The Next Steps in Reshaping Intelligence

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Two national commissions’ findings helped to lay the groundwork for the December 2004 intelligence reorganization bill. Most notably, the bill calls for a new Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to head and coordinate the U.S. Intelligence Community. Currently, the DNI has broad responsibilities but only ambiguous authorities. Drawing on a number of projects for various intelligence agencies, as well as additional research, the author of this paper looks at this position of DNI and how it will interact and coordinate with intelligence agencies and other elements of the Executive Branch. In addition to organizational changes, the author looks at the cultural changes that need to take place in the community, including those related to capacity building, issued-based collection, analysis improvement, wider diversity of workforce, and targeting collection. In particular, the paper highlights the importance of moving toward center-based organizations and away from the “stovepipes” of the Cold War. In accomplishing such goals, the DNI will begin to turn his formal authority into real authority.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-3857-5
  • Document Number: OP-152-RC
  • Year: 2005
  • Series: Occasional Papers

Contents

  • Chapter One

    Introduction

  • Chapter Two

    Where Reform Stands

  • Chapter Three

    Initiatives for the Next Phase of Intelligence Reform

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