If you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. In todays environment, the community has to be able to explain more effectively to the public, to the press, to congress and others what it does for a living, what the realities are. It is a common mistakeone sometimes made even by senior government officials to refer to the. Us intelligence community insiders express frustration with restructuring process july 5, 2019 by joseph fitsanakis leave a comment a private management consulting firm that was hired to streamline the united states intelligence community s communication and decisionmaking process has made these practices worse, according to insiders. In the post cold war era changes are taking place in the intelligence community and in the organizations it is tasked to support. Learn more about what it takes to work in the ic and find opportunities that match your interests and skills. Asymmetric warfare requires intelligence community. Reforming the us intelligence community jmu scholarly commons.
Rowe was captured in 1963 in vietnam, his life became more than a matter of staying alive. With the more recent intelligence community restructuring, officials have also been vexed by what appears to be a lack of a competitive bidding process mckinsey seemed to seamlessly transition. Three ways trump could restructure the intelligence community. In general,analysis should drive collection so that collection focuses on obtaining the. Specialist in national defense foreign affairs, defense, and trade division. This briefing book attempts to provide you with the foundation to improve your knowledge of intelligence. Restructuring the intelligence community for the 21st century.
A comparative perspective is an intensive, comparative exploration of the role of organizational and political culture in the development of the intelligence communities of america and her longtime ally. The end of the cold war led to significant reductions in national security spending and corresponding reductions in the intelligence communitys ic workforce. Relations between the dni and the central intelligence agency cia director will. As the cold war era has shifted to an era of emerging smaller national and. Intelligence argues that transforming intelligence requires as much a look to the future as to the past and a focus more on the art and practice of intelligence rather than on its bureaucratic arrangements.
Discussions about the appropriate structure and missions of the intelligence community are underway internally, in congress, and in the administration. In the past, according to the report, an nie has often played this role, and is sometimes controversial for this very reason. Us intelligence community reform studies since 1947. From director of central intelligence to director of. Intelligence needs another reinvention the atlantic. To support these activities, csi publishes studies in intelligence, as well as books and monographs addressing historical, operational. Intelligence successes are being overlooked signal magazine.
Restructuring the us intelligence community center for cyber and. For decades, intelligence community was operated for the cold war. One consequence of the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, on new york and washington was the initiation of the most significant organizational change in the u. Each national system is examined as a detailed case study set in a common conceptual and theoretical framework. Intelligence community strengthening the authorities of the director of national intelligence the position of the dni was created to be a central authority for all ic agencies, but it. The second component is analysis, which involves studying collected information and deriving conclusions, judgments, or predictions. The intelligence community is there to inform the policy discussion, help policymakers think through an issue, and play out the international responses and afterorder effects of u. The next steps in reshaping intelligence rand corporation. A proposal for reorganizing the intelligence community and improving analysis report defense august 29, 2016 23 min read download report.
The best books on the us intelligence services five. Trumps war on the intelligence community is all about ego. Intelligence community gordon lederman february 16, 2006 gordon lederman, esq. The intelligence community erupts as trump purges everyone.
Intelligence community has been the goto book for experts and laymen alike who want to know the latest about espionage organization and tradecraft in the united states. Intelligence experts participating in the events panel discussions agreed that combating terrorism is a multifaceted challenge. Tell us about the art of war, and what an ancient chinese military treatise has to do with contemporary us intelligence sun tzu, a chinese general 26 centuries ago, tells us. Intelligence community faces a future of increasing complexity. Congressional hearings and the status of the investigation updated january 16, 2003 richard a. These are detailed in snider, the agency and the hill. Restructuring the intelligence community 69 publicly available, rather than secret, sources. The intelligence community ic budget has remained under pressure and manpower cuts have continued, but bureaucratic politics and legislative prerogatives have perpetuated about a dozen nationallevel agencies and forced a further division of analytic labor. Doc the implications of post911 intelligence community. Restructuring the authorities of the director of national. I n the weeks following the raid on osama bin ladens compound in abbottabad, pakistan, by united states forces, u.
Intelligence community in over five decades the abolition of the position of director of central intelligence and the establishment of the office of the director of national intelligence. With trumps inauguration fast approaching, rumors are already circulating about possible bureaucratic changes being prepared for the intelligence community. Crisis and compromise in american intelligence after. Rethinking intelligence analysis 43 to at least spotlight the areas of dispute and, potentially, generate new policies.
