THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE ORANIZATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2013
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The President
of the United States
Presidents Foreign
Intelligence
Advisory Board (PFIAB)
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National Security Council
(NSC)
Senior Interagency
Group (SIG)
Interagency Groups
(IGs)
Intelligence Oversight
Board (I0B)
The Intelligence
Community
The President's
Intelligence
Organization
A Presidential Executive Order as-
signs to the Director of Central Intelli-
gence the responsibility to act as the
primary adviser to the President and
the National Security Council on na-
tional foreign intelligence. To dis-
charge this and other assigned duties,
the Director is the appointed?with
the advice and consent of the Senate?
head of both the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Intelligence Commu-
nity. These relationships and the
mechanisms established to sustain
them are discussed on the next page.
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President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board (PFIAB)
The PFIAB is maintained within the
Executive Office of the President. Its
several members serve at the
pleasure of the President and are
appointed from among trustworthy
and distinguished citizens outside of
Government who are qualified on the
basis of achievement, experience, and
independence. They serve without
compensation. The Board continually
reviews the performance of all Govern-
ment agencies engaged in the collec-
tion, evaluation, or production of intel-
ligence or in the execution of
intelligence policy. It also assesses the
adequacy of management, personnel,
and organization in intelligence agen-
cies; and advises the President con-
cerning the objectives, conduct, and
coordination of the activities of these
agencies. The PFIAB is specifically
charged to make appropriate recom-
mendations for actions to improve and
enhance the performance of the intelli-
gence efforts of the United States; this
advice may be passed directly to the
Director of Central Intelligence, the
Central Intelligence Agency, or other
agencies engaged in intelligence
activities.
Intelligence Oversight Board
(I0B)
The President's Intelligence Oversight
Board functions within the White
House. The 10B consists of three
members from outside the government
who are appointed by the President.
One of these, who serves as chairman,
is also a member of the President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
The 10B is responsible for discovering
and reporting to the President any
intelligence activities that raise ques-
tions of propriety or legality in terms of
the Constitution, the laws of the U.S.,
or Presidential Executive Order. The
Board is also charged with reviewing
the internal guidelines and direction of
the Intelligence Community. The 10B
is a permanent, non-partisan body.
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National Security Council (NSC)
The NSC was established by the
National Security Act of 1947 to ad-
vise the President with respect to the
integration of domestic, foreign, and
military policies relating to the
national security. The NSC is the
highest Executive Branch entity pro-
viding review of, guidance for, and
direction to the conduct of all national
foreign intelligence and counter-
intelligence activities. The statutory
members of the NSC are the
President, Vice President, the
Secretary of State, and the Secretary
of Defense. The Director of Central
Intelligence and the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff participate as
advisers. The same 1947 Act also
established the CIA as an independent
agency subordinate to the NSC.
Senior Interagency
Group (SIG)
This committee of the NSC is com-
posed variously of the Director of
Central Intelligence, the Assistant to
the President for National Security
Affairs, the Deputy Secretary of
State, the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the Deputy Attorney
General, the Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and the
Director of the National Security
Agency. The SIG chairman varies
according to the meeting agenda, e.g.,
the Director of Central Intelligence is
chairman when the body addresses
intelligence matters. The SIG (Intelli-
gence) is charged to advise and assist
the NSC in discharging its authority
and responsibility for intelligence
policy and intelligence matters. It
ensures that important intelligence
policy issues requiring interagency
attention receive full, prompt, and
systematic coordination. It also moni-
tors the execution of previously
approved policies and decisions.
Interagency Groups (IGs)
To assist the SIG (Intelligence),
Interagency Groups have been estab-
lished to consider individual policy
issues. Each IG consists of representa-
tives of the SIG members and, upon
invitation of the IG chairman, others
with specific responsibilities for
matters being considered. A represen-
tative of the Director of Central Intel-
ligence chairs meetings dealing with
national foreign intelligence. A repre-
sentative of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation chairs meetings dealing
with counterintelligence, except for
international terrorism, which is
divided between a State Department
representative for terrorism abroad
and an Attorney General representa-
tive for terrorism in the U.S. An
indeterminate number of IGs may be
designated by the SIG to address such
policy issues. The IGs, in turn, may
establish working groups as needed to
provide support to the approved
mechanisms of the NSC for such
matters.
The Intelligence Community
The concept of an Intelligence
Community is unique in the
Government in that it is composed for
the most part of elements which have
their primary institutional homes in
various departments and agencies of
the Executive Branch. Many of these
elements differ from each other in
significant ways. Together they
conduct the variety of activities that
add up to the entire U.S. national
foreign intelligence effort. What binds
these diverse components is their
common goal: to provide national
leaders with the most reliable and
accurate intelligence to serve as a
sound basis for making timely,
informed decisions.
It is the job of the Director of
Central Intelligence to make certain
that this goal is constantly and
successfully pursued. Members of the
Intelligence Community advise the
Director of Central Intelligence
through their representation on a
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The Director of
Central Intelligence (DCI)
Defense Intelligence
Agency
Intelligence Community
Staff
Naval Intelligence
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The Intelligence Community
number of specialized committees that
deal with intelligence matters of com-
mon concern. Chief among these is the
National Foreign Intelligence Board,
which the Director chairs and which is
composed of the heads of Community
components and, as observers, heads
of the military intelligence services.
The Director of Central Intelligence
(DCI)
The DCI is the primary adviser to the
President and the National Security
Council on national intelligence
matters. He is the head of the Central
Intelligence Agency and of such other
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Department of Defense Elements UM Independent Agency
Departmental Intelligence Elements
(Other than DOD)
staff elements as are required for the
discharge of his Intelligence Commu-
nity responsibilities.
