Excerpt: “The mission of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)—to provide decisional advantage to homeland security leaders across the nation—arose from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. To fill the gaps in the nation’s homeland intelligence capabilities that were laid bare by those attacks, I&A has, from its inception, operated according to three guiding mandates: (1) to build and maintain an intelligence program within the United States that can detect and prevent threats to the homeland; (2) to serve as an information-sharing bridge between, on the one hand, Intelligence Community and federal law enforcement agencies, and departmental components; and, on the other hand, federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector (FSLTTP) partners; and (3) to operate with an intensely focused regard for privacy and civil liberties in recognition of the sensitivity around the conduct of intelligence activities within the United States.”
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