Director of National Intelligence

{{Short description|US Cabinet-level government official}} {{Distinguish|Director of Central Intelligence|Director of the Central Intelligence Agency}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Use American English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox official post |post = Director |body = National Intelligence |insignia = The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.svg |insigniasize = 125 |insigniacaption = Seal of the director of national intelligence |incumbent = Tulsi Gabbard |image = Director Tulsi Gabbard Official Portrait.jpg |incumbentsince = February 12, 2025 |acting = no |department = Office of the Director of National Intelligence |member_of = Cabinet National Security Council Homeland Security Council |reports_to = President of the United States |seat = Washington, D.C. |appointer = The president |appointer_qualified = with Senate advice and consent |constituting_instrument = {{UnitedStatesCode|50|3023}} |precursor = Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) |formation = April 21, 2005 |first = John Negroponte |deputy = Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (P/DDNI) |website = {{URL|https://www.odni.gov/}} |flag = Flag of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.svg |flagcaption = Flag of the director of national intelligence }} The '''director of national intelligence''' ('''DNI''') is a cabinet-level United States government intelligence and security official. The position is required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to serve as executive head of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) and to direct and oversee the National Intelligence Program (NIP). All 18 IC agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), report directly to the DNI. Other federal agencies with intelligence capabilities also report to the DNI, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The DNI also serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council on all intelligence matters. The DNI, supported by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), produces the President's Daily Brief, a highly classified document including intelligence from all IC agencies, shared each morning with the president of the United States.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36532-2005Feb18.html "CIA to Cede President's Brief to Negroponte"], February 19, 2005, ''The Washington Post''</ref> The DNI, who is appointed by the president of the United States and is subject to confirmation by the United States Senate, serves at the pleasure of the president.

President George W. Bush strengthened the role of the DNI on July 30, 2008, with Executive Order 13470,<ref>{{cite web |title=Executive Order 13470 |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/08/04/E8-17940/further-amendments-to-executive-order-12333-united-states-intelligence-activities |date=July 30, 2008 |work=Federal Register |publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=November 22, 2016}}</ref> which, among other things, solidified the DNI's legal authority to direct intelligence gathering and analysis, and to set policy for intelligence sharing with foreign agencies and for the hiring and firing of senior intelligence officials.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/bush-orders-intelligence-overhaul/ |title= Bush Orders Intelligence Overhaul|first= Chris |last= Strohm |work= CongressDaily|via= republished by Nuclear Threat Initiative at NTI.org|date= August 1, 2008|access-date= November 22, 2016}}</ref> The DNI was given further responsibility for the entire IC's whistleblowing and source protection by President Barack Obama via Presidential Policy Directive 19 on October 10, 2012.

The position was elevated to a cabinet-level role during the first presidency of Donald Trump and retained this status in subsequent administrations. Currently, the DNI attends all cabinet meetings and liaises with the executive office of the president and other Cabinet secretaries in the execution of their duties. President Donald Trump nominated Tulsi Gabbard to the position in 2025, and she was subsequently confirmed by the US Senate on February 12, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Beatrice |title=Senate committee advances Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be intel chief |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gabbard-gains-support-2-key-gop-senators-ahead/story?id=118414155 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://apnews.com/video/tulsi-gabbard-confirmed-as-us-director-of-national-intelligence-7efd11d74ea14c3da68b58001e3fdbd7 |title=Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as US director of national intelligence |language=en |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=apnews.com}}</ref>

On May 22, 2026, Gabbard resigned from the role as DNI to care for her husband, effective June 30.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-tulsi-gabbard-resigns-from-trump-cabinet}}</ref>

== History == === Founding === Before the DNI was formally established, the head of the United States Intelligence Community was the director of central intelligence (DCI), who concurrently served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The 9/11 Commission recommended establishing the DNI position in its ''9/11 Commission Report'', not released until July 22, 2004, as it had identified major intelligence failures that called into question how well the intelligence community was able to protect U.S. interests against foreign terrorist attacks.

