What is Joint Intelligence Committee?
{{Infobox Government agency | agency_name = United Kingdom<br />Joint Intelligence Committee |type = Committee | seal = Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government).svg | seal_width = 140px | formed = 1936 | preceding1 = | jurisdiction = | headquarters = | employees = | budget = | image = | chief1_position = Chairman | chief1_name = Sir Simon Glass | parent_department = [[Cabinet Office]] | website = {{url|http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/chairman-joint-intelligence-committee-and-head-intelligence-assessment}} }} The '''Joint Intelligence Committee''' ('''JIC''') is part of the British [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet Office]]. It supervises the intelligence organisations of the [[United Kingdom]] on behalf of the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]. More generally, it gives advice to the Cabinet on [[security]], [[defence]] and [[foreign affairs]]. The JIC sets priorities for the intelligence and security agencies: [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]], [[MI5]], [[Government Communications Headquarters|GCHQ]], and [[Defence Intelligence]]. ==Structure== The Committee is chaired by a permanent chairman, a member of the senior [[Civil Service]], who is supported by the Intelligence and Security Secretariat and an assessment staff. The assessment staff is made up of experienced senior analysts drawn from across government and the military and conducts all-source analysis on subjects of interest to the committee. JIC papers written by the staff draw input from across the intelligence and security agencies and other related bodies. Membership is the heads of the three collection agencies—the [[Secret Intelligence Service]], [[Security Service]] and [[GCHQ]]—the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence Staff, the Chief of the Assessment Staff, representatives of the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] and other departments, and the [[Prime Minister]]'s adviser on foreign affairs.<ref>{{