An Executive Order gives the DCI
authority to develop the consolidated
National Foreign Intelligence
Program budget and to direct the
analytic and collection tasking of all
Intelligence Community elements.
In addition to staff elements of the
Office of the DCI, the Intelligence
Community consists of the Central
Intelligence Agency; the National Se-
curity Agency; the Defense Intelli-
gence Agency; the offices within the
Department of Defense responsible for
collection of specialized national
foreign intelligence through recon-
naissance programs; the Bureau of
Intelligence and Research of the
Department of State; and the intelli-
gence elements of the military ser-
vices, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and the Departments of
Treasury and Energy.
The DCI also serves as chairman
of the NSC's Senior Interagency
Group when it meets to consider
intelligence matters. This committee
establishes requirements and
priorities, relates these priorities to
resources, and reviews the intelligence
product for quality and
responsiveness.
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Intelligence Community Staff?pro-
vides primary staff support to the
Director of Central Intelligence in his
role as senior intelligence officer re-
sponsible for a coordinated intelli-
gence effort. The staff carefully co-
ordinates the collection activities of all
agencies and departmental elements
to minimize duplication and to ensure
coverage of major targets and to
assure that emphasis is placed on
topics of priority interest. It also moni-
tors the dissemination of collected
intelligence and consumer satisfac-
tion. The staff provides advice on all
matters pertaining to the National
Foreign Intelligence Program budget
prior to its presentation to Congress. It
develops the actual presentation for
Congress and monitors the implemen-
tation of the budget process.
enri:
has primary responsibility for the
clarrdestine collection of foreign intel-
ligence, for conducting counterintelli-
gence abroad, and for the research and
development of technical collection
systems. CIA exploits new technology
for this purpose. Further, it is respon-
sible for the production of political,
military, economic, biographic, socio-
logical, and scientific and technical
intelligence to meet the needs of na-
tional policymakers. CIA also sup-
ports the Director of Central Intelli-
gence in his role as coordinator of the
Intelligence Community.
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Intelligence Agenc?satis-
fies the foreign intelligence and coun-
terintelligence requirements of the
Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, the Unified and Specified
Commands, Defense Department
components, and other authorized
agencies and provides the military
intelligence contribution to national
intelligence. It is also responsible for
coordinating the intelligence activities
of the military services and managing
the Defense Attache System, which
assigns military attaches to U.S. em-
bassies around the world.
National Security Agency?is respon-
sible for the centralized coordination,
direction, and performance of highly
specialized technical operations in
support of U.S. Government activities
to protect U.S. communications and
produce foreign intelligence
information.
Arm), intellir.zence?provides special-
ized intelligence support to the Army
worldwide and to DOD. Responsibil-
ities include: the collection, produc-
tion, and dissemination of military
and military-related foreign intelli-
gence, including information on indi-
cations and warning, capabilities,
plans, and weapon systems and equip-
ment; the conduct of counterintelli-
gence activities and the production
and dissemination of counterintelli-
gence studies and reports; and the
development, procurement and man-
agement of tactical intelligence sys-
tems and equipment.
a?ai Imeiligenc: ?works to fulfill
the intelligence, counterintelligence,
investigative and security requirements
and responsibilities of the Department
of the Navy. It also provides highly
specialized collection and analysis
related to the Naval environment.
Air Force IotelUenc,2?conducts and
manages collection, processing, and
analysis, and dissemination activities
to meet worldwide Air Force and
national intelligence needs. Among
the Services, the Air Force has the
largest intelligence program, and its
Foreign Technology Division is a lead-
ing national source of analysis of
foreign aircraft and missiles.
Marine Corps Intelligence?focuses on
providing responsive intelligence
support to Marine Corps tactical
commanders, primarily in the
amphibious warfare mission area, but
also across the full spectrum of Marine
Corps worldwide contingency missions.
Marine Corps intelligence coordinates
closely with and receives extensive
support from other Service, theater,
and national agencies but, particularly,
Naval Intelligence elements, both at
the Fleet and National levels.
Department of State?the Depart-
ment of State's Bureau of Intelligence
and Research produces political and
some economic intelligence to meet
the State Department's needs. It also
coordinates State's relations with
other foreign intelligence operations,
disseminates reports received from
U.S. diplomatic and consular posts
abroad, and participates in the prep-
aration of National Intelligence
Estimates.
?openly
collects political, economic and tech-
nical information concerning foreign
energy matters. While DOE does pro-
duce and disseminate some foreign
intelligence and provides technical
and analytical research capabilities to
other intelligence operations, it re-
mains primarily a consumer of
intelligence.
- ?openly col-
lects foreign financial and monetary
information and assista the Depart-
ment of State in collecting economic
data. It produces analysis to support
the Secretary of the Treasury in carry-
ing out his responsibilities for U.S.
economic policy and assists in the
production of national intelligence for
the President and other senior U.S.
officials.
Federal BurtfiL c.fimeszliz:17;,
'FB] ?has primary responsibility for
counterintelligence within the United
States. This includes the detection,
penetration, prevention and neutral-
ization, by lawful means, of espio-
nage, sabotage and other clandestine
intelligence activities directed against
the U.S. by hostile foreign intelligence
services. FBI works closely with the
Central Intelligence Agency which
has primary responsibility for counter-
intelligence outside the United States.
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National Foreign
Intelligence Council
The Intelligence Community
The President
Presidents Foreign
Intelligence Advisory
Board
National Security
Council
Senior Interdepartmental
Group: (Intelligence)
National Foreign
Intelligence Board
National
Security
Agency
Department
of
Energy
1
Director of
Central Intelligence
Defense
Intelligence
Agency
Army
Central
Intelligence
Agency
Navy
Intelligence
Community Staff
1
State
Department
Air Force
DCI Committees
Treasury
Department
USMC
Federal
Bureau of
Investigation
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