Senators Dianne Feinstein, Jay Rockefeller and Bob Graham introduced S. 2645 on June 19, 2002, to create the position of Director of National Intelligence. Other similar legislation soon followed. After considerable debate on the scope of the DNI's powers and authorities, the United States Congress passed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 by votes of 336–75 in the House of Representatives, and 89–2 in the Senate. President George Bush signed the bill into law on December 17, 2004. Among other things, the law established the DNI position as the designated leader of the United States Intelligence Community and prohibited the DNI from serving as the CIA director or the head of any other intelligence community element at the same time. In addition, the law required the CIA director to report their agency's activities to the DNI.

Critics say compromises during the bill's crafting led to the establishment of a DNI whose powers are too weak to adequately lead, manage and improve the performance of the intelligence community.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kaplan |first=Fred |title=You Call That a Reform Bill? |date=7 December 2004 |publisher=Slate |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2110767/}}</ref> In particular, the law left the United States Department of Defense in charge of the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

Under {{UnitedStatesCode|50|3026}}, "under ordinary circumstances, it is desirable" that either the director or the principal deputy director of national intelligence be an active-duty commissioned officer in the armed forces or have training or experience in military intelligence activities and requirements. Only one of the two positions can be held by a military officer at any given time. The statute does not specify what rank the commissioned officer will hold during their tenure in either position.

=== Appointments === The first director of national intelligence was former U.S. ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte who was appointed on February 17, 2005, by President George W. Bush, subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate. It was reported that President Bush's first choice for DNI was former director of central intelligence Robert M. Gates, who was serving as president of Texas A&M University, but who declined the offer.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 8, 2006 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR2006110801589.html |title=Robert M. Gates profile |access-date=November 22, 2016}}</ref> Negroponte was confirmed by a Senate vote of 98–2 on April 21, 2005, and he was sworn in by President Bush the same day.

On February 13, 2007, Mike McConnell became the second director of national intelligence, after Negroponte was appointed Deputy Secretary of State. Donald M. Kerr was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence on October 4, 2007, and sworn in on October 9, 2007. Kerr, from Virginia, was previously the director of the National Reconnaissance Office and the deputy director for science and technology at the CIA before that. Earlier in his career, he was an assistant director at the FBI, in charge of their Laboratory Division from 1997 to 2001.

On January 29, 2009, retired Navy admiral Dennis C. Blair became the third DNI on after being nominated by newly inaugurated President Barack Obama.<ref>ODNI, [http://www.dni.gov/blair_bio.htm Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202072342/http://dni.gov/blair_bio.htm |date=2009-02-02}}, January 30, 2009</ref> President Obama dismissed Blair whose resignation became effective May 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Greg |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/20/AR2010052004343.html |title=Dennis C. Blair to resign as Director of National Intelligence |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 21, 2010 |access-date=June 3, 2010}}</ref>

On July 20, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated retired Air Force lieutenant general James Clapper as the fourth DNI. Clapper was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 5, and replaced acting director David C. Gompert.

The fifth DNI, Dan Coats, the sixth DNI, John Ratcliffe, and acting DNIs Joseph Maguire, Richard Grenell and Lora Shiao, all served between March 16, 2017, and January 21, 2021, during the first administration of President Donald Trump.

The seventh DNI is Avril Haines, who took office on January 21, 2021. The first woman to hold the office, she was nominated by President-elect Joe Biden on November 23, 2020<ref name="nom1">{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Dustin |title=Avril Haines Nominated As First Female Director Of National Intelligence |date=November 23, 2020 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/11/23/938132034/avril-haines-nominated-as-first-female-director-of-national-intelligence |work=NPR |access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> and confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 2021.<ref name="nom2">{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Dustin |title=Senate confirms Avril Haines as director of National Intelligence |date=January 20, 2021 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-confirms-avril-haines-as-director-of-national-intelligence |work=Fox news |access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref> She resigned January 20, 2025 at the conclusion of Joe Biden's term in office.

