Defending the Indefensible - RN & RAF Cold Plans for Homeland Defence
The Joint Intelligence Committee is the pinnacle of the intelligence assessment machinery in the British Government. Based in the Cabinet Office, and staffed by a combination of civil service intelligence analysts and secondees from the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) – e.g. MI5, Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) and GCHQ, the JIC produces intelligence assessment products that provide advice to Ministers and key decision makers on the threats facing the UK. These papers are written in incredibly precise language, with every word pored over for meaning, context and accuracy. The author, towards the start of his career, was an occasional contributor to the JIC process, and can attest to the care and attention paid to the process. The JIC is an analytical body and not a policy making organisation, it provides intelligence assessment derived from multiple channels, including human, technical and signals intelligence, as well as open source reporting. There is a particularly close ...