Defense Intelligence Agency — Government Body

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Type

Government Body

Sector

government

Industry

Not specified

Status

Draft

Country

United States

Headquarters

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C.

Founded

10/1/1961

Dissolved

Active

Website

https://www.dia.mil/

Also Known As

DIA

Tags

intelligence agencycombat support agencymilitary intelligence

Overall Confidence

90%

Internal Notes

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About

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is a U.S. Department of Defense military intelligence and combat support agency that provides intelligence to policymakers and military leaders. As a component of both the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, DIA specializes in military intelligence and is responsible for delivering timely intelligence to warfighters, national civilian and defense policymakers, force planners, and support personnel. The agency gathers and reports information through worldwide field sites and the Defense Attache System; conducts intelligence analysis; directs Defense Human Intelligence programs; operates the Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating Terrorism and the Joint Military Intelligence College; coordinates Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) activities; manages collection from specialized technical sources; oversees secure DoD intelligence networks; and coordinates intelligence support for the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combatant Commanders, and Joint Task Forces. DIA employs over 16,500 military and civilian personnel worldwide. Additionally, the agency has funded the INC's Information Collection Program at a rate of $340,000 per month.

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MEMRI

contractor

MEMRI served as a contractor for the DIA, providing translation and analysis services for Arabic media under contracts worth over $1 million since the early 2000s, integrating its outputs into US intelligence assessments.

Since 2001

David Wurmser

collaborated

During his 11 years of U.S. Navy Reserve intelligence service, David Wurmser commanded the Middle East/Africa desk at the Defense Intelligence Agency's central alert center (National Joint Military Intelligence Center — NJMIC) on weekends. He was mobilized three times — during Operation Vigilant Warrior (1994) following Iraq's surge toward Kuwait, and again in 1996 and 1998 — to serve on the Iraq Intelligence Task Force for the DIA. He received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for this work. This military intelligence experience gave him direct access to classified intelligence on Iraq years before he co-founded the Pentagon's Counter Terrorism Evaluation Group.

Since 1990

Ahmad Chalabi

contracted

After the CIA cut off INC funding, the DIA began funding the INC's Information Collection Program (ICP) at approximately $340,000 per month starting in 2002. This program paid for INC defectors to be interviewed and intelligence reports forwarded to U.S. agencies. The funding was championed by Wolfowitz and Feith. The DIA later concluded INC intelligence was largely unreliable and the organization had been 'penetrated by Iranian intelligence.' Total Pentagon funding exceeded $39 million through the ICP alone.

Since 2002

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