On November 13, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Army Reserve lieutenant colonel Tulsi Gabbard as the director of national intelligence upon returning to the presidency in January 2025. Gabbard was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 12, 2025, replacing acting director Lora Shiao. With this appointment, she became the first female military combat veteran to serve as DNI, the first Pacific Islander American and first Hindu American in this position as well, to hold a Cabinet-level position.<ref name ="IT-DNI-1">{{cite web |last=Nagari |first=Akhilesh |date=November 14, 2024 |title=Who is Tulsi Gabbard, first US Hindu lawmaker named as Trump's spy chief? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/donald-trump-cabinet-tulsi-gabbard-profile-hindu-congresswomen-director-of-national-intelligence-us-spy-agencies-2633091-2024-11-14 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=India Today}}</ref><ref name="apnews.com2">{{cite web |last1=Kinnard |first1=Meg |last2=Klepper |first2=David |date=November 13, 2024 |title=What to know about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-466dfdfe2f949ea20bc2f4ef13e21438 |access-date=December 10, 2024 |publisher=Associated Press|quote="acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser"}}</ref>

=== Website issues === Declan McCullagh at News.com wrote on August 24, 2007, that the DNI site was configured to repel all search engines to index any page at DNI.gov. This effectively made the DNI website invisible to all search engines and in turn, any search queries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/feds-use-robots-txt-files-to-stay-invisible-online-lame/ |first=Declan |last=McCullagh |author-link=Declan McCullagh |title=Feds use robots.txt files to stay invisible online. Lame. |publisher=CNET |date=2007-08-24 |access-date=2014-02-14}}</ref> Ross Feinstein, Spokesman for the DNI, said that the cloaking was removed as of September 3, 2007. "We're not even sure how (the robots.txt file) got there"{{snd}}but it was again somehow hidden the next day. On September 7, McCullagh reported that the DNI appeared to be open to web searches again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.com/8301-13578_3-9774295-38.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140215003220/http://news.com/8301-13578_3-9774295-38.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2014|title=National Intelligence Web site no longer invisible to search engines|first=Declan|last=McCullagh|publisher=CNET|date=2007-09-07|access-date=2014-02-14}}</ref>

=== Reform initiatives === In September 2007, the Office of the DNI released "''Intelligence Community 100 Day & 500 Day Plans for Integration & Collaboration''". These plans include a series of initiatives designed to build the foundation for increased cooperation and reform of the U.S. Intelligence Community.<ref>{{cite web |work=ODNI News Release No. 20-07 |date=September 13, 2007 |title=Director of National Intelligence Moves Forward with Intelligence Reform |url=https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2007%20Press%20Releases/20070913_release.pdf |publisher=DNI.gov}}</ref>

{{Anchor|ODNI}} == Office of the Director of National Intelligence ==  The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 established the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as an independent agency to assist the DNI. The ODNI's goal is to effectively integrate foreign, military and domestic intelligence in defense of the homeland and of United States interests abroad.<ref name="Organization of the DNI">{{cite web|title=Public Affairs Office, ODNI |url=https://www.odni.gov/index.php/about/organization|work=Office of the Director of National Intelligence|publisher=ODNI |access-date=14 April 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319171630/http://www.odni.gov/index.php/about/organization|archive-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> The ODNI has about 1,750 employees.<ref name="e-Magazine">{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Charles |title=Lifting the Lid |url=http://digimag.govexec.com/article/Lifting+the+Lid/1159379/124277/article.html |publisher=Government Executive |date=September 2012 |access-date=14 April 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191836/http://digimag.govexec.com/article/Lifting+the+Lid/1159379/124277/article.html |archive-date=2 January 2014}}</ref> Its headquarters are in McLean, Virginia.

