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DIA is first in all-source defense intelligence to prevent strategic surprise and deliver a decision advantage to warfighters, defense planners, and policymakers. We deploy globally alongside warfighters and interagency partners to defend America's national security interests.
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February 22, 2012 - Dr. Alan S. MacDougall, right, DIA's Director for MASINT and Technical Collection, answers audience questions at the "American Security Challenge Showcase" in Arlington, Va. Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Dr. MacDougall was the keynote speaker at the event, which was hosted by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) to recognize members of the innovation community whose technologies support national security and defense. Photo by DIA.
DIA is the nation’s premier all-source military intelligence organization.
It provides the nation’s most authoritative assessments of foreign military intentions and capabilities. The agency’s four core competencies -- human intelligence, all-source analysis, counterintelligence and technical intelligence -- enable military operations while also informing policy-makers at the defense and national levels.
DIA’s mission is unique and no other agency matches its military expertise across such a broad range of intelligence disciplines.
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