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1 Information Sharing Strategy UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. Information Sharing Strategy . FEBRUARY 22, 2008. OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. Table of Contents Message from the Director of National Message from the Associate Director of National Challenging New Information Sharing Implementing Our Appendix - List of 1. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY Information Sharing Strategy . OFFICE. OFFICE. OFFICEOF. OF. OFTHE. THE. THEDIRECTOR. DIRECTOR. DIRECTOROF. OF. OFNATIONAL. NATIONAL. NATIONALINTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE. MESSAGE. MESSAGEFROM. FROMTHE. THEDIRECTOR. DIRECTOROF. OF. NATIONAL. NATIONALINTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE. This Thisis is anan extremely dynamic extremely time dynamic forfor time the Intelligence the Community Intelligence and Community wewe and have the have privilege the toto privilege lead itsits lead transformation.

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8 INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCECOMMUNITY. INTELLIGENCE Information . COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY Sharing . Information . Information Strategy . Sharing . Sharing Strategy . Strategy . OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. Introduction The need to share Information became an imperative to protect our Nation in the aftermath of the 9/11. attacks on our homeland. The Intelligence Community's need-to-know culture, a necessity during the Cold War, is now a handicap that threatens our ability to uncover, respond, and protect against terrorism and other asymmetric threats. Each intelligence agency has its own networks and data repositories that make it very difficult to piece together facts and suppositions that, in the aggregate, could provide warning of the I've asked [Director McConnell] to intentions of our adversaries.

9 The inability or unwillingness to share informa- tion was recognized as an Intelligence Community weakness by both the 9/11. improve Information Sharing within the Commission and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Commission. The intelligence community and with officials President and the Congress have mandated that the Intelligence Community create a more integrated enterprise where Information is routinely shared. at all levels of our government, so every- Since these mandates were issued, progress has been made in Information Sharing , realized through the stand up of the National Counterterrorism Center one responsible for the security of our (NCTC), the Information Sharing Environment (ISE), and related partnership communities has the intelligence they efforts.

10 These endeavors, though proving to be excellent in facilitating greater Information Sharing , are the tip of the iceberg and continued focus on ac- need to do their jobs. celerating Information Sharing is needed. Simultaneously, consumers must protect the Information made available to them. President George W. Bush Recognizing the very real and profound necessity to improve Information Sharing , the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has made accelerating and improving Intelligence Community Information Sharing one of his top priorities. The DNI has called on the Intelligence Community to transform its culture to one where the responsi- bility to provide Information is a core tenet. A central principle is the recognition that Information Sharing is a behavior and not a technology.