The following is the Jan. 23, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Defense Primer: Intelligence Support to Military ...

The U.S. Army’s Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) is arguably the most secretive special operations unit, operating in the shadows to gather critical intelligence for JSOC missions. Originating as ...

Routine spying activities conducted by NSA, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and others would continue, but some forward-looking intelligence planning would be halted, a department document ...

The Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) is arguably the most secretive U.S. Military tier one unit in JSOC. The Intelligence Support Activity doesn’t get the limelight like Delta Force or SEAL Team ...