Director of National Intelligence

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Director of National Intelligence
- DNI -
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Acting Director
John Ratcliffe
Appointed by President of the United States
First incumbent John Negroponte
April 21, 2005 - February 13, 2007
Previous incumbent Richard Grenell
provisionally since February 21, 2020
Creation of office April 21, 2005
Salutation Director or Sir
Deputy Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

currently: vacant

Website www.dni.gov

The Director of National Intelligence ( DNI ; German director of the national intelligence services ) is a high-ranking government official of the United States of America . He is the director of the Intelligence Community , an association of 17 US intelligence services . The then President Ronald Reagan ordered the formation of this intelligence community on December 4, 1981 by decree , Executive Order 12333 .

history

The post of Director of National Intelligence was decided in 2004 on the basis of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Report and introduced in November 2004 in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 .

Director of Central Intelligence

Until the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act , the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was both administrative head of the Central Intelligence Agency and coordinator for the then 16 US intelligence services.

see: Director of Central Intelligence

Division of the office into D / CIA and DNI

As a result of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 ("9/11"), the investigative body, the "9/11 Commission", recommended that the office of Director of Central Intelligence be transferred to the offices of Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D / CIA) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). President George W. Bush enforced this through the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act and thus created the offices of Directors of National Intelligence (DNI) and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

see: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Executive Order 13470

On 30 July 2008 issued President Bush , the Executive Order 13470 as a complement to Executive Order 12333 , the role of the DNI further consolidate and expand its competencies.

Affected Services

The DNI coordinates the 16 individual US intelligence services. These are:

The DNI is intended to coordinate and integrate the work of the various elements of the intelligence community. He also advises the President and the National Security Council of the United States on intelligence matters and is responsible for compiling the President's Daily Brief . However, he has no powers at the level of the 16 intelligence services.

According to the intelligence community, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is the 17th intelligence service.

Management staff

The Director of National Intelligence is supported by a large number of assistants and deputies.

Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
vacant
Principal Executive Andrew P. Hallman
Chief Operating Officer Deirdre Walsh
Deputy Director of National Intelligence

for enterprise capacity

Kevin Meiners
Deputy Director of National Intelligence

for Mission Integration

Beth Sanner
Deputy Director of National Intelligence

for National Security

Karen Gibson
Deputy Director of National Intelligence

for strategy & engagement

Corin Stone
Director of the Intelligence Staff /

Chief Management Officer

Mark Ewing
Intelligence Community Inspector General
Michael Atkinson
Assistant Director of National Intelligence

and Intelligence Community Chief Financial Officer

Trey Treadwell
Associate Director of National Intelligence

and Chief Information Officer

John Sherman
Assistant Director of National Intelligence

for Policy and Strategy

James Smith
Assistant Director of National Intelligence

for human capital

Sherry Van Sloun
Assistant Deputy of National Intelligence

for Acquisition, Procurement and Facilities

Roy Pettis

Previous DNIs

Surname Term of office under president
John Negroponte John Negroponte April 21, 2005 - February 13, 2007 George W. Bush
John Michael McConnell John Michael McConnell February 13, 2007 - January 27, 2009
Dennis C. Blair Dennis C. Blair January 29, 2009 - May 28, 2010 Barack Obama
David C. Gompert David C. Gompert May 28, 2010 - August 5, 2010
James R. Clapper James R. Clapper August 5, 2010 - January 20, 2017
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Michael Dempsey

(provisional)

January 20, 2017 - March 16, 2017 Donald Trump
Dan Coats Dan Coats March 16, 2017 - August 15, 2019
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Joseph Maguire

(provisional)

August 16, 2019 - February 21, 2020
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Richard Grenell

(provisional)

February 21, 2020 - May 26, 2020
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John Ratcliffe May 26, 2020

Web links

  • Official website of the DNI. In: dni.gov. January 30, 1968, accessed May 25, 2020 .
  • Office of the Director of National Intelligence: Mission. In: intelligence.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English).
  • Leadership. In: dni.gov. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, accessed January 29, 2020 .

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.intelligence.gov/mission .
  2. Leadership. In: dni.gov. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, accessed January 29, 2020 .
  3. dpa: US Ambassador Grenell wants to vacate post shortly. In: t-online.de. May 24, 2020, accessed May 25, 2020 .