at the national intelligence centers and across agency lines. The
National Intelligence Director also would set information sharing and
information technology policies to maximize data sharing, as well as
policies to protect the security of information.
tive committee that can resolve differences in priorities among the
agencies and bring the major disputes to the president for decision.
of the President. This official, who would be confirmed by the Senate and
would testify before Congress, would have a relatively small staff of several hun-
dred people, taking the place of the existing community management offices
housed at the CIA.
bilities for overseeing the NCTC, the National Intelligence Director should
support the consumers of national intelligence--the president and policymak-
ing advisers such as the secretaries of state, defense, and homeland security and
the attorney general.
firms rely on a powerful CEO who has significant control over how money is
spent and can hire or fire leaders of the major divisions, assisted by a relatively
modest staff, while leaving responsibility for execution in the operating divisions.
gence Director will not head a major agency of his or her own and may have
a weaker base of support. But we believe that these disadvantages are out-
weighed by several other considerations:
seled against giving such a plain domestic role to the head of the CIA.
both one of the advocates and the judge of them all.