On March 23, 2007, DNI Mike McConnell announced organizational changes, which included:

*Elevating Acquisition to a new Deputy DNI position *Creating a new Deputy DNI for Policy, Plans, and Requirements (replacing the Deputy DNI for Requirements position) *Establishing an Executive Committee *Designating the Chief of Staff position as the new Director of the Intelligence Staff

The ODNI continued to evolve under succeeding directors, culminating in an organization focused on intelligence integration across the community.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

=== Organization === The ODNI leadership includes the director, principal deputy director and chief operating officer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership |title=Leadership |publisher=Office of the Director of National Intelligence |access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref> In addition, the director of defense intelligence reports to the DNI.

There are two directorates, each led by a deputy director of National Intelligence:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.odni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations |title=Organization|publisher=Office of the Director of National Intelligence |access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>

*Mission Integration Directorate **National Intelligence Council **President's Daily Brief *Policy & Capabilities Directorate **Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

There are five mission centers, each led by a director of that center:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

*National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center (NCBC) *National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) *National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) *Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC) *Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC)

There are four oversight offices:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

*Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transparency (CLPT), led by the Civil Liberties Protection Officer (CLPO)<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|50|3029}} as added by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.</ref> *Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)<ref>Office was renamed in 2025 dropping the word 'Diversity' in light of Presidential Executive Order 14151. The office mission was clarified on June 12, 2025 by Director Gabbard. {{Cite web|last=Gabbard |first=Tulsi |date=June 12, 2025 |title=Director's Statement on Equal Employment Opportunity |url=https://www.odni.gov/files/EEOD/documents/06-12-25_Memo_FY25_EEO_Workforce_Message_25-00628_U_FINAL-SIGNED.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702115609/https://www.odni.gov/files/EEOD/documents/06-12-25_Memo_FY25_EEO_Workforce_Message_25-00628_U_FINAL-SIGNED.pdf |archive-date=July 2, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> *Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General (IC OIG) *Office of General Counsel (OGC)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Office of General Counsel – What We Do |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/ogc/ogc-what-we-do |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251210112759/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/ogc/ogc-what-we-do |archive-date=December 10, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition there are six other offices:<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=About ODNI |url=https://www.odni.gov/index.php/check-the-status-of-a-request/124-about/organization }}</ref> *Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer (IC CIO) *Intelligence Community Chief Financial Officer (IC CFO) <ref>{{Cite web|title=The Chief Finanical [sic] Officer's responsibilities include |url=https://www.odni.gov/index.php/check-the-status-of-a-request/219-about/organization/chief-financial-officer |archive-url=https://archive.today/TFH5s?https://www.odni.gov/index.php/check-the-status-of-a-request/219-about/organization/chief-financial-officer |archive-date=February 9, 2026 |url-status=live }}</ref> *Legislative Affairs (OLA) *Strategic Communications (OSC) *Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) *National Intelligence University (NIU)

==== Organization seals ==== <gallery class="center"> File:Seal of the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center.png|National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center File:Seal of the Foreign Malign Influence Center.png|Foreign Malign Influence Center File:Seal of the United States National Counterterrorism Center.svg|National Counterterrorism Center File:Seal of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.svg|National Counterintelligence and Security Center File:Seal of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.png|Inspector General of the Intelligence Community File:Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center Seal.png|Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center </gallery>

=== United States Intelligence Community === {{Main|United States Intelligence Community}}

{|class="wikitable" |+United States Intelligence Community !Name ! colspan="2" |Parent Organization |- |Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |colspan="2" |''Independent agency'' |- |FBI Intelligence Branch (IB) |rowspan="2" |Department of Justice |Federal Bureau of Investigation |- |DEA Office of National Security Intelligence |Drug Enforcement Administration |- |National Security Agency (NSA) |rowspan="10" |Department of Defense |rowspan="4" |– |- |Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) |- |National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) |- |National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) |- |National Space Intelligence Center |Space Force |- |National Air and Space Intelligence Center |Air Force |- |Military Intelligence Corps |Army |- |Office of Naval Intelligence |Navy |- |Coast Guard Intelligence |Coast Guard |- |Marine Corps Intelligence |Marine Corps |- |Office of Intelligence and Analysis |colspan="2" |Department of Homeland Security |- |Bureau of Intelligence and Research |colspan="2" |Department of State |- |Office of Intelligence and Analysis |colspan="2" |Department of the Treasury |- |Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence |colspan="2" |Department of Energy |}

