{ "id": "RL32506", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RL32506", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com, University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 100081, "date": "2004-10-05", "retrieved": "2016-04-07T20:07:15.342128", "title": "The Proposed Authorities of a National Intelligence Director: Issues for Congress and Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 2845, H.R. 10, and Current Law", "summary": "The 9/11 Commission, in its recent report on the attacks of September 11, 2001, criticized the\nU.S.\nIntelligence Community's (IC) fragmented management structure and questioned whether the U.S.\nGovernment, and the IC, in particular, is organized adequately to direct resources and build the\nintelligence capabilities that the United States will need to counter terrorism, and to address the\nbroader range of national security challenges in the decades ahead.\n The Commission made a number of recommendations, one of which was to replace the current\nposition of Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) with a National Intelligence Director (NID) who\nwould oversee national intelligence centers on specific subjects of interest -- including a National\nCounterterrorism Center (NCTC) -- across the U.S. government, manage the national intelligence \nprogram; oversee the agencies that contribute to it; and have hiring, firing, and budgetary authority\nover the IC's 15 agencies. Although the Commission recommended that the director be located in\nthe Executive Office of the President, the Commission Vice Chairman in testimony before Congress\non September 7, 2004, withdrew that portion of the recommendation in light of concerns that the\nNID would be subject to undue influence. The Commission further recommended that a deputy NID\nbe established to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The\nCommission's recommendation to strengthen management authority over the IC is the latest\ncontribution to an IC structural reform debate that dates at least to 1955, when arguments for\nstronger IC authority began to surface. OMB deputy director James Schlesinger in 1971 first\nbroached the NID concept.\n Congress currently is considering two principal bills, S. 2845 , introduced by\nSenators Collins and Lieberman, and H.R. 10 , introduced by Representative Hastert,\nthat would establish the NID position. [For a comprehensive comparison of all recent NID legislative\nproposals, see CRS Report RL32600(pdf) and CRS Report RL32601(pdf) ].\n Reactions to the concept of an NID have been mixed since its inception. Supporters argue that\nthe DCI cannot manage the IC, the CIA and serve as the President's chief intelligence advisor, and\ndo justice to any of the jobs. Other than at the CIA, the DCI also lacks hiring, firing and budget\nauthority. They argue that the absence of strong, centralized leadership has resulted in divided\nmanagement of intelligence capabilities; lack of common standards and practices across the\nforeign-domestic intelligence divide; structural barriers that undermine the performance of joint\nintelligence work; and a weak capacity to set priorities and move resources.\n Opponents counter that an NID would lose day-to-day control over the CIA, a natural power\nbase and, as a result, influence. They also contend that an NID will shift the balance of control away\nfrom DOD, risking intelligence support to the warfighter. The congressional role includes deciding\nwhether to establish the position of the NID and its authority. 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