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Decision-making within government
and the
military”. He had “excellent relationship[s]” with each of the
Chiefs of Defence
Staff with
whom he worked, and “very regular … informal and formal meetings”.
In
the course
of “campaigns like Iraq”, such meetings were “on a daily or more
than
108.
The principal
task of the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS)73
was the
provision of
intelligence
to inform MOD policy formulation and procurement decisions, and to
support
109.
DIS worked
closely with other UK intelligence organisations and with
overseas
allies.75
Its sources
included human, signals and imagery intelligence, as well as
open
sources.
The DIS produced a number of reports on the state of
Iraq.
110.
The Defence
Crisis Management Organisation (DCMO) is tasked to
provide
“politically
aware military advice to inform the strategic commitment of UK
forces to
overseas
joint and combined operations”.76
111.
The DCMO
comprises the Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) and
elements
of the MOD
Central Staff, single service frontline commands and other
relevant
112.
As head of
PJHQ, the Chief of Joint Operations (CJO) is responsible for
the
planning
and execution of joint (tri-Service) operations.78
113.
CJO reports
directly to the CDS for contingency planning and advice on
the
conduct and
resourcing of current operations.79
At the
operational level, CJO is
responsible
for the deployment, direction, sustainment and recovery of deployed
forces
in order to
deliver the military strategy set out in the CDS’s
Directive.
114.
The CJO is the
Commander Joint Operations for current operations for which
he
is responsible.
115.
The MOD
Central Staff advises both the PUS and CDS. Between 2001 and 2009
it
was led
jointly by the VCDS and the Second Permanent Secretary (2nd
PUS), supported
by a joint
staff.
72
Public
hearing, 19 January 2010, page 3.
73
Now known
as Defence Intelligence (DI).
74
Letter MOD
to Iraq Inquiry, 29 April 2010, ‘MOD Evidence – Submission on
Defence Intelligence
Staff (DIS)’.
75
www.gov.uk,
‘Defence Intelligence’.
76
Ministry of
Defence, How Defence
Works – Defence Framework, December
2010, page 14.
77
House of
Commons, Official
Report, 16
November 2004, column 1290W.
78
Ministry of
Defence, Annual
Report and Accounts 2002-03.
79
Ministry of
Defence, The New
Operating Model: How Defence Works, April
2013.
285