== Line of succession == The line of succession for the director of national intelligence is as follows:<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/09/25/2013-23545/designation-of-officers-of-the-office-of-the-director-of-national-intelligence-to-act-as-director-of|title=Designation of Officers of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence To Act as Director of National Intelligence|date=2013-09-25|journal=Federal Register|volume=78 FR 59159|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref> # Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence # Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration # Director of the National Counterterrorism Center # Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center # Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

== Lists of personnel== === List of directors === Position succeeded the director of central intelligence.

{|class="toccolours" |{{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes acting capacity.}} |}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- !No. !class=unsortable |Image !Name !Start !End !Duration !colspan=2 |President(s) |- |1 |100px |{{sortname|John|Negroponte}} |{{dts|April 21, 2005}} |{{dts|February 13, 2007}} |{{ayd|2005|4|21|2007|2|13}} |rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | |rowspan=2 |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}} (2001–2009) |- |2 |100px |{{sortname|Mike|McConnell|dab=U.S. Naval officer}} |{{dts|February 13, 2007}} |{{dts|January 27, 2009}} |{{ayd|2007|2|13|2009|1|27}} |- |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |– |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |100px |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Ronald|Burgess|Ronald L. Burgess Jr.}} {{small|Acting}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 27, 2009}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 29, 2009}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2009|1|27|2009|1|29}} |rowspan=4 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" | |rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}} (2009–2017) |- |3 |100px |{{sortname|Dennis|Blair|Dennis C. Blair}} |{{dts|January 29, 2009}} |{{dts|May 28, 2010}} |{{ayd|2009|1|29|2010|5|28}} |- style="background:#e6e6aa;" |– |100px |{{sortname|David|Gompert}} {{small|Acting}} |{{dts|May 28, 2010}} |{{dts|August 5, 2010}} |{{ayd|2010|5|28|2010|8|5}} |- |4 |100px |{{sortname|James|Clapper}} |{{dts|August 5, 2010}} |{{dts|January 20, 2017}} |{{ayd|2010|8|5|2017|1|20}} |- |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |– |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |100px |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Mike|Dempsey|dab=intelligence}} {{small|Acting}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 20, 2017}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|March 16, 2017}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2017|1|20|2017|3|16}} |rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | |rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}} (2017–2021) |- |5 |100px |{{sortname|Dan|Coats}} |{{dts|March 16, 2017}} |{{dts|August 15, 2019}} |{{ayd|2017|3|16|2019|8|15}} |- style="background:#e6e6aa;" |– |100px |{{sortname|Joseph|Maguire}} {{small|Acting}} |{{dts|August 15, 2019}} |{{dts|February 20, 2020}} |{{ayd|2019|8|15|2020|2|20}} |- style="background:#e6e6aa;" |– |100px |{{sortname|Richard|Grenell}} {{small|Acting}} |{{dts|February 20, 2020}} |{{dts|May 26, 2020}} |{{ayd|2020|2|20|2020|5|26}} |- |6 |frameless|100px |{{sortname|John|Ratcliffe}} |{{dts|May 26, 2020}} |{{dts|January 20, 2021}} |{{ayd|2020|5|26|2021|1|20}} |- |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |– |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |100px |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Lora|Shiao}} {{small|Acting}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 20, 2021}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 21, 2021}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2021|1|20|2021|1|21}} |rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" | |rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Joe|Biden}} (2021–2025) |- |7 |frameless|100px |{{sortname|Avril|Haines}} |{{dts|January 21, 2021}} |{{dts|January 20, 2025}} |{{ayd|2021|1|21|2025|1|20}} |- |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |– |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |frameless|100px |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Stacey|Dixon}} {{small|Acting}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 20, 2025}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 25, 2025}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2025|1|20|2025|1|25}} |rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | |rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}} (2025–present) |- |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |– |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |frameless|100px |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Lora|Shiao}} {{small|Acting}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 25, 2025}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|February 12, 2025}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2025|1|25|2025|2|12}} |- |8 |frameless|100px |{{sortname|Tulsi|Gabbard}} |{{dts|February 12, 2025}} |''Incumbent'' |{{ayd|2025|2|12}} |- |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |– |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |frameless|100px |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Aaron|Lukas}} {{small|Acting}} |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |''Assuming office on {{dts|June 30, 2026}}'' |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |''Designate'' |style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2026|6|30}} |}

