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Intelligence Threat Assessments

• The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States NIE 99-17D, January 2000 -- This report represents an important initiative on the part of the Intelligence Community to consider the national security dimension of a nontraditional threat. It responds to a growing concern by senior US leaders about the implications--in terms of health, economics, and national security--of the growing global infectious disease threat.

• THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE INTELLIGENCE AGENDA John Deutch - Director of Central Intelligence - 25 July 1996 - World Affairs Council Los Angeles, California. "I think it would be short-sighted for us to ignore environmental issues as we seek to understand and forecast developments in the post-Cold War world and identify threats to our national welfare.... I intend to make sure that Environmental Intelligence remains in the mainstream of U.S. intelligence activities. Even in times of declining budgets we will support policymakers and the military as they address these important environmental issues."

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