Counterintelligence Definition

The threat to national security of the United States is more intricate and complex than ever. The evolution of terrorism has maintained the key component of fear but the infiltration and application of how the fear is perpetrated has transformed. From the dismay of nuclear threats and espionage during the Cold War with the Soviet Union to the highly trained militants that crafted the attacks of the World Trade Center buildings in 2001 advancing to home grown radicalized terrorist that are educated and socialized by foreign extremist as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS), terror now has a new face with a cloud of unknown miscreant. At the forefront the United States intelligence community is fusing the efforts of local, state and federal law enforcement counterintelligence skill and competence to deter, apprehend and foil any threats to national security.
The key components of the intelligence community through the above functions are to operate within the intelligence cycle to aid and afford policy makers refined intelligence for decision making. The stability and common welfare of the citizens and its critical infrastructures are priority to organizing the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of defending and offensively protecting the United States. With the construction of special task force from sworn law enforcement officers, military forces and leaders with in global communities counterintelligence takes a offensive approach to deterring prospective terrorist and apprehending those who seek harm. In relation counterintelligence devises the ability to equip first responders and military operatives with the knowledge and capabilities to defend against threats that are domestic or