) providing maximum availability of DOMEX to all customers; 4) optimizing resource utilization; 5) and establishing effective burden sharing.

    2. Within the IC:

    [...]

    c. IC elements will leverage burden sharing, partnerships, and outside capabilities (IC, public, private, other U.S. government and foreign partners), minimize unnecessary duplication of effort, and align DOMEX standards and procedures within the IC and between the IC and other government DOMEX activities to the maximum extent possible.

    So, conceivably, we may now see a repeat of this. Or am I reading this incorrectly?

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