tailieunhanh - Intelligence Reform After Five Years: The Role of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

SCN, like all plant-parasitic nematodes, is a microscopic roundworm – a very simple animal, related to the animal- parasitic roundworms that infect livestock and pets. The juvenile nematode [top right] is the infective stage of SCN – the stage that actually enters the soybean root. It hatches from an egg [right]. The juveniles penetrate soybean roots and cause the for- mation of specialized feeding cells in the vascular system (veins) of the roots. If the juveniles become males, they leave the root after feeding for a few days, move through the soil, and do not contribute further to plant damage | Intelligence Reform After Five Years The Role of the Director of National Intelligence DNI Richard A. Best Jr. Specialist in National Defense June 22 2010 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 R41295 CRS Report for Congress------------- Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Intelligence Reform After Five Years the Role of the Director of National Intelligence DN Summary The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 . 108-458 was the most significant legislation affecting the . intelligence community since the National Security Act of 1947. Enacted in the wake of the 9 11 Commission s final report the 2004 act attempted to ensure closer coordination among intelligence agencies especially in regard to counterterrorism efforts. Most notably the Intelligence Reform Act established the position of Director of National Intelligence DNI with more extensive authorities to coordinate the nation s intelligence effort than those formerly possessed by Directors of Central Intelligence. The DNI speaks for . intelligence he briefs the President has authority to develop the budget for the national intelligence effort and manage appropriations made by Congress and to some extent can transfer personnel and funds from one agency to another. The Office of the DNI ODNI a staff of some 1 600 officials along with additional contract personnel works to carry out the DNI s responsibilities. Observers are divided over the success of the DNI position and the ODNI. Three DNIs have been successively appointed and confirmed none served more than two years. A number of innovations have been undertaken in the intelligence community to encourage coordination and information sharing. However some observers remain skeptical of the need for a DNI or ODNI. A widespread perception is that coordinative mechanisms and authorities as currently established are inadequate to the goal of creating a more flexible and agile intelligence effort. Still others see .