Directors of Central Intelligence as Leaders of the U.S. Intelligence Community 1946 - 2005 potx

[...]... extensive use of information drawn from internal, classified CIA files— from the records of the directors of central intelligence and of the staffs that assisted them in their role as leaders of the US Intelligence Community; from interviews conducted as part of CIA’s oral history program; from organizational histories and biographies of directors of central intelligence; and from Studies in Intelligence, ... AFSA ASD/C3I ASD(I) Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Arms Control Intelligence Staff Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence Assistant Director of Central Intelligence Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Administration Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production Assistant Director of Central Intelligence. .. Directorate of Administration Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Director of Central Intelligence Director of Central Intelligence Directive Deputy Director for Administration Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for the Intelligence Community. .. enhance cooperation among the many parts of the nation’s intelligence establishment under the leadership of a principal intelligence official, called the director of central intelligence The story of this study is what the nation’s leaders expected of directors of central intelligence in accomplishing this task, and how those who held the responsibility attempted to carry it out The hope is that lessons... office, was given statutory basis in 1947 by the same National Security Act that established the office of the secretary of defense Like the secretary of defense, the director of central intelligence was associated with a collection of already existing organizations How well either official could make disparate elements work together was in question The similarity between the two jobs did not last Forrestal’s... how best the new director of national intelligence can accomplish America’s national intelligence mission The study presents an unusual perspective Examinations of past intelligence performance often focus on how intelligence has played a role in specific circumstances Studies of directors of central intelligence have usually stressed how they led the Central Intelligence Agency, conducted their relationships... Chief Executive Officer Committee on Foreign Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Central Intelligence Group Central Imagery Office Chief Information Officer Consolidated Intelligence Program Budget Consolidated Intelligence Resource Information System Central MASINT Organization Community Management Staff Community Operational Definition of the Agile Intelligence Enterprise Community On-line Information... Review OMB ONE ONI OPC OSD OSINT OSO OSS Office of Management and Budget Office of National Estimates Office of Naval Intelligence Office of Policy Coordination Office of the Secretary of Defense Open Source Intelligence Office of Special Operations Office of Strategic Services PBCFIA PDB PDD PFIAB PNIO PRC(I) PRM President’s Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities President’s Daily... Winnacker, eds., The Department of Defense: Documents on Establishment and Organization, 1944–1978, 108–111 4 This was the case despite the creation in the law of a director of central intelligence and a Central Intelligence Agency Both had singular and important roles, but the emphasis on “centralization” did not lead to creation of a seat of comprehensive authority For a useful exploration of the concept... intelligence matters in the postwar period, claimed in his memoir (published in 1991) that the DCI’s oversight of the intelligence community falls far short of our original intent.” He also characterized the intelligence provisions of the National Security Act as indicating the DCI “would not only oversee the CIA but also have authority over the rest of the foreign intelligence community within the American . files— from the records of the directors of central intelligence and of the staffs that assisted them in their role as leaders of the US Intelligence Community; . organizations of the US Intelligence Community, as of 2005, surround the seal of the director of central intelligence. DIRECTORS OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE as LEADERS of