National Intelligence Estimates
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National Intelligence Estimates are forward-looking estimates of national security issues produced by the National Intelligence Council.
[edit] History
National Intelligence Estimates were first produced in 1950 by the Office of National Estimates. This office was superseded in 1973 by National Intelligence Officers. This group of experts became the National Intelligence Council in 1979. In the early years, the National Intelligence Council reported to the Director of Central Intelligence in his role as the head of the Intelligence Community. However, in 2005, the Director of National Intelligence became the head of the Intelligence Community.
[edit] Classified
National Intelligence Estimates are classified documents prepared for policy-makers.
[edit] Links
- The Primary Purpose of National Estimating by Harold P. Ford, a wholly theoretical example of what might have been published prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- A Crucial Estimate Relived by Sherman Kent, a reevaluation of a 1962 NIE proclaiming the Soviet Union would not put offensive weapons in Cuba.
- Iraq’s Continuing Program for Weapons of Mass Destruction, key judgments from NIE produced in October, 2002.
