Fauci Intelligence Community Release — page 13

Defense Threat Reduction Agency 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MSC 6201 Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201 SEP 1 4 2007 ' fre ita? I au; The Honorable Robert G. Joseph Senior Scholar National Institute for Public Policy 9302 Lee Highway, Suite 750 Fairfax, VA 22031 Dear Ambassador Joseph Thank you for agreeing to co-chair the Review Panel on Future Directions for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Missions and Capabilities to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD). Your past experience and leadership, and that of the other panel members, is a tremendous asset in this endeavor. As DTRA approaches its Tenth Anniversary next year, the Review Panel will examine fundamental issues that can help DTRA and it stakeholders define directions for the next decade and beyond. The panel will conduct an independent review of, and provide recommendations on, potential future directions for DTRA missions and capabilities as part of the broader Department of Defense and the United States Government effort to CWMD. The objective is to develop ideas for future directions for DTRA's role in support of the three major pillars of the National Strategy to CWMD. a. Prevention/Nonproliferation: building situational awareness of worldwide WMD activities, and eliminating and improving security of WMD, related materials, and delivery systems worldwide, including the possible expansion of DTRA missions and capabilities into geographic regions of emerging security challenges. b. Proliferation/Counterproliferation: preparing to respond quickly to WMD situations, including interdiction and elimination; detecting, interdicting, and recovering lost or stolen (loose) nuclear weapons to counter the full spectrum of threats, including nuclear terrorism; and building of CWMD capabilities of friendly states to deter and defend against state and non-state WMD threats. c. Response/Consequence Management: conducting foreign consequence management and vulnerability and survivability assessments, and enhancing attribution capabilities for defense and deterrence. The Panel's recommendations should also consider how to strengthen support for DTRA missions, including potential leadership and integration roles in CWMD.