=== List of principal deputy directors of national intelligence === {|class="wikitable" |- !Name !Term of office !President(s) served under |- |Michael Hayden |April 21, 2005 – May 26, 2006 |rowspan=3|George W. Bush |- |Ronald L. Burgess Jr. Acting |June 2006 – October 5, 2007 |- |Donald Kerr |October 5, 2007 – January 20, 2009 |- |Ronald L. Burgess Jr. Acting |January 20, 2009 – February 2009 |rowspan=3|Barack Obama |- |David C. Gompert |November 10, 2009 – February 11, 2011 |- |Stephanie O'Sullivan |February 18, 2011 – January 20, 2017 |- |Susan M. Gordon |August 7, 2017 – August 15, 2019 |rowspan=3|Donald Trump |- |Andrew P. Hallman{{Ref|Note1|a}} Acting |October 30, 2019 – February 21, 2020 |- |Kash Patel |February 21, 2020 – May 13, 2020 |- |Neil Wiley{{Ref|Note1|a}} |May 13, 2020 – February 2021 |Donald Trump, Joe Biden |- |Stacey Dixon |August 4, 2021 – January 25, 2025<ref>{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Carol |date=August 4, 2021 |title=Stacey Dixon Confirmed as ODNI Principal Deputy Director; Avril Haines Quoted |url=https://www.executivegov.com/2021/08/stacey-dixon-confirmed-as-principal-deputy-director-of-national-intelligence/ |work=Executive Gov |access-date=August 5, 2021}}</ref> |Joe Biden, Donald Trump |- |Aaron Lukas |July 24, 2025 – ''Incumbent'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, vice Stacey A. Dixon. |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/26/27 |publisher=United States Congress |access-date=March 26, 2025 |date=March 10, 2025}}</ref> |Donald Trump |}

:a.{{Note|Note1||Hallman's and Wiley's position was Principal Executive, which did not require Senate confirmation. The duties were the same as those of a principal deputy director.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Hallman Joins the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as Principal Executive |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2019/item/2060-andrew-hallman-joins-the-office-of-the-director-of-national-intelligence-as-principal-executive |website=dni.gov |access-date=28 May 2020 |date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020060624/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2019/item/2060-andrew-hallman-joins-the-office-of-the-director-of-national-intelligence-as-principal-executive |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

=== List of chief operating officers === {|class="wikitable" |- !Name !Term of office !President(s) served under |- |Deirdre Walsh |February 2018 – May 2020 |Donald Trump |- |Lora Shiao |October 2020 – September 2025 |Donald Trump, Joe Biden |- |Dennis Kirk |September 2025 – ''Present'' |Donald Trump |}

=== List of directors of the intelligence staff / chief management officer === {|class="wikitable" |- !Name !Term of office !President(s) served under |- |Ronald L. Burgess Jr. |May 2007 – February 2009 |George W. Bush, Barack Obama |- |John Kimmons |February 2009 – October 2010 |Barack Obama |- |Mark Ewing{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} |November 2010 – ''n/a'' |Barack Obama, Donald Trump |}

