Other senators floated ideas for intelligence reform, such as increasing the DNI's budget and personnel authorities.
There may be things that the DNI personally will need to be involved in.
He then appointed a foreign-service officer, John Negroponte, to serve as the first DNI.
But of the six DNI officials testifying, not one seems to think this is a good idea.
According to CBS News, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) head James Clapper will take that hit.
"I have been very disappointed that the DNI has not been really available and present and around, " she said.
In the did he jump category there is the perception that the DNI position is really a thankless one.
It is -- I mean, I think the DNI spokesman was very declarative about this that the report is false.
But turf wars and hiding intelligence from somebody else was, again, not exactly unknown before the creation of the DNI.
Particularly problematic have been the epic bureaucratic struggles between the DNI and Leon Panetta, the director of central intelligence (DCI).
Two years ago, intelligence reforms created a director of national intelligence, or DNI a post now held by John Negroponte.
This is -- our DNI Director has had top-secret briefings with folks.
She said she hears that the DNI's authority is actually pretty shaky.
On the second issue, Jim Clapper is, I think, the consummate DNI.
Feinstein says she wants to change the law, and move the DNI, which is currently housed at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.
Gates, who initially opposed the creation of the DNI job, has already said he now sees the position as a key counterbalance to the Pentagon's intelligence activities.
And that's why we're joined today by my DNI, Director of National Intelligence, Denny Blair, and leaders from all 16 of our agencies involved with intelligence gathering.
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And more than that, though, I mean, I think the DNI has made some progress in intelligence-sharing and standardizing certain practices and getting people to talk more together.
The report notes that intelligence officials from the CIA, NSA, DIA and DNI warned that the cost of mitigating the security risks may be greater than the benefits.
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His DNI serves to centralize authority over all intelligence organizations.
Ms. PRIEST: Well, it is the DNI's job, but the Congress didn't give him the authority to actually do that job in a way that I think most Americans think they did.
So I think, you know, to avoid concern that there may be a leadership vacuum at the DNI's office, they will wait until a solid replacement is found for Negroponte before he goes anywhere.
Mr Blair's 16-month tenure was characterised by in-fighting with the CIA. Critics maintain that the task of overseeing America's intelligence community has never been clearly defined since the creation of the office of DNI in 2005.
Consider two of these cited by the AG and DNI: How can a prosecutor show that a person who leaked information had authorized access to it (Requirement 5), without first knowing the identity of the source?
Well, unfortunately, instead, while Congress did what the Commission asked and passed the law, the Bush Administration turned it on its head and created a DNI without the powers to cut and gave them a staff of two thousand additional bureaucrats.
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But as of that time, there was nothing that the DNI needed to do or to be engaged in that would have required him to set aside other pressing intelligence matters to get briefed on things that were being put out in the press.
And they would have said the same thing that Ambassador Rice said, the things that I said, based on the -- and as you recall, the DNI put out a letter explaining how the intelligence that they were able to collect and assess has evolved over time.
On Iran, DNI Clapper told Congress today that it appears that Iran or some officials in Iran are more willing to consider direct attacks on the U.S. right now, and what I wanted to ask you is, do you have any specific credible information about any such efforts?
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