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The '''Director of National Intelligence''' ('''DNI''') is appointed by the [[President of the United States of America]], subject to approval by the [[U.S. Senate]].  The DNI heads the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), headquartered in McLean, Virginia (a suburb of [[Washington, D.C.]]).  As of 2024, the Office has about 1750 employees.   
The '''Director of National Intelligence''' ('''DNI''') is appointed by the [[President of the United States of America]], subject to approval by the [[U.S. Senate]].  While the Director of National Intelligence is a cabinet-level position, its office-holder is not automatically a member of the president's cabinet (but could be invited by a given president to cabinet membership for that term).  The DNI heads the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), headquartered in McLean, Virginia (a suburb of [[Washington, D.C.]]).  As of 2024, the Office has about 1750 employees.  The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created in 2004 by the ''Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act''<ref name=Law />  One of the main functions of the ODNI is to produce the President's Daily Brief, a classified document including intelligence from all the different U.S. intelligence agencies, that is handed each morning to the President.<ref name=WPost /><ref name=WPedia />


The organization was created by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to integrate foreign, military and domestic intelligence because of the perception that the various United States Intelligence agencies had not shared information adequately to have prevented the 2001 [[9-11 Attack]], even though enough information likely existed in various pockets here and there to have understood the threat.  Critics say compromises during the bill's crafting led to the establishment of a DNI whose powers are too weak adequately to improve the performance of the US Intelligence Community.<ref>{{cite news | last=Kaplan | first=Fred | title=You Call That a Reform Bill? | date=7 December 2004 | publisher=Slate Magazine| url=http://www.slate.com/id/2110767/}}</ref>  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 United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community article.)
Prior to 2004, the U.S. intelligence community's head was called the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and was simultaneously head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).  The 2004 law abolished the DCI position and created instead the "Director of the CIA" office which is subordinate to the Director of National Intelligence who, however, lacks full budgetary authority over the intelligence agencies of the [[U.S. Department of Defense]].<ref name=NoBudget /> This is the main reason that critics say that the DNI's powers are too weak adequately to improve the cooperation of U.S. intelligence agencies.<ref>{{cite news | last=Kaplan | first=Fred | title=You Call That a Reform Bill? | date=7 December 2004 | publisher=Slate Magazine| url=http://www.slate.com/id/2110767/}}</ref>  Monitoring the implementation of this Act is a responsibility of the [[House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]] and the [[Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]].


Prior to establishment of the DNI, the head of the United States Intelligence Community was the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), who concurrently served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
==References==
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[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36532-2005Feb18.html "CIA to Cede President's Brief to Negroponte"], February 19, 2005, ''The Washington Post''
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Wikipedia's extensive [[Wikipedia:Director of National Intelligence|article about the DNI]] has many more details and a list of all its office holders.
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The ''Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004'' (Public Law 108-458) was created because of the perception that the various U.S. Intelligence agencies had not shared information adequately to prevent the 2001 [[9-11 Attack]], even though enough information likely existed in various pockets here and there to have understood the threat. The new law also moved some community-related functions from the CIA to the ODNI, and specified that the Director and Principal Deputy Director of the new agency cannot both be active-duty military officers (i.e., one or the other should be a military intelligence officer, usually of four-star rank, or have extensive experience in military intelligence).
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The Director of National Intelligence is a cabinet-level position reporting directly to the President but not automatically a member of the president's cabinet.
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The 2004 law establishing the ODNI left the Department of Defense in charge of the budget for the [[National Security Agency]], the [[National Reconnaissance Office]], and the [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]].
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Congress specified that the Director and ''Principal Deputy'' Director cannot both be active-duty military officers and that one or the other should be a military intelligence officer, usually of four-star rank, or have extensive experience in military intelligence. {{UnitedStatesCode|50|403-3a}}


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The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is appointed by the President of the United States of America, subject to approval by the U.S. Senate. While the Director of National Intelligence is a cabinet-level position, its office-holder is not automatically a member of the president's cabinet (but could be invited by a given president to cabinet membership for that term). The DNI heads the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), headquartered in McLean, Virginia (a suburb of Washington, D.C.). As of 2024, the Office has about 1750 employees. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created in 2004 by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act[1] One of the main functions of the ODNI is to produce the President's Daily Brief, a classified document including intelligence from all the different U.S. intelligence agencies, that is handed each morning to the President.[2][3]

Prior to 2004, the U.S. intelligence community's head was called the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and was simultaneously head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The 2004 law abolished the DCI position and created instead the "Director of the CIA" office which is subordinate to the Director of National Intelligence who, however, lacks full budgetary authority over the intelligence agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.[4] This is the main reason that critics say that the DNI's powers are too weak adequately to improve the cooperation of U.S. intelligence agencies.[5] Monitoring the implementation of this Act is a responsibility of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

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  1. ↑ The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458) was created because of the perception that the various U.S. Intelligence agencies had not shared information adequately to prevent the 2001 9-11 Attack, even though enough information likely existed in various pockets here and there to have understood the threat. The new law also moved some community-related functions from the CIA to the ODNI, and specified that the Director and Principal Deputy Director of the new agency cannot both be active-duty military officers (i.e., one or the other should be a military intelligence officer, usually of four-star rank, or have extensive experience in military intelligence).
  2. ↑ "CIA to Cede President's Brief to Negroponte", February 19, 2005, The Washington Post
  3. ↑ Wikipedia's extensive article about the DNI has many more details and a list of all its office holders.
  4. ↑ The 2004 law establishing the ODNI left the Department of Defense in charge of the budget for the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
  5. ↑ Kaplan, Fred. You Call That a Reform Bill?, Slate Magazine, 7 December 2004.
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