COMMENTS ON MILLER BILL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00095A000100040009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 21, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 21, 1977
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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COMMENTS ON MILLER BILL
Tsar Writ very large -- "direct-control", budget require-
ments, Pres. Advisor, Chief Operations Officer, provider
of national intelligence, COMSEC!
? Intended as an overlay on present structure, supposedly
nothing abolished.
Authority to President and NIA to reorganize -- good,
but not specified here.
-- Clearly DCI community role, Intelligence Community
Staff, perhaps NIO role is abolished or overridden.
-- Yet, introductor "note" says DCI requirements still
run NSA
? NIA given "reach" into tactical and departmental...
-- DIA, INR, etc., defined as part of NIA. D/NIA can
"direct and control".
But "nothing prohibits" departmental and tactical.
-- Tactical definition is very poor, probably unworkable.
-- President, NSC, NIA to define what national intelligence
really is.
-- But D/NIA is to review all departmental, tactical, IRA.
? GAO finally gets into intelligence knickers::
? Strong role in CI. Also, Chief, COMSEC -- this is
functionally sound, but a major internal security role.
? CFI concept is abolished. PRC gets SCC. Who's in the chair?
? Draft of Bill is clearly incomplete.
? Heavy Congress role. But, Congress takes no responsibility.
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 ? DCI becomes D/CIA.
? D/NIA would have to:staff.
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Some probable consequences (assuming legal conflicts resolved):
-- national requirements systems
programming and budgeting
-- -- probably, national intelligence production staff
(ONE) (NIO system too lean)
e Major conflict or awkwardness re departmental elements --
DIA, INR, Treasury, ERDA, FBI.
4a e DDI of CIA in an odd position, but remains only "national"
producer of any size.
Confusion on responsibility for tactical.
Congressional action:
? SSCI origin a plus for credibility-but, there would be
much flak on Tsar concept and tendency to pile on
restrictions
Main alternative with same aims is:
e Combine CIA, NSA, into one National Intelligence
Agency. D/NIA has line power over it and reports to
NSC and President. This would "rationalize" some 65%
of present NFIP.
? Create CFI-like body to "coordinate" other national
intelligence; e.g., DIA, INR, resources. "Review"
for good sense IRA. D/NIA could chair. D/NIA would
prepare and submit NIA budget and defend it. Owners
would submit own national and IRA budgets. D/NIA would
review, CFI would approve, owners would defend.
? Retain NFIB for product correlation.
e Give other powers CI, COMSEC, operations authority to
D/NIA -~ PRC, where necessary.
Main rationale: this is a reasonable extent for central control.
Tsar/NIA is just too big.
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our options:
1. Nix. Let it simmer; press on with #11.
2. Lobby for delay.
3. Start counter-lobby for National Agency concept.
4. Start fiddling with draft; push toward Agency concept
as alternative.
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