Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Agency overview
Formed	April 22, 2005
Jurisdiction	Federal Government of the United States
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia[1]
Employees	Approximately 1,500
Annual budget	$49.8 Billion (US Intelligence Community Budget Figure)[2]
Agency executives	James R. Clapper, Director Stephanie O'Sullivan, Principal Deputy Director
Child agencies	National Counterterrorism Center National Counterproliferation Center
Website
www.dni.gov

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

• Serve as principal advisor to the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council about intelligence matters related to national security;
• Serve as head of the sixteen-member Intelligence Community; and
• Direct and oversee the National Intelligence Program.

Under 50 U.S.C. § 403-3a, either the Director or the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence ideally should 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 an 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, but historically a four-star general or admiral has served. The penultimate DNI was retired Navy four-star admiral Dennis C. Blair, whose resignation became effective May 28, 2010.^[3] On July 20, 2010, President Obama nominated retired Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper for the position. Clapper was confirmed by the Senate on August 5, 2010, and replaced acting Director David C. Gompert.

On July 30, 2008, President Bush issued Executive Order 13470^[4] amending Executive Order 12333 to strengthen the DNI's role.^[5]

History[link]

Prior to establishment of the DNI, the head of the Intelligence Community was the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). The DCI concurrently served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Establishment of the DNI position was one of the recommendations in the report by the 9/11 Commission investigating the September 11 attacks. The report, which was released on July 22, 2004, identified major intelligence failures that called into question how well the Intelligence Community protected US national and homeland security interests against attacks by foreign terrorists.

Soon thereafter Senators Dianne Feinstein, Jay Rockefeller and Bob Graham introduced legislation to create a Director of National Intelligence, S. 2645, introduced on June 19, 2002. 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.^[6] 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. (The limited DNI role in leading the US Intelligence Community is discussed in the Intelligence Community article.)

On February 17, 2005, President George W. Bush named U.S. Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte to the post, pending confirmation by the Senate. It was reported that President Bush's first choice for Director of National Intelligence was former Director of Central Intelligence Robert M. Gates, who was serving as president of Texas A&M University; however, Gates declined the offer.^[7] Negroponte was confirmed by a Senate vote of 98 to 2 in favor of his appointment on April 21, 2005, and was sworn in by President Bush on that day.

On February 13, 2007, John Negroponte was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of State, and John Michael McConnell became the 2nd Director of National Intelligence.

Donald M. Kerr was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence on Thursday, October 4, 2007. He was sworn in on Tuesday, October 9, 2007.

Kerr, of Virginia, was most recently the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, and he was previously the Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Earlier in his career, he was the Assistant Director of the Justice Department's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.

Declan McCullagh at News.com wrote on August 24, 2007 that the DNI site apparently was configured to repel all search engines to index any page at DNI.gov. This effectively made the DNI web site invisible to all search engines and in turn, any search queries.^[8]

Ross Feinstein, the Spokesman for the DNI said that the cloaking was removed as of Monday, September 3, "We're not even sure how (the robots.txt file) got there" – but it was again somehow hidden on September 4. Another blog entry by McCullagh on September 7, states that the DNI site should, again, now be open to search engines.^[9]

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, this would have looked like it worked at first but then fail once the server had undergone a self-check for the robots.txt file.^[10] http://dni.gov/robots.txt has been configured to allow access to all directories for any agent.

In September, 2007, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has 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.^[11]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)[link]

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 budget for the ODNI – and the Intelligence Community equal 43.5 billion. The ODNI has about 1,500 employees.^{[citation needed]} The National Counterterrorism Center is a major organization within the ODNI.

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 chart below shows the ODNI's organization, as of November 2009.

The Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive is also responsible to the DNI.

Organizational chart

Director of the Intelligence Staff[link]

The Office of the Director of the Intelligence Staff (DIS) is responsible for synchronizing and integrating efforts across the DNI staff and components. Offices that fall under the DIS include:

• Executive Secretary, Office of the Executive Secretariat
• Director, Office of Administration

DDNI for Collection[link]

The Office of the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection was established to coordinate collection throughout the Intelligence Community under the authorities of the DNI and ensure that the National Intelligence Strategy (NIS)^[12] priorities are appropriately reflected in future planning and systems acquisition decisions.^[13]

The Office of the DDNI for Collection looks across the entire collection business enterprise to develop corporate understanding of needs, requirements, and capabilities to ensure that a holistic view is taken on current and future collection systems. The Deputy Director for Collection brings together key IC stakeholders to get senior level insight into issues.^[13]

