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Director of National Intelligence

Seal of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.svg
Seal of the Director


Dan Coats official DNI portrait.jpg

Incumbent
Dan Coats

since March 16, 2017
United States Intelligence Community
Member of
Cabinet
National Security Council
Reports to President of the United States
Seat Washington, D.C.
Appointer The President
with Senate advice and consent
Constituting instrument
50 U.S.C. § 3023
Precursor
Director of Central Intelligence (CIA)
Formation April 22, 2005
First holder John Negroponte
Deputy
Susan M. Gordon, Principal Deputy Director
Website www.dni.gov

The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is the United States government Cabinet-level official—subject to the authority, direction, and control of the President of the United States—required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to:



  • serve as head of the sixteen-member United States Intelligence Community,

  • direct and oversee the National Intelligence Program; and

  • serve as an advisor, upon invitation, to the President and his executive offices of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council about intelligence matters related to national security.


The Director produces the President's Daily Brief (PDB), a top-secret document including intelligence from all the various agencies, given each morning to the President of the United States.[1] The PDB is seen by the President and those approved by the President.


On July 30, 2008, President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13470,[2] amending Executive Order 12333 to strengthen the DNI's role.[3] Further, by Presidential Policy Directive 19 signed by Barack Obama in October 2012, the DNI was given overall responsibility for Intelligence Community whistleblowing and source protection.


Under 50 U.S.C. § 403-3a, "under ordinary circumstances, it is desirable" that either the Director or the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence be an active-duty commissioned officer in the armed forces or have training or experience in military intelligence activities and requirements. Only one of the two positions can be held by a military officer at any given time. The statute does not specify what rank the commissioned officer will hold during his or her tenure in either position.




Coats being sworn in as Director of National Intelligence by Vice President Mike Pence on March 16, 2017.


The DNI is appointed by the President and is subject to confirmation by the Senate, and serves at the pleasure of the President. The current DNI is Dan Coats, who was nominated for the office on January 5, 2017, by then-President-elect Donald Trump.[4] The DNI and Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence both resigned with effect on January 20, Trump's Inauguration day. Pending Coats' confirmation, Mike Dempsey was acting DNI from January 20, and became a member of President Trump's Cabinet on February 8,[5][6] the first time that the DNI was a Cabinet-level position. The United States Senate Intelligence Committee held Coats' confirmation hearing on February 28,[7] which approved Coats on March 9, by a 13–2 vote.[8] The Senate confirmed his nomination with an 85–12 vote on March 15, and he was sworn into office the next day.[9]




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Founding


    • 1.2 Appointments




  • 2 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)


    • 2.1 ODNI organization


      • 2.1.1 Core mission


      • 2.1.2 Mission enablers


      • 2.1.3 Oversight






  • 3 Directors


    • 3.1 Directors by time in office




  • 4 Line of succession


  • 5 Subordinates


    • 5.1 Principal Deputy Directors of National Intelligence


    • 5.2 Chief Operating Officer


    • 5.3 Director of the Intelligence Staff/Chief Management Officer


    • 5.4 Intelligence Community Inspector General


    • 5.5 Deputy Directors of National Intelligence


    • 5.6 Assistant Directors of National Intelligence


    • 5.7 Assistant Deputy Directors of National Intelligence




  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History



Founding


Before the DNI was formally established, the head of the Intelligence Community was the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), who concurrently served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


The 9/11 Commission recommended establishing the DNI position in its 9/11 Commission Report, not released until July 22, 2004, as it had identified major intelligence failures that called into question how well the intelligence community was able to protect U.S. interests against foreign terrorist attacks.


Senators Dianne Feinstein, Jay Rockefeller and Bob Graham introduced S. 2645 on June 19, 2002, to create the Director of National Intelligence position. Other similar legislation soon followed. After considerable debate on the scope of the DNI's powers and authorities, the United States Congress passed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 by votes of 336–75 in the House of Representatives, and 89–2 in the Senate. President George W. Bush signed the bill into law on December 17, 2004. Among other things, the law established the DNI position as the designated leader of the United States Intelligence Community and prohibited the DNI from serving as the CIA Director or the head of any other Intelligence Community element at the same time. In addition, the law required the CIA Director to "report" his agency's activities to the DNI.


Critics say compromises during the bill's crafting led to the establishment of a DNI whose powers are too weak to adequately lead, manage and improve the performance of the US Intelligence Community.[10] In particular, the law left the United States Department of Defense in charge of the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). (The limited DNI role in leading the US Intelligence Community is discussed on the Intelligence Community page.)



Appointments


The first Director of National Intelligence was US Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte who was appointed on February 17, 2005, by President George W. Bush, subject to confirmation by the Senate. It was reported that President Bush's first choice for DNI was former Director of Central Intelligence Robert M. Gates, who was serving as president of Texas A&M University, but who declined the offer.[11] Negroponte was confirmed by a Senate vote of 98 to 2 in favor of his appointment on April 21, 2005, and he was sworn in by President Bush on that day.


