Director of National Intelligence

The Director of National Intelligence ( DNI; German director of national intelligence services ) is a government official of the United States of America. He is the Director of the Intelligence Community, an alliance of 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.

History

The post of Director of National Intelligence was decided in 2004 and launched in November 2004 in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 as a result of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Report.

Director of Central Intelligence

Until the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of Director of Central Intelligence ( DCI) was both administrative head of the Central Intelligence Agency as well as coordinator for the then 15 U.S. intelligence agencies.

See also: Director of Central Intelligence

Fragmentation of the Office in D / CIA and DNI

As a result of the terrorist attack of 11 September 2001 ( " 9/11 ") the investigation committee, the " 9/11-Commission ", recommended that the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence in the offices of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( D / CIA ) and the Director of National Intelligence ( DNI) to split. President George W. Bush put it through the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, and thus created the offices of the Directors of National Intelligence (DNI ) and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

See: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Executive Order 13470

On 30 July 2008, President Bush issued Executive Order 13470 as a complement of Executive Order 12333, to further consolidate the role of the DNI and to extend its competences.

Affected Services

The DNI coordinates the 16 individual U.S. intelligence services. These are:

  • The Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA),
  • The Department of Defense in settled intelligence and reconnaissance services (currently eight): Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA ), U.S. Army Intelligence,
  • U.S. Navy Intelligence,
  • U.S. Air Force Intelligence,
  • U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence,
  • United States Coast Guard Intelligence ( CGI),
  • Office of Intelligence and Analysis ( OIA );
  • Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence ( OICI );
  • Office of Intelligence and Analysis ( OIA ).

The DNI is to coordinate and integrate the work of the various elements of the Intelligence Community. He also advises the President and the National Security Council of the United States in intelligence matters and is responsible for the compilation of the President's Daily Brief. He is assisted, however, no powers at the level of the 16 intelligence agencies.

In the self- representation of the Intelligence Community is listed as the 17th Intelligence Service, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Executive Staff

The Director of National Intelligence is a whole apparatus of assistants and deputies to the side.

  • Principal Deputy DNI - Stephanie O'Sullivan
  • Deputy DNI, Intelligence Integration - Robert Cardillo
  • Director, NCTC - Matthew G. Olsen
  • Assistant DNI, Acquisition, Technology & Facilities - Dawn Maeyerriecks
  • Assistant DNI, Chief Human Capital Office - Deborah Kircher
  • Assistant DNI, Chief Financial Officer - Richard Fravel
  • IC Chief Information Officer - Al Tarasiuk
  • General Counsel - Robert Litt
  • Designated Agency Ethics Official, Principal Deputy General Counsel - Susan Gibson
  • Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment - Kshemendra Paul
  • Inspector General of the IC - Charles McCullough
  • Assistant DNI, Policy & Strategy - Corin Stone
  • Assistant DNI, Systems & Resource Analyses - Dr. Roger Mason
  • Assistant DNI, Partner Engagement - Lt. Gene. Theodore C. Nicholas
  • Director, National Counterproliferation Center - Maja Lehnus
  • Assistant Deputy DNI, Intelligence Integration - Michael Dempsey
  • National Counterintelligence Executive - Frank Montoya, Jr.
  • Civil Liberties and Privacy Officer - Axel Joel
  • Director, IC Equal Opportunity & Diversity - Dr. Patricia Taylor
  • Director, Public Affairs Office - Shawn Turner

Previous DNIs

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