INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS

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Now more than ever, the global intelligence workforce must seamlessly combine their talents to protect the nation. The FBI continues to evolve into a threat-based, intelligence-driven organization that has expertise in identifying risks to our national security and an unrivaled ability to mitigate them. At the Bureau, we work diligently to play our part in the global intelligence community. We execute our intelligence strategy via defined Intelligence Analyst (IA) career paths, rigorous selection processes and comprehensive training programs.

Intelligence Analysts at the FBI are on the frontline of protecting America's national security. They piece together disparate bits of information to form integrated views on issues of national security and public safety by:

• Utilizing language, cultural and historical knowledge to combat international threats by working within specifically defined geographical and/or functional areas (e.g., China program, Weapons of Mass Destruction program, al-Qa'ida program, etc.).
• Discover domestic threats by leveraging local and national intelligence databases, analyzing intelligence collected in the field offices and developing fact-based conclusions and intelligence reports
• Shaping intelligence policies by maintaining extensive networks and partnering with local, national, and international contacts within the intelligence and law enforcement communities, and leverage it to prepare briefings, reports, and communications for senior FBI executives and other Intelligence Community and Law Enforcement entities

IA CAREER PATHS
The FBI has three very distinct career paths for Intelligence Analysts: Tactical, Collection/Reporting and Strategic. Although each career path is different, all are built on the intelligence cycle: planning, collection, exploitation and analysis, and dissemination and reporting.

TACTICAL: Embedded on investigative squads and units in the field or at headquarters to provide support on active cases
– Assess and communicate real-time analytic judgments regarding specific threats
   and intelligence gaps
– Understand emerging threats to enhance domain knowledge and exploit collection
   opportunities
– Bridge operational squads by identifying collection opportunities and gaps, and
   helping to assure timely and accurate reporting of intelligence

COLLECTION/REPORTING: Work to understand, assess and corroborate intelligence
– Enhance FBI collection capabilities, disseminate raw intelligence against priority
   collection requirements and intelligence gaps
– Report raw intelligence in a timely manner by and through various forms of media,
   documents, and general information to determine patterns
– Identify human and technical source collection opportunities

STRATEGIC: Consolidate comprehensive information into strategic analytic products that contextualize intelligence and enhance each division's understanding of threats, gaps, and vulnerabilities
– Perform domain analysis to articulate the existence of a threat in the area of
   responsibility
– Perform enterprise-wide strategic analyses
– Conduct studies to identify threats and trends