On February 13, 2007, John Michael McConnell became the second Director of National Intelligence, after Negroponte was appointed Deputy Secretary of State.


Donald M. Kerr was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence on October 4, 2007, and sworn in on October 9, 2007. Kerr, from Virginia, was most recently the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, and previously the Duty Director for Science and Technology at the US CIA and earlier in his career the Assistant Director of the Justice Department's FBI.


Declan McCullagh at News.com wrote on August 24, 2007, that the DNI site was configured to repel all search engines to index any page at DNI.gov. This effectively made the DNI website invisible to all search engines and in turn, any search queries.[12] Ross Feinstein, Spokesman for the DNI, said that the cloaking was removed as of September 3, 2007. "We're not even sure how (the robots.txt file]) got there" – but it was again somehow hidden the next day. Another blog entry by McCullagh on September 7, states that the DNI site should now be open to search engines.[13] This explanation is plausible because some software used for web development has been known to cause servers to automatically generate and re-generate robots.txt, and this behavior can be difficult to turn off. Therefore, if the web developers working for the DNI had tried to solve the issue by simply removing robots.txt, it would have looked like it worked at first, but then fail once the server had undergone a self-check for the robots.txt file.[14] robots.txt has been configured to allow access to all directories for any agent.


In September 2007, the Office of the DNI released "Intelligence Community 100 Day & 500 Day Plans for Integration & Collaboration". These plans include a series of initiatives designed to build the foundation for increased cooperation and reform of the U.S. Intelligence Community.[15]


On July 20, 2010, President Obama nominated retired Lt. (three-star) Gen. James R. Clapper for the position. Clapper was confirmed by the Senate on August 5, and replaced acting Director David C. Gompert. The prior DNI was retired Navy four-star admiral Dennis C. Blair, whose resignation became effective May 28, 2010.[16]



Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)


The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 established the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as an independent agency to assist the DNI. The ODNI's goal is to effectively integrate foreign, military and domestic intelligence in defense of the homeland and of United States interests abroad.[17] The budget for the ODNI and the Intelligence Community for fiscal year 2013 was $52.6 billion[18] and the base request for fiscal year 2014 was $48.2 billion.[19] The Military Intelligence Program (MIP) base budget request for fiscal year 2014, excluding overseas contingency funds, is $14.6 billion, which together with the NIP, comprise an Intelligence Community budget request of $62.8 billion for fiscal year 2014.[20] The ODNI has about 1,750 employees.[21]


On March 23, 2007, DNI Mike McConnell announced organizational changes, which include:



  • Elevating acquisition to a new Deputy DNI position

  • Creating a new Deputy DNI for Policy, Plans, and Requirements (replacing the Deputy DNI for Requirements position)

  • Establishing an Executive Committee

  • Designating the Chief of Staff position as the new Director of the Intelligence Staff


The ODNI continued to evolve under succeeding directors, culminating in a new organization focused on intelligence integration across the community. The ODNI has six centers and 15 Offices that, together with the centers, support the Director of National Intelligence as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC) in overseeing and directing implementation of the NIP and acting as the principal advisor to the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to national security. The six ODNI centers include:



  • Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

  • Information Sharing Environment (ISE)

  • National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC)

  • National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)

  • National Intelligence Council (NIC)

  • Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX).



ODNI organization


The ODNI is divided into core, enabling, and oversight offices. The Principal Deputy Director (PDDNI) to the DNI, in a role similar to that of a Chief Operating Officer, oversees operation of ODNI offices, manages Intelligence Community (IC) coordination and information sharing, reinforces the DNI's intelligence-integration initiatives, and focuses on IC resource challenges.



Core mission


The core mission functions of the ODNI are organized under the Deputy DNI for Intelligence Integration (DDNI/II). The DDNI/II facilitates information sharing and collaboration through the integration of analysis and collection, and leads the execution of core mission functions. These include:



  • Integration Management Council

  • National Intelligence Council

  • Mission Integration Division

  • National Counterterrorism Center

  • National Counterproliferation Center

  • Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive



Mission enablers


Mission enablers include policy, engagement, acquisition, resource, human capital, financial, and information offices.



Oversight


Oversight offices include the General Counsel, civil liberties, public affairs, Inspector General, Equal Employment Opportunity, and legislative affairs functions.[17]



