Encyclopedia > UK Joint Intelligence Committee

  Article Content

UK Joint Intelligence Committee

The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) is the Cabinet Office[?] body which sets goals for the United Kingdom intelligence agencies, evaluates their output and presents summaries to the Prime Minister. The JIC comprises the heads of the British intelligence agencies, its permanent chair and various specialist staff, seconded according to the subjects under discussion, it normally meets once a week.

There are two kinds of JIC meeting: those at which Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US are represented; and those attended only by Britons. Britain's European allies do not attend any JIC meeting. The CIA Chief of Station in London normally attends all meetings, leaving when 'domestic' issues are discussed.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Jamesport, New York

... and 28.1% are non-families. 24.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 22.4 ms