Editing Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom) (section)

==Role and functions==
The JIC is responsible for:<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* assessing events and situations relating to external affairs, defence, terrorism, major international criminal activity, scientific, technical and international economic matters and other transnational issues, drawing on secret intelligence, diplomatic reporting and open source material
* to monitor and give early warning of the development of direct and indirect threats and opportunities in those fields to British interests or policies and to the international community as a whole
* to keep under review threats to security at home and overseas and to deal with such security problems as may be referred to it
* to contribute to the formulation of statements of the requirements and priorities for intelligence gathering and other tasks to be conducted by the intelligence agencies
* to maintain oversight of the intelligence community's analytical capability through the Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis
* to maintain liaison with Commonwealth and foreign intelligence organisations as appropriate, and to consider the extent to which its product can be made available to them

The JIC has three functions:
* Advising the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] and Cabinet Ministers on intelligence collection and analysis priorities in support of national objectives.
* Periodically scrutinises the performance of the Agencies in meeting the collection requirements placed upon them.<ref name="nationalarchives1"/> 
* Assuring the professional standards of civilian intelligence analysis staff across the range of intelligence related activities in [[His Majesty's Government]].

===Intelligence requirements===
The JIC drafts the annual Requirements and Priorities for collection and analysis, for approval by Ministers.  These support the strategic national security objectives of the UK:

* Protect UK and British territories, and British nationals and property, from a range of threats, including from terrorism and espionage;
* Protect and promote Britain's defence and foreign policy interests;
* Protect and promote the UK's economic well-being; and
* Support the prevention and detection of serious crime.

===Foreign liaison===
Ever since World War II, the chief of the London station of the [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]] has attended the JIC's weekly meetings. One former US intelligence officer has described this as the "highlight of the job" for the London CIA chief.<ref>{{cite magazine
 |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/146347 
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706233849/http://www.newstatesman.com/node/146347 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-date=2013-07-06 
 |title=Why no questions about the CIA? 
 |magazine=[[New Statesman]] 
 |date=September 2003 
}}</ref> Resident intelligence chiefs from [[Australia]], [[Canada]], and [[New Zealand]] may attend when certain issues are discussed.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}