Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom)

1936

The JIC is supported by the Joint Intelligence Organisation under the Cabinet Office. ==History== The JIC was founded on 7 July 1936 as a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, the advisory peacetime defence planning agency.

Resident intelligence chiefs from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand may attend when certain issues are discussed. ==Chairs of the Joint Intelligence Committee== Since founding, the Committee's Chair has been as follows: Sir Ralph Stevenson, 1936–39 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 1939–45 (subsequently The 9th Duke of Portland) Sir Harold Caccia, 1945–48 (subsequently The Lord Caccia) Sir William Hayter, 1948–49 Sir Patrick Reilly, 1950–53 Sir Patrick Dean, 1953–60 Hugh S.

1939

Resident intelligence chiefs from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand may attend when certain issues are discussed. ==Chairs of the Joint Intelligence Committee== Since founding, the Committee's Chair has been as follows: Sir Ralph Stevenson, 1936–39 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 1939–45 (subsequently The 9th Duke of Portland) Sir Harold Caccia, 1945–48 (subsequently The Lord Caccia) Sir William Hayter, 1948–49 Sir Patrick Reilly, 1950–53 Sir Patrick Dean, 1953–60 Hugh S.

1945

Resident intelligence chiefs from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand may attend when certain issues are discussed. ==Chairs of the Joint Intelligence Committee== Since founding, the Committee's Chair has been as follows: Sir Ralph Stevenson, 1936–39 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 1939–45 (subsequently The 9th Duke of Portland) Sir Harold Caccia, 1945–48 (subsequently The Lord Caccia) Sir William Hayter, 1948–49 Sir Patrick Reilly, 1950–53 Sir Patrick Dean, 1953–60 Hugh S.

1948

Resident intelligence chiefs from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand may attend when certain issues are discussed. ==Chairs of the Joint Intelligence Committee== Since founding, the Committee's Chair has been as follows: Sir Ralph Stevenson, 1936–39 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 1939–45 (subsequently The 9th Duke of Portland) Sir Harold Caccia, 1945–48 (subsequently The Lord Caccia) Sir William Hayter, 1948–49 Sir Patrick Reilly, 1950–53 Sir Patrick Dean, 1953–60 Hugh S.

1950

Resident intelligence chiefs from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand may attend when certain issues are discussed. ==Chairs of the Joint Intelligence Committee== Since founding, the Committee's Chair has been as follows: Sir Ralph Stevenson, 1936–39 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 1939–45 (subsequently The 9th Duke of Portland) Sir Harold Caccia, 1945–48 (subsequently The Lord Caccia) Sir William Hayter, 1948–49 Sir Patrick Reilly, 1950–53 Sir Patrick Dean, 1953–60 Hugh S.

1953

Resident intelligence chiefs from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand may attend when certain issues are discussed. ==Chairs of the Joint Intelligence Committee== Since founding, the Committee's Chair has been as follows: Sir Ralph Stevenson, 1936–39 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 1939–45 (subsequently The 9th Duke of Portland) Sir Harold Caccia, 1945–48 (subsequently The Lord Caccia) Sir William Hayter, 1948–49 Sir Patrick Reilly, 1950–53 Sir Patrick Dean, 1953–60 Hugh S.

1957

In 1957 the JIC moved to the Cabinet Office, where its assessments staff prepare draft intelligence assessments for the committee to consider. ===Role in the Iraq dossier=== The JIC played a controversial role in compiling a dossier in which the UK government highlighted the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the run up to the Iraq War.

2004

JIC members John Scarlett and Sir Richard Dearlove (both then head of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service) gave evidence to the Inquiry in which they argued that the words used in the dossier were consistent with their assessment of the intelligence available at the time. Despite the work of the 1400 strong Iraq Survey Group in post-war Iraq, no evidence of actual WMD capability has so far been uncovered; according to its final report in September 2004.

The British inquiry, headed by Lord Butler of Brockwell, in its report in July 2004, while critical of the British intelligence community, did not recommend that anyone should resign.

Similarly, the US Senate Intelligence Committee, while critical of US intelligence officials, did not recommend any resignations in its report, also issued in July 2004. ==Structure== The Committee is chaired by a permanent chairman, a member of the Senior Civil Service, and is supported by the Joint Intelligence Organisation which includes an assessments staff.




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