The National Operational Intelligence Watch Officer's Network ('NOIWON) is a secure telephone conference-call system between major Washington national security watch centers:
- National Military Command Center
- National Military Joint Intelligence Center
- State Department Operations Center
- State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research
- CIA Operations Center
- NSA Operations Center
- The White House Situation Room
- U.S. Navy Multiple Threat Alert Center
It is used for rapid evaluation of breaking crises.
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