THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY September 17, 2001 intelligence community ______________ TODAY'S SPONSOR: **STORAGE DECISIONS 2001** Storage Decisions 2001 brings together top storage analysts like Gartner's VP Nick Allen and Steve Duplessie of ESG and expert technologists like best-selling author Jon William Toigo. This exclusive conference is FREE to members who qualify. Apply today. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3177364;5058249;p?http://www.StorageDecisions2001.com _____________ TODAY'S WORD: intelligence community See our definition with hyperlinks at http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci549087,00.html The term, intelligence community, refers to government and other public agencies as well as private agencies that gather, assemble, and report information that pertains to world or national security. For example, in the United States, the intelligence community (which refers to itself as the Intelligence Community) includes the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Treasury Department, and departments within each of the branches of the military. In addition, the community includes individuals and companies that contract to provide intelligence gathering or analysis services for the government, for corporations, or for private individuals, or who publish information to the general public. An example of a company that provides a range of such services is Jane's, originally a publisher of information about shipping and aviation, which now offers information about worldwide military capabilities. The CIA includes centers or special staffs for: ¸ Nonproliferation and arms control ¸ Counterterrorism ¸ International organized crime and narcotics trafficking ¸ Environment intelligence Much intelligence gathered by members of the intelligence community comes from publicly available sources, such as newspapers and magazines (whether in print or online) and from radio and television broadcasts. However, very critical information is developed through clandestine contacts and electronic eavesdropping. In the U.S., the National Imagery and Mapping Agency provides geographic information and terrain visualization. The global intelligence community includes organizations such as Interpol that endeaver to coordinate the gathering and sharing of intelligence. The global Internet has given rise to much discussion about intelligence gathering versus privacy (see Echelon). The acts of terrorism of September 11, 2001, however, tend to support those who argue for more and better intelligence. RELATED TERMS Echelon http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci560967,00.html ___________________ SELECTED LINKS [1] The U.S. government provides a Web site about its own intelligence community. http://www.odci.gov/ic/ [2] Jane's Information Group has a Web site that includes a news summary. http://www.janes.com/ [3] Interpol has a Web site. http://www.interpol.com/ [4] The Political Science Department at Loyola College in Maryland provides a comprehensive list of intelligence agencies worldwide and pertinent legislation. http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html [5] The Association of Former Intelligence Officers has a Web site. http://www.afio.com/ _____________ KNOW-IT-ALL QUESTION This is the place in a computer where the operating system, application programs, and data in current use are kept so that they can be quickly reached by the computer's processor. a. microprocessor b. random access memory c. access control list d. management information base e. system tray Check to see if you are correct! http://www.searchwindowsmanageability.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci770111,00.html __________________________ SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR! *STORAGE DECISIONS 2001** Storage Decisions 2001 brings together top storage analysts like Gartner's VP Nick Allen and Steve Duplessie of ESG and expert technologists like best-selling author Jon William Toigo. 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