"Prevention core capabilities are at the root of the TPEP [Terrorism Prevention Exercise Program]. They define which terrorism-prevention equipment, personnel, planning, and tasks will be exercised. The program will address the need to exercise certain capabilities and associated critical tasks that are integral to the prevention mission. The prevention core capabilities have been selected from the Target Capabilities List (TCL). The capability descriptions have been identified and consolidated based on terrorism prevention activities that serve to detect and disrupt terrorist threats or actions against the United States and its interests, and that decrease the likelihood that a specific terrorist threat or plan will be culminated or executed. "The core capabilities required for successful terrorism prevention operations are inherently intertwined. Therefore, the lines between them are often blurred, with many of the individual capabilities serving functions in more than one mission area. Rather than specific, individual phases of prevention operations, they are interdependent and simultaneously occurring elements of the larger antiterrorism mission. The prevention core capabilities are as follows: (1) Information Gathering and Recognition of Indicators and Warnings (I&W) involves gathering, consolidating, and retaining raw, unexamined data from various sources. Recognition of I&W is the ability to see in this data the potential indicators and/or warnings of terrorist activities or planning against U.S. citizens, land, infrastructure, and/or allies. (2) Intelligence Analysis and Production involves the merging of data and information for the purpose of analyzing, linking, and disseminating timely and actionable intelligence with an emphasis on public safety and homeland security. This process focuses on the consolidation of intelligence-community analytical products at the Federal, State, local, and tribal levels for tactical, operational, and strategic use. This capability also includes the examination of raw data to identify threat pictures, recognize potentially harmful patterns, or connect suspicious links to discern potential indicators or warnings. (3) Intelligence/Information Sharing and Dissemination involves the multi-jurisdictional, multidisciplinary exchange and dissemination of information and intelligence among Federal, State, local, and tribal layers of government, the private sector, and citizens. The primary goal of sharing and disseminating is to facilitate the distribution of relevant, actionable, timely, and preferably unclassified information and/or intelligence that is updated frequently to consumers that need it. More simply, the goal is to get the right information, to the right people, at the right time. (4) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and/or Explosive (CBRNE) Detection is the capability to defend against weapons of mass destruction (WMD) through deployment of systems to ensure early detection of the import, transport, manufacture, or release of CBRNE materials. (5) Law Enforcement Investigation and Operations covers the broad range of activities undertaken by law enforcement and related entities to detect, examine, probe, investigate, and conduct operations related to potential terrorist activities. Current and emerging investigative techniques are used, with emphasis on training, legal frameworks, recognition of indications and warnings, source development, interdiction, and related issues special to antiterrorism activities. (DHS, HSEEP Vol. 5: Prevention Exercises (Draft), Dec. 2005)