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Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies [Updated February 11, 2005]
From the Summary: "Although the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the best known member of the Intelligence Community, the bulk of the nation's intelligence effort is undertaken by the intelligence agencies of the Department of Defense (DOD). In particular, the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) (formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)) are major collectors of information for DOD and non-DOD consumers and absorb a large percentage of the annual intelligence budget. (The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), albeit a large and important component of the Intelligence Community, is more directly focused on DOD requirements.) Some Members of Congress and independent commissions, most recently the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, the 9/11 Commission, have argued that a lack of coordination among intelligence agencies contributed to the failure to provide warning of the terrorist attacks of September 2001. In response, in December 2004 Congress passed intelligence reform legislation (P.L. 108-458) that modifies the existing organization of the Intelligence Community and establishes more centralized leadership under a newly created Director of National Intelligence (DNI)."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Best, Richard A.
2005-02-11
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Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies [Updated December 21, 2004]
"Some Members of Congress and independent commissions, most recently the
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, the 9/11
Commission, have argued that a lack of coordination among intelligence agencies contributed to the failure to provide warning of the terrorist attacks of September 2001. In response, in December 2004 Congress passed intelligence reform legislation (P.L. 108-458) that modifies the existing organization of the Intelligence Community and establishes more centralized leadership under a newly created Director of National Intelligence (DNI). As the legislation was being debated in the fall of 2004, attention focused on the extent of the budgetary and administrative authorities to be assigned to the DNI. Significant concerns were expressed by DOD officials, some Members of Congress, and various outside observers that providing the DNI with greater authority and control of intelligence agencies in DOD could jeopardize the increasingly close relationship between these agencies and the operating military forces. The conference committee on intelligence reform legislation (S. 2845) addressed these concerns with language that gave the DNI substantial authorities over intelligence budgets, but not operational control over their activities. The final version of the legislation also provided that the details of budgetary authorities to be exercised by the DNI and other cabinet officers be worked out in accordance with guidelines to be issued by the President after the DNI is appointed."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Best, Richard A.
2004-12-21
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Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies [Updated December 6, 2004]
"Some Members of Congress and independent commissions, most recently the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, the 9/11 Commission, have argued that a lack of coordination among intelligence agencies contributed to the failure to provide warning of the terrorist attacks of September 2001. Intelligence Reform legislation currently under consideration would modify current organization of the Intelligence Community to establish more centralized leadership under a newly established National Intelligence Director (NID) or Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Although there appears to be a consensus that the NID/DNI needs a stronger statutory base to ensure effective coordination of the national intelligence effort than the Director of Central Intelligence currently possesses, the extent of the budgetary and administrative authorities to be assigned to the NID/DNI is the subject of extensive debate. Significant concerns have been expressed by DOD officials, some Members of Congress, and various outside observers that some provisions that would provide the NID with greater authority and control of intelligence agencies in DOD could jeopardize the increasingly close relationship between these agencies and the operating military forces."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Best, Richard A.
2004-12-06
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Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DoD Intelligence Agencies [August 6, 2004]
"Some Members of Congress and independent commissions, most recently the
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, the 9/11
Commission, have argued that a lack of coordination among intelligence agencies contributed to the failure to provide warning of the terrorist attacks of September 2001. They have recommended that the current organization of the Intelligence Community be changed to establish more centralized leadership under a newly established Director of National Intelligence (DNI) or National Intelligence Director (NID). In some proposals, the DNI/NID controls budgetary resources of all intelligence agencies. All versions of the proposals currently under consideration would affect the relationship between the leadership of the Intelligence Community and the intelligence agencies in the Defense Department. Significant concerns have, however, been expressed by DoD officials, some Members of Congress, and various outside observers that initiatives to provide a DNI/NID with greater authority and control of intelligence agencies in DoD could jeopardize the increasingly close relationship between these agencies and the operating military forces. Some suggest that proposals to make the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence report both to the Secretary of Defense and to the DNI/NID would place this official in a difficult, if not untenable, position should the two leaders have different approaches to important issues."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Best, Richard A.
2004-08-06
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