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 Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:49 am Post subject: Air Force Intelligence and Counterintelligence Structur |
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Within the Air Force, responsibility for foreign intelligence and CI rests within
different organizations with different structures, philosophies, traditions, and chains-ofcommand. Air Force Intelligence performs the foreign intelligence mission, while the
Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) performs the CI mission. This
division of responsibility has caused confusion both within and outside the Air Force.
Cooperation between Air Force Intelligence and AFOSI is heavily dependent on personal
relationships. When these agencies fail to coordinate, Air Force leaders receive
3duplicative or even conflicting information on terrorist and other force protection threats.
Combatant command J-2s, especially those from the US Army or Marine Corps,
routinely task the Air Force component A-2 to complete CI annexes of operation plans or
conduct CI analysis.
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The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is a federal law enforcement agency,
and a component of the DoD Intelligence Community.
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In addition to performing Air
Force CI activities, AFOSI also performs criminal investigations. The command
investigates major criminal offenses including violent crime, economic crime, and
narcotic violations.
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Its dual role as both an intelligence and law enforcement agency
provides AFOSI powerful authorities to counter both international and domestic threats.
AFI 31-210, The Air Force Antiterrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) Program
Standards, recognizes the need for both Air Force Intelligence and AFOSI to participate
in force protection efforts, and assigns these organizations the following responsibilities:
Headquarters AFOSI has primary responsibility for collection, analysis,
dissemination and production of terrorist threat information gathered from
local authorities and counterintelligence sources.
Headquarters Air Force Directorate of Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (Air Force/XOI) is responsible for ensuring the timely
collection, processing, analysis, production and dissemination of foreign
intelligence, current intelligence, and national-level intelligence
information concerning terrorist activities, terrorist organizations and force
protection issues. These efforts will focus on, but will not be limited to,
transnational and state-sponsored entities and organizations.
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By assigning similar responsibilities for collection, analysis and dissemination of threat
information to Air Force Intelligence and AFOSI, AFI 31-210 has added to the confusion
regarding the force protection responsibilities of these agencies.
In June 2001, Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (HQ Air
Force\XOI) produced a Draft Air Force Instruction (AFI) entitled, Intelligence Support
4To Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection. This draft AFI would assign Air Force Intelligence
the responsibility to serve as the primary interface with the Department of Defense
intelligence collection community for Air Force force protection intelligence production
requirements. It would also task Air Force Intelligence to exchange intelligence with US
embassies and country teams, work with Department of State Regional Security Officers,
evaluate intelligence reporting, and guide collection efforts.
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The Air Force Office of
Special Investigations has historically performed these tasks for the Air Force. If
published in its current form, this draft instruction would cause additional overlap,
confusion, and inefficiency between Air Force Intelligence and AFOSI.
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