Intel Analysis Quiz 1

What are the U.S. Intelligence Committees?

HPSCI and SSCI

What is the role of HPSCI and SSCI?

Covert action is briefed to them and they oversee the intelligence organizations and policy

What are the members of the Five Eyes?

U.S., U.K., Canada, New Zealand, Australia

What is the Gang of Eight?

the chairmen and ranking minority members of the intelligence committees, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, and other members of the congressional leadership that the President decides to include.

What is a “Presidential Finding?”

a document that states that covert action is necessary to support "identifiable foreign policy objectives" of the U.S.

What is Executive Order 12333

• The authority of the intelligence community

• The order for which the policy is executed

• restricts the CIA from collecting intelligence on U.S. citizens

Who authorizes the use of Lethal Force?

A "White Paper" sets forth by the President is the legal basis upon which the CIA could use lethal force in oversees against a U.S. citizen

What is Treason?

intentionally betraying one's allegiance by levying war against the government or giving aid or comfort to its enemies.

What is Espionage?

the act of spying or using spies to obtain secret information

What is counterintelligence?

information gathered, and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons or international terrorist activities