Proposals to reorganize the intelligence community emerged in the period. The ic faces an increasing range of issues of interest to policy makers and remains responsible for covering both traditionally hostile states and new, transnational issues. The recent confirmation hearings of robert gates to become. This book is a musthave for any aspiring intelligence professional. The president notified lawmakers late on friday, saying he had lost confidence in the inspector general for the intelligence community. Patterns and pitfalls, unpublished rand corporation research. And, last, i think the intelligence community has to accelerate the moves it has made in recent years toward greater openness. Your responsibility to oversee the intelligence community will not be. Commission members heard testimony from former intellligence officials concerning the necessary role and capabilities of the u. Any restructuring, the bureaus admirers say, should preserve debate and rivalry among the intelligence agencies analytical branches, which in addition to the state department agency and the c. Intelligence community does not systematically evaluate the effectiveness of structured analytic techniques, despite their increased use.
Intelligence community reorganization yale law school legal. No one has ferreted out the details of this subject better than dr. Secret intelligence and homeland security praeger security international 9780275981501. Your responsibility to oversee the intelligence community will not be easy, but i am confident. Introduction on behalf of the director of national intelligence, i am pleased to make available the updated summer 2016 intelligence community legal reference book. Restructuring structured analytic techniques in intelligence. The united states intelligence community ic is a group of separate united states government intelligence agencies and subordinate organizations, that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities to support the foreign policy and national security of the united states. Trump to fire intelligence watchdog who had key role in. Instead, the community itself must reform in response to the nature of todays asymmetric warfare. Potential effects on dod intelligence agencies summary although the central intelligence agency cia is the best known member of the intelligence community, the bulk of the nations intelligence effort is undertaken by the intelligence agencies of. Reorganizing the intelligence community is by no means a novel idea, but the argument for doing so often comes from a managerial perspective focusing on efficiency for efficiencys sake. However, the intelligence community, in the wake of this restructuring, has provided a greater glimpse than ever before of its goals and effectiveness. However, when the cold war ended, the same approach could not apply to the new enemies. Proposals for intelligence reorganization, 19492004.
In fact, while the recent restructuring, including the creation of the department of homeland security, may solve some. They included replacement of the intelligence community staff by dci community management staff, restructuring of the national intelligence council, creation of a national human intelligence tasking center within the cia to manage humint collection, and establishment of a central imagery office, reporting to both the dci and secretary of defense. Crisis and compromise in american intelligence after 911, potomac books. This briefing book attempts to provide you with the foundation to improve your knowledge. Intelligence community employs people with diverse backgrounds and skillsets who want to make a difference for their country.
Assessing the value of structured analytic techniques in. The coming intelligence failure central intelligence agency. In the face of a hostile soviet union, early intelligence reorganization proposals. But the intelligence community does not take a position on policy and is. Lets turn to the books youve chosen, beginning with sun tzu. In todays environment, the community has to be able to explain more effectively to the public, to the press, to congress and others what it does for a.
It is no secret that presidentelect trump and the intelligence community do not necessarily see eye to eye on certain things. A more realistic take on the 2020 election is that the u. Report for congress received through the crs web order code rl31650 the intelligence community and 911. With its focus on explaining the activities and organizational structures of. Intelligence and government in britain and the united states. Current structure and alternatives congressional research service summary interest in congressional oversight of intelligence has risen again in recent congresses, in part because of disputes over reporting to congress by intelligence community ic components on. Smist, congress oversees the united states intelligence community. Congress and the intelligence community belfer center for. Intelligence community strengthening the authorities of the director of national intelligence the position of the dni was created to be a central authority for all ic agencies, but it has never enjoyed. What we are seeing is not the more familiar statesupported terrorism, which has been in gradual decline for two decades.
Richelsons book offers a broad but well researched view into the myriad of agencies and organizations making up americas intelligence community. This work, proposals for intelligence reorganization, 19491996, is. Prevention act irtpa of 2004 resulted in the ics largest reorganization in. Dci as the director of the central intelligence agency. Proposals to reorganize the intelligence community emerged in the period immediately.
Latham said the restructuring of the intelligence community must include input and integration of the department of defense into the new system, since the dept. Us intelligence community insiders express frustration. The focus will be on restructuring the agencies and how they interact. A fascinating book that provides an insiders view into how the intelligence. Unfortunately, the public seems aware of only those widely publicized intelligence failures. Member organizations of the ic include intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian. Congressional oversight of intelligence criticized the. In this book on intelligence reform, he brings together his insiders experience as a former cia officer and his more recent years of teaching and research to examine key proposals for improving the performance of the cia and americas other secret agencies. On friday morning, nbc news was one of several outlets reporting a near meltdown in the intelligence community after the news was released that acting direct of national intelligence joseph.