The director of national intelligence is the U.S. Government Cabinet-level official required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The officeholder produces the President’s Daily Brief, a top-secret document including intelligence from all the various agencies. The DNI, who is appointed by the president and is subject to confirmation by the Senate, serves at the pleasure of the president.
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The director of national intelligence is the U.S. Government Cabinet-level official required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The officeholder produces the President’s Daily Brief, a top-secret document including intelligence from all the various agencies. The DNI, who is appointed by the president and is subject to confirmation by the Senate, serves at the pleasure of the president. The current DNI is John Ratcliffe, who took office on May 26, 2020. On November 23, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden nominated Avril Haines to assume the office in January 2021. The first Director of National Intelligence was U. S. Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte who was appointed on February 17, 2005, by President George W. Bush, subject to Senate confirmation. The 911 Commission recommended establishing the DNI position in its 911 Commission Report, not released until July 22, 2004, as it had identified major intelligence failures that called into question how well the intelligence community was able to protect U.
s. interests against foreign terrorist attacks. The law left the United States Department of Defense in charge of the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 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 U S. intelligence community. In particular, the law prohibited the. DNI from serving as the CIA director or the head of any other intelligence community element at the same time. In October 2012, President Barack Obama added overall responsibility for Intelligence Community whistleblowing and source protection.
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