The DDNI for Collection is supported by four Assistant Deputies:

• Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Cyberspace Management
• Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Human Intelligence
• Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source
• Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Technical Collection

DDNI for Analysis[link]

Primary authority for analytic activities rests with the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis, who is also the Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. As of March 2007, there are six Assistant Deputy Directors for Analysis (ADDNI/A):^[14]

• Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for the National Intelligence Council (also Vice Chairman, NIC)
• Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for the President's Daily Brief
• Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analytic Mission Management
• Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analytic Integrity and Standards (also the Analytic Ombudsman^[15])
• ADDNI/A for Analytic Transformation and Technology (also the Chief Technology Officer^[16])
• ADDNI/A for Community Support.^[17]

Directors of National Intelligence[link]

No.	Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
1.	John Negroponte	April 21, 2005 – February 13, 2007	George W. Bush
2.	VADM John Michael McConnell, USN (Ret.)	February 13, 2007 – January 27, 2009	George W. Bush
3.	ADM Dennis C. Blair, USN (Ret.)	January 29, 2009 – May 28, 2010	Barack Obama
4.	David C. Gompert (Acting)	May 28, 2010 - August 5, 2010	Barack Obama
5.	Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper, USAF (Ret.)	August 5, 2010–Present	Barack Obama

Principal Deputy Directors of National Intelligence[link]

Directors of the Intelligence Staff[link]

Deputy Directors of National Intelligence[link]

Associate Directors of National Intelligence[link]

Assistant Deputy Directors of National Intelligence[link]

See also[link]

• IARPA
• Information Sharing Environment
• Intellipedia
• JWICS
• National Intelligence Coordination Center
• Open source intelligence
• The National Security Act of 1947
• United States Joint Intelligence Community Council
• US intelligence community A-Space

References[link]

External links[link]

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• US Intelligence Community
• An Overview of the United States Intelligence Community
• The National Counterproliferation Center
• The National Counterterrorism Center
• The National Counterintelligence Executive
• Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment
• Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

Articles[link]

• 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

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11 April 2008, Phoenix, Ariz.

For the New York politician, see J. Raymond McGovern.

Raymond McGovern (born 1939) is a retired CIA officer turned political activist. McGovern was a Federal employee under seven U.S. presidents over 27 years, presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House for many of them.

Post-retirement career and views[link]

Intelligence activism[link]

McGovern has been an outspoken commentator on intelligence-related issues since the late 1990s.^[1] He was heavily critical of the government's handling of the Wen Ho Lee case in 2000.^[2] In 2002 he was publicly critical of President George W. Bush's use of government intelligence in the lead-up to the war in Iraq.^[3]

In 2003, together with other former CIA employees, McGovern founded the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity or VIPS. The organization is dedicated to analyzing and criticizing the use of intelligence, specifically relating to the War in Iraq. In January 2006, McGovern began speaking out on behalf of the anti-war group Not in Our Name. According to the group's press release, McGovern served symbolic "war crimes indictments" on the Bush White House from a "people's tribunal."

McGovern has been outspoken in rejecting the official story of the 9/11 attacks and has joined the call for a new and independent investigation of 9/11.

Rumsfeld[link]

In May 2006, McGovern attended a speech by then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and, during the question-and-answer session, accused him of lying about Iraq prewar intelligence. McGovern challenged Rumsfeld on several statements which Rumsfeld was on the record for saying. McGovern asked him;

• "Why did you lie to get us into a war, which was not necessary and has caused these kinds of casualties?"
• "You said you knew where they [weapons of mass destruction] were."

• Rumsfeld: "I did not...I said I knew where suspect sites were."

• McGovern "You said you knew where they were: 'Near Tikrit, near Baghdad, and East, West, South and North somewhat'" (Rumsfeld denied using this language). Rumsfeld had added in the original statement in reference to one particular facility, "we saw from the air that there were dozens of trucks that went into that facility after the existence of it became public in the press and they moved things out. They dispersed them and took them away. So there may be nothing left. I don't know that. But it's way too soon to know."^[4]
• "Your allegation that 'there was bullet proof evidence' of ties between Al Qaeda and Iraq (Rumsfeld stated this on September 27, 2002 to the Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta, Georgia).^[5] Was that a lie or were you misled?"

