Editing Defense Intelligence Agency (section)

=== Post–Cold War transformation ===
With the [[Cold War (1985–1991)|end of the Cold War]], defense intelligence began a period of reevaluation following the [[Transition period and cessation of the existence of the Soviet Union|fall of the Soviet system]] in many Eastern European countries, the [[German reunification|reunification of Germany]] (1990), and ongoing economic reforms in the region. In response to [[Invasion of Kuwait|Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990]], DIA set up an extensive, 24-hour, crisis management cell designed to tailor national-level intelligence support to the coalition forces assembled to expel [[Iraq]] from [[Kuwait]]. [[File:President George H. W. Bush being briefed by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) 1989.jpg|thumb|President [[George H. W. Bush]] being briefed by DIA during the [[United States invasion of Panama|US invasion of Panama]]]] By the time [[Operation Desert Storm]] began, some 2,000 agency personnel were involved in the intelligence support effort. Most of them associated in some way with the national-level [[Joint Intelligence Center]] (JIC), which DIA established at [[The Pentagon]] to integrate the intelligence being produced throughout the Community. DIA sent more than 100 employees into the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations to provide intelligence support.
The [[National Center for Medical Intelligence|Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center]] (AFMIC), and the [[Missile and Space Intelligence Center]] (MSIC), associated with the Army for over 20 and 50 years respectively, became part of DIA in January 1992. This was part of the continuing effort to consolidate intelligence production and make it more efficient.<ref name="DIA History" />

On September 11, 2001, seven DIA employees died<ref name="DIA">{{cite web|url=http://www.dia.mil/About/PatriotsMemorial.aspx |title=Patriots Memorial |publisher=Defense Intelligence Agency|website=dia.mil}}</ref> along with 118 other victims at the Pentagon in a [[terrorist attack]] when [[American Airlines Flight 77]] piloted by five [[Al-Qaeda]] [[aircraft hijacking|hijackers]] plowed into the western side of the building, as part of the [[September 11 attacks]]. The death of seven employees at once was the largest combined loss in DIA's history. On September 11, 2009, DIA dedicated a memorial to the seven employees lost in the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon. The memorial is located in the garden at the DIA Analysis Center in Washington, D.C.<ref name="DIA" />

[[File:DIA Clandestine Service poster.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Defense Clandestine Service]] recruitment poster]]

Since the September 11 attacks, DIA has been active in [[nuclear proliferation]] intelligence collection and analysis with particular interests in [[North Korea]] and [[Iran]] as well as [[counter-terrorism]]. DIA was also involved with the intelligence build-up to the [[invasion of Iraq]] in 2003 and was a subject in the [[Senate Report of Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq]]. After the invasion, DIA led the [[Iraq Survey Group]] to find the alleged [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|Weapons of Mass Destruction]]. The agency has conflicted with the CIA in collection and analysis on the existence of [[Weapon of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction]] in [[Iraq]] and has often represented the Pentagon in the CIA–DoD intelligence rivalry due to DIA's own [[Clandestine HUMINT]] collection.<ref name="DIA History" />

In 2012, DIA announced an expansion of clandestine collection efforts. The newly consolidated [[Defense Clandestine Service]] (DCS) would absorb the Defense HUMINT Service and expand DIA's overseas espionage apparatus to complement the work of corresponding elements at CIA. DCS would focus on military intelligence concerns—issues that the CIA has been unable to manage due to lack of personnel, expertise or time—and would initially deal with Islamist militia groups in Africa, weapons transfers between North Korea and Iran, and Chinese military modernization. The DCS works in conjunction with CIA's [[Directorate of Operations (CIA)|Directorate of Operations]] and the [[Joint Special Operations Command]] in overseas operations.<ref>{{cite news|title=DIA to send hundreds more spies overseas|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dia-to-send-hundreds-more-spies-overseas/2012/12/01/97463e4e-399b-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html?wp_login_redirect=0|newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Greg|last=Miller|date=December 2, 2012}}</ref>

In October 2015, the Pentagon said that DIA appointed a British [[Royal Air Force]] officer as its first deputy director in charge of improving integration between U.S. intelligence units and spy agencies of other English-speaking countries in the [[Five Eyes]] alliance. This was the first time that a foreign national was appointed to a senior position at a U.S. intelligence agency.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pentagon spy agency hires first British deputy director|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-intelligence-britain-idUKKCN0SO2NW20151030|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306222710/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-intelligence-britain-idUKKCN0SO2NW20151030|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2016|access-date=November 1, 2015|work=Reuters|date=October 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pentagon recruits Briton to spy agency|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/pentagon-recruits-briton-to-spy-agency-s26wdf595cz|access-date=November 1, 2015|work=[[The Times]]|date=October 31, 2015}}</ref>

Today, corporations carry out a large amount of DIA's workload. In fiscal year 2020 alone, such activity included work in DIA's Science & Technology Directorate,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for March 2, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2099625/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref> National Media Exploitation Center,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for May 18, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2190758/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref> and Missile & Space Intelligence Center.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for November 1, 2019|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2006604/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref> 
Corporations also worked on technology transfer analysis and assessments at DIA's Charlottesville branch,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for March 6, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2104849/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref> planned and analyzed DIA's workforce,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for November 1, 2019|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2006604/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref> carried out technical support,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for December 27, 2019|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2047884/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref> and conducted polygraph examinations and background investigations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for September 30, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2367105/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref>