U.S. Intelligence Budget: A Basic Overview (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Oct. 4, 2004 |
| Report Number |
RS21945 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Stephen Daggett, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
The 9/11 Commission recommended that a new National Intelligence Director (NID) should
have
control over personnel and budgets of all agencies that collect and analyze national foreign
intelligence in order to foster more cooperation. This CRS report describes the intelligence budget
and gives rough estimates of amounts for major components of the budget based on unclassified
sources. It also reviews current procedures for formulating and executing the budget. And it
highlights how proposed legislation addresses the issue. For a more extensive description of the
Defense Department agencies whose budgets are at issue and a discussion of pros and cons of giving
greater authority over them to a National Intelligence Director, see CRS Report RL32515 ,
Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence
Agencies , by
Richard Best. This report will be updated as events warrant.
