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2 Welcome and Introductions
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... MacDougall went on to note that the pace at which technological change happens affects how his agency organizes to address them, what the agency focuses on, and how the agency can make contributions to the nation's policy and operational community. He said that ODNI leadership is also focused on global technology trends and their potential impacts.
From page 5...
... MacDougall explained that after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the 9/11 Commission and the WMD Commission were foundational to establishing, through the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, two national centers at ODNI: the National Counterterrorism Center and the NCPC. He noted that the NCPC charter states that it is the primary organization within the IC for helping manage and coordinate intelligence policy, infrastructure, and, in particular, investments in capabilities that enable the community to support national policy and counterproliferation operations and actions for the U.S.
From page 6...
... He said that typically analysts are tasked to characterize foreign WMD threats both from the material capabilities side as well as its potential application side. Accordingly, he noted, they seek to gain direct insight into the development plans and their intent, the associated performance 6 Technology / Partnerships / Counterproliferation
From page 7...
... He noted that the counterproliferation community needs to routinize hearing from external voices to keep pace with global technological change and account for it as it makes threat assessments. MacDougall commented on the importance of building capabilities.
From page 8...
... Fingar asked about how to take advantage of opportunities provided to the economy and society by new technologies. He noted the ongoing tension between the impetus to restrict technology for safety and security reasons and the reality of economic opportunity and industrial commoditization.
From page 9...
... John noted the challenge of building effective partnerships that also protect national security and observed that this challenge is emerging more frequently in the academic community. MacDougall reminded the group of arms control discussions in the 1970s and 1980s that benefited and were informed by a wide range of Track 2 and Track 1.5 international engagements.1 Kosal mentioned recent survey results that showed that greater than 80 percent of polled U.S.


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