The United States National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), established in 1993, was a component of the
U.S. Department of Justice and a member of the
Intelligence Community. Th
General Counterdrug Intelligence Plan implemented in February 2000, designated NDIC as the nation's principal center for strategic domestic counterdrug intelligence.
The NDIC ceased to exist on June 16, 2012. Its former DOMEX and strategic analysis functions transferred over to the
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Creation
On September 5, 1989
President George H.W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
with his Director of the
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is a component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
The Director of the ONDCP, colloquially known as the Drug Czar, heads the office. "Drug Czar" was a term first used ...
(ONDCP)
William Bennett
William John Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of director of the Office of ...
, unveiled hi
National Drug Control Strategywhich outlined the President's strategy for coordinating the combined efforts of various federal programs to reduce drug use and drug trafficking in the United States. The inaugural strategy was to announce that ONDCP would develop an intelligence center that would unite U.S. drug-related analytical capabilities and to improve intelligence capabilities. In January 1990, ONDCP announced its plans to create a National Drug Intelligence Center to "consolidate and coordinate all relevant drug intelligence information gathered by law enforcement agencies and analyze it to produce a more complete picture of drug trafficking organizations." What distinguished the intelligence to be developed by NDIC from that of other agencies was the focus on strategic intelligence.
In the FY1993 Department of Defense Appropriation (PL 102-396), Congress provided statutory backing to the President's vision for NDIC. In that law, the mission of NDIC was "to coordinate and consolidate." Initially being staffed with intelligence analysts and agents from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...
(FBI) and administered by the FBI, NDIC opened its doors officially in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania in August 1993. The Center's early work often involved providing operational support to other law enforcement and intelligence agencies. NDIC also prepared assessments of drug intelligence from all national security and law enforcement agencies, and produced information regarding the structure, membership, finances, communications, and activities of drug trafficking from intelligence provided by a requesting agency specifically for an assigned tasking. In February 1998 NDIC became an independent component of the U.S. Department of Justice and employed more than 340 federal employees and contract personnel. As a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, NDIC is headed by a Director, who is appointed by the
U.S. Attorney General
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...
. The final Director of NDIC was Michael Walther.
Mission
"The mission of NDIC was to provide strategic drug-related intelligence, document and media exploitation support, and training assistance to the drug control, public health, law enforcement, and intelligence communities of the United States in order to reduce the adverse effects of drug trafficking, drug abuse, and other drug-related criminal activity."
The NDIC ceased to exist on June 15, 2012. DOMEX functions were transferred to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Products
HashKeeper
HashKeeper
HashKeeper is a database application of value primarily to those conducting forensic examinations of computers on a somewhat regular basis.
Overview
HashKeeper uses the MD5 file signature algorithm to establish unique numeric identifiers (has ...
is a tool of interest to
Computer Forensics
Computer forensics (also known as computer forensic science) is a branch of digital forensic science pertaining to evidence found in computers and digital storage media. The goal of computer forensics is to examine digital media in a forensical ...
examiners and is available free-of-charge to law enforcement, military, and other government agencies throughout the world. It is available to the public by sending a Freedom of Information Act request to the United States Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy
FOIA Resources It was conceptualized and operationalized by Brian Deering.
The original database code was written by Chris Bifano. It was Bifano who named the product "HashKeeper."
National Drug Threat Survey
See also
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Drug Enforcement Administration
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National Gang Intelligence Center
The National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) is an agency of the US Department of Justice established by the FBI upon order of Congress in 2005.
The NGIC is a multi-agency effort that integrates the gang intelligence assets of federal, state, an ...
References
External links
Official NDIC siteWhy closing NDIC would be foolish - Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
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United States Department of Justice agencies
Federal law enforcement agencies of the United States
United States intelligence agencies
1993 establishments in the United States
Drug Enforcement Administration