Definition of "intelligence community" []

• A group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "This was an important point, given that a Cuban spy, Ana Belen Montes, had been for years the senior Cuba analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency DIA, and was a key player in intelligence community assessments of Cuban capabilities."
• "During the fallout over the naval attack, the intelligence community IC was coming to the conclusion that the North was actively attempting to acquire a production-scale capacity for uranium enrichment."
• "There was no need, therefore, to ask the intelligence community to write a formal National Intelligence Estimate NIE on Iraqs programs or on the consequences of a military confrontation with Saddam Hussein."