• Rumsfeld "Zarqawi was in Baghdad during the prewar period...that is a fact."

• McGovern: "Zarqawi...he was in the North of Iraq in a place where Saddam Hussein had no rule. That's where he was."

• Rumsfeld "He was also in Baghdad."

• McGovern "Yeah, when he needed to go to the hospital...come on, these people [the surrounding press] aren't idiots."^[6]

"O.I.L."[link]

In a television interview with Tucker Carlson on MSNBC, McGovern said: "I‘ve been using the acronym O.I.L. for many — for two years now: O for oil; I for Israel; and L for logistics, logistics being the permanent — now we say “enduring” — military bases that the U.S. wants to keep in Iraq."^[7]

McGovern testified at a Democratic National Headquarters forum in 2005 that had been convened by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) of the House Judiciary Committee on the Downing Street Memo.

The Washington Post reported that, in his testimony, McGovern "declared that the United States went to war in Iraq for oil, Israel and military bases craved by administration 'neocons' so 'the United States and Israel could dominate that part of the world.' He said that Israel should not be considered an ally and that Bush was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. 'Israel is not allowed to be brought up in polite conversation,' McGovern said. Genuine criticism of official Israeli policy is often portrayed as if it were anti-Semite bigotry: 'The last time I did this, the previous director of Central Intelligence called me anti-Semitic.'"^[8]

McGovern described the incident with former Director of Central Intelligence James Woolsey in an article in CounterPunch:

I thought of the debate I had on Iraq with arch-neoconservative and former CIA Director James Woolsey on PBS' Charlie Rose Show on August 20, when I broke the taboo on mentioning Israel and was immediately branded "anti-Semitic" by Woolsey. Reflecting later on his accusation, it seemed almost OK since it was so blatantly ad hominem. And his attack was all the more transparent, coming from the self-described "anchor of the Presbyterian wing of JINSA" — the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, a strong advocate of war to eliminate all perceived enemies of Israel — like Iraq.^[9]

Arrested for Silent Protest at Clinton Speech[link]

During a speech on February 16, 2011, at George Washington University by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton he stood silently with his back turned during her remarks, leading to his arrest.^{[10] [11]}

On Julian Assange[link]

When asked on TVNZ whether Julian Assange was a hero or villain, he replied "Hero",^[12] and has co-written an open letter of support for WikiLeaks and Assange.^[13]

When asked whether Julian Assange was a journalist, he replied "Yeah, actually, with all due respect, I think you (the mainstream media) should be following his example.",^[14] to the CNN reporter.

Personal life[link]

McGovern has been married to Rita Kennedy for 42 years. Together they have five children and six grandchildren.

Articles[link]

• Ray McGovern, Mullen Wary of Israeli Attack on Iran, Antiwar.com, March 8, 2010.
• Ray McGovern, "Case Closed", Tom Paine, February 19, 2004.
• Ray McGovern, "Proof Bush Fixed The Facts," Tom Paine, May 4, 2005.
• Ray McGovern, Archive of McGovern's articles for Alternet, Alternet, 06/03-04/06.

Video[link]

• Ray McGovern speaks at Peace Action National Congress (July 2004) - 23 minutes
• Ray McGovern speaks at the John Marshall Law School In Chicago, IL (April 2006) - 52 minutes
• Ray McGovern speaks to TVNZ about WikiLeaks and Assange (Dec 2010) - 5 minutes
• Obama's and Brennan's "Kill List" - Ray McGovern: It is a moral and legal impossibility to square "kill lists" for extrajudicial killing with traditional legal and moral American values 13:56 with transcript

See also[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

• Radio interview on Progressive Radio
• Interview on TVNZ about Julian Assange
• Downloadable audio interview with Scott Horton
• The-war-at-home The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Audio and Transcript of Brad Show interview, June 11, 2005
• Truthdigger of the Week: Ray McGovern
• "Retired CIA Official Says Bush Is A War Criminal" (audio interview)
• Are U.S. Presidents Afraid of the CIA? by Ray McGovern, December 29, 2009
• "McGovern: Forged 'yellowcake' memo 'leads right back to' Cheney" (MSNBC Tucker Carlson Video)
• "Retired CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Takes on Rumsfeld Over Justification for Iraq Invasion" May 5, 2006 Democracy Now
• "Q&A sessions with Ray McGovern" (News Video)
• "So Who's Afraid of the Israel Lobby?" October 5, 2007
• [1] February 17, 2011