Directors


Status


  Denotes an Acting Director of National Intelligence






















































No.
Director
Term of Office

President(s) served under

Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence
1

John Negroponte official portrait State.jpg

John Negroponte
April 21, 2005 – February 13, 2007

George W. Bush
2

Mike McConnell, official ODNI photo portrait.jpg

Mike McConnell
February 13, 2007 – January 27, 2009
3

Dennis Blair official Director of National Intelligence portrait.jpg

Dennis C. Blair
January 29, 2009 – May 28, 2010

Barack Obama


David Gompert official portrait.jpg

David Gompert
Acting
May 28, 2010 – August 5, 2010
4

James R. Clapper official portrait.jpg

James R. Clapper
August 5, 2010 – January 20, 2017


Michael Dempsey.jpg

Mike Dempsey
Acting
January 20, 2017 – March 16, 2017

Donald Trump
5

Dan Coats official DNI portrait.jpg

Dan Coats
March 16, 2017 – present


Directors by time in officedagger






































# In Office Director Days Rank by Length of Term President
4
ClapperJames R. Clapper
2,360 days (7003236000000000000♠6 years, 168 days) 1
ObamaObama
2
McConnellJohn Michael McConnell
714 days (7002714000000000000♠1 year, 349 days) 2
BushG. W. Bush
1
NegroponteJohn Negroponte
663 days (7002663000000000000♠1 year, 298 days) 3
BushG. W. Bush
3
BlairDennis C. Blair
484 days (7002484000000000000♠1 year, 119 days) 4
ObamaObama


  • daggerList does not include Acting Directors.


Line of succession


The line of succession for the Director of National Intelligence is as follows:[22]



  1. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

  2. Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration

  3. Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

  4. National Counterintelligence Executive

  5. Inspector General of the Intelligence Community



Subordinates



Principal Deputy Directors of National Intelligence











































Name
Term of Office

President(s) served under

Michael Hayden
April 21, 2005 – May 26, 2006

George W. Bush

Ronald L. Burgess Jr.
June 2006 – January 2007
George W. Bush

Donald Kerr
October 2007 – January 2009
George W. Bush

Ronald L. Burgess Jr.
Acting
January 2009 – February 2009

Barack Obama

David C. Gompert
November 10, 2009 – August 2010
Barack Obama

Stephanie O'Sullivan
February 18, 2011 – January 20, 2017
Barack Obama

Susan M. Gordon
August 7, 2017 – present

Donald Trump


Chief Operating Officer













Name
Term of Office

President(s) served under
Deirdre Walsh
February 2018 – Present

Donald Trump


Director of the Intelligence Staff/Chief Management Officer























Name
Term of Office

President(s) served under

Ronald L. Burgess Jr.
May 2007 – February 2009

George W. Bush, Barack Obama

John Kimmons
February 2009 – October 2010
Barack Obama
Mark Ewing
November 2010 – n/a
Barack Obama, Donald Trump


Intelligence Community Inspector General


















Name
Term of Office

President(s) served under
Charles McCullough
November 2011 – May 2018

Barack Obama, Donald Trump
Michael Atkinson
May 2018 – Present

Donald Trump


Deputy Directors of National Intelligence













































Name
Office
Term of Office

President(s) served under

Robert Cardillo
Intelligence Integration (oversees collection and analysis)
September 2010 – October 2014

Barack Obama
Peter Lavoy
Analysis
December 2008 – n/a

George W. Bush

Vacant
Collection
April 2010 – n/a
Barack Obama

David Shedd
Policy, Plans, and Requirements
May 2007 – n/a
George W. Bush
Dawn Meyerriecks
Acquisition and Technology
September 2009 – n/a
Barack Obama

Dawn Eilenberger

April 2017 – present
Donald Trump


Assistant Directors of National Intelligence







































Name
Office
Term of Office

President(s) served under
Deborah Kircher
ADNI for Human Capital
October 2011 – present

Barack Obama
Al Tarasiuk

Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer
February 2011 – 2015
Barack Obama
Marilyn A. Vacca
Chief Financial Officer
April 2009 – present
Barack Obama

L. Roger Mason Jr.
ADNI for Systems and Resource Analyses
May 2009 – present
Barack Obama
Dawn Meyerriecks
ADNI for Acquisition, Technology and Facilities

n/a – present
Barack Obama


Assistant Deputy Directors of National Intelligence





















Name
Office
Term of Office

President(s) served under

Dan Butler

Assistant Deputy Director for Open Source
April 2008 – n/a

George W. Bush, Barack Obama
Andrew Hallman
Assistant Deputy Director for Intelligence Integration
September 2010 – present
Barack Obama, Donald Trump


See also




  • Title 32 of the CFR

  • Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

  • Information Sharing Environment

  • Intellipedia


  • Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS)


  • National Intelligence Coordination Center           

  • The National Security Act of 1947

  • Open source intelligence

  • United States Joint Intelligence Community Council

  • US intelligence community A-Space




References





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  16. ^ Miller, Greg (May 21, 2010). "Dennis C. Blair to resign as Director of National Intelligence". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 3, 2010.


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External links




  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata


  • The National Counterproliferation Center at the Wayback Machine (archived April 28, 2015)

  • The National Counterterrorism Center

  • The National Counterintelligence Executive

  • Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment

  • Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004


Articles



  • U.S. News & World Report: First line of Defense: Inside the Efforts to Remake U.S. Intelligence

  • Fact Sheet: Real Progress in Reforming Intelligence

  • The Washington Post – December 29, 2006: DNI Awards $2 Million in Hush-Hush Money

  • The National Security Archive: From Director of Central Intelligence to Director of National Intelligence

  • U.S. National Intelligence: An Overview 2013












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