The National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) Executive Summary

The National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) Executive Summary In the relatively short duration, that the position of the Director of National Intelligence has existed, the Director has issued three iterations of the National Intelligence Strategy. The current Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper, released the most current version of the National Intelligence Strategy on 18 September 2014. Revisions of the National Intelligence Strategy are scheduled to be released every four. In keeping with the Mission, Vision, and Goals set forth by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the National Intelligence Strategy lays the groundwork for accomplishing such. The National Intelligence Strategy is published “in support
The National Intelligence Strategy defines the Intelligence Community Mission as “Provide timely, insightful, objective, and relevant intelligence to inform decisions on national security issues and events”. As well as providing the Intelligence Community with the unified Vision of “A nation made more secure by a fully integrated, agile, resilient, and innovative Intelligence Community that exemplifies America’s values”. Theses extremely broad statements of guidance are further expounded upon throughout the National Intelligence Strategy but only to such an extent as to still be applicable to the entire Intelligence Community coalition. Importantly Principles of Professional Ethics for the Intelligence Community are defined within the National Intelligence Strategy. The Director of National Intelligence has directed members of the Intelligence Community to “conduct ourselves in accordance with certain basic principles", seven ethical principals in total. The seven Principles of Professional Ethics of the Intelligence Community
This environment, referred to as “Strategic Environment”, consists of the Domestic Environment, the Global Environment, Natural Resources, and Technology. Considerations have to be made in the Strategic Environment both towards “key nation states continue to pursue agendas that challenge U.S. interests” , and “violent extremist groups and transnational criminal networks (that) threaten U.S. security and challenge the U.S. both in the homeland and