The Position of Director of National Intelligence: Issues for Congress

By Cumming, Alfred

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Title:	The Position of Director of National Intelligence: Issues for Congress
Author:	Cumming, Alfred
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Excerpt
Excerpt: Proposals to reorganize the United States Intelligence Community began to surface almost as soon as the management structure for the Intelligence Community (IC) was statutorily established by the passage of the National Security Act of 1947. Since then, at least 19 commissions, committees and panels, created by either the executive or legislative branches, have made numerous recommendations for structural reorganization. Several of the proposals urged stronger centralized IC authority and, in some cases, the establishment of the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

Table of Contents
Contents Congressional Proposals Concerning DNI Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 DCI Budget-Related Responsibilities and Authorities Under the National Security Act of 1947 Are Seen by Some as Limited . . . . . . . . 3 Recent Interest in the Establishment of a DNI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What The Bills Are Designed To Accomplish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Feinstein and Graham Would Establish a DNI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Harman Would Establish a DNI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Goss Legislation Would Not Establish DNI, But Instead Strengthen DCI . 10 Arguments Offered In Favor of Establishing a DNI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Arguments Offered in Opposition to Establishing a DNI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 History of Recommendations to Centralize and Strengthen IC Leadership . . . . 16 Second Hoover Commission, 1955 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Schlesinger Report, 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Murphy Commission, 1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Church Committee, 1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pike Committee, 1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Clifford/Cline Proposals, 1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Charter Legislation, 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Executive Branch Orders, 1976-1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Turner Proposal, 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Boren-McCurdy, 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Aspin-Brown Commission, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Specter/Combest, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Scowcroft Commission, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Joint Inquiry Into September 11 Terrorist Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The 9/11 Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Appendix 1. DNI Legislation Compared to Current Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20