CRS Issue Statement on Intelligence Policy (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Jan. 15, 2010 |
| Report Number |
IS40334 |
| Authors |
Richard A. Best, Coordinator, Specialist in National Defense |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The second session of the 111th Congress, as was the case for the first session and earliercongresses, is also likely to remain concerned about the role of the Director of NationalIntelligence (DNI) in preparing and executing the budgets of national intelligence agencies and inmaking decisions about major multi-billion dollar collection systems. Covert actions and humanintelligence (humint) collection remain important issues, and oversight may be more intensive onthe recruiting, training and deployment of clandestine agents and the relationships between theCIA and Defense Department agencies. Congress will continue to be concerned with the qualityof analytical products and National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) in particular. In addition,Congress has sought to establish new procedures for notifying the intelligence committees ofespecially sensitive intelligence initiatives, but thus far without support from the ExecutiveBranch.