=== List of inspectors general === {|class="wikitable" |- !Name !Term of office !President(s) served under |- |Charles McCullough |October 7, 2010 – March 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-intelligence-shut-downs-damning-report-on-whistleblower-retaliation|title=U.S. Intelligence Shuts Down Damning Report on Whistleblower Retaliation|first=Kevin|last=Poulsen|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=February 12, 2018|via=www.thedailybeast.com}}</ref> |Barack Obama, Donald Trump |- |Michael Atkinson |May 17, 2018 – May 3, 2020<ref>{{cite news |last3=Fandos |first3=Nicholas |last2=Savage |first2=Charlie |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |date=April 3, 2020 |title=Trump to Fire Intelligence Watchdog Who Had Key Role in Ukraine Complaint |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/us/trump-inspector-general-intelligence-fired.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/04/chuck-grassley-intel-community-watchdog-firing-164831 |title=Trump Defends Firing 'Terrible' Intel Community Watchdog as Republicans Question Sacking |work=Politico |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=April 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last2=Neuman |first2=Scott |last1=Kelly |first1=Amita |date=May 24, 2021 |title=Fired Intel Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson Pushes Back On His Dismissal |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/04/03/827195027/president-trump-fires-intelligence-community-inspector-general-michael-atkinson |work=National Public Radio |access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref> |Donald Trump |- |Thomas Monheim |April 3, 2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Office of the DNI on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/odnigov/status/1246516832070242306|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404192520/https://twitter.com/ODNIgov/status/1246516832070242306 |archive-date=April 4, 2020 |access-date=June 14, 2020|website=|language=en}}</ref><ref name="govexec.com">{{Cite web|title=Trump Fires Intel IG, Taps White House Confidant for Pandemic Oversight Role|url=https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2020/04/trump-fires-intel-ig-taps-white-house-confidant-pandemic-oversight-role/164370/|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=Government Executive|date=4 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>{{Ref|Note1|a}} – January 3, 2025 |Donald Trump, Joe Biden |- |Christopher Fox |October 16, 2025 – ''Present'' |Donald Trump |}

:a.{{Note|Note1||Monheim became Acting IG upon Atkinson's being put on administrative leave on April 3. He remained Acting IG upon and after Atkinson's official removal on May 3.<ref name="govexec.com" />}}

=== List of deputy directors of national intelligence === {|class="wikitable" |- !Name !Office !Term of office !President(s) served under |- |William P. Ruger |Mission Integration |April 2025<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/mission-integration/mission-integration-leadership|title=Deputy DNI for Mission Integration|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref> – present |Donald Trump |- |Beth Sanner |Mission Integration |May 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-for-mission-integration|title=Deputy DNI for Mission Integration|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> – March 2021 |Donald Trump, Joe Biden |- |Kevin Meiners<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-enterprise-capacity|title=Deputy DNI, Enterprise Capacity|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022125910/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-enterprise-capacity|url-status=dead}}</ref> |Enterprise Capacity |''n/a'' – present |Donald Trump |- |Karen Gibson |National Security Partnerships |April 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.executivegov.com/2019/04/karen-gibson-named-deputy-director-of-national-intelligence/|title=Karen Gibson Named Deputy Director of National Intelligence|date=2019-04-23|website=Executive Gov|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> – 2020 |Donald Trump |- |Corin Stone<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-strategy-engagement|title=Deputy DNI, Strategy & Engagement|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020034840/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-strategy-engagement|url-status=dead}}</ref> |Strategy & Engagement |''n/a'' – present |Donald Trump |}

=== Assistant directors of national intelligence === {|class="wikitable" |- !Name !Office !Term of Office !President(s) served under |- |Dr. Ronald Sanders |ADNI for Human Capital |June 2005 - March 2010 |George W. Bush, Barack Obama |- |Deborah Kircher |ADNI for Human Capital |October 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/nctc-how-we-work/overview?id=351|title=Assistant DNI, Chief Human Capital Office|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804175927/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/nctc-how-we-work/overview?id=351|url-status=dead}}</ref> – present |Barack Obama, Donald Trump |- |John Sherman |Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer |September 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/chief-information-officer|title=Chief Information Officer|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> – June 2020<ref>{{Cite press release |title=IC CIO Announces Departure |date=April 20, 2020 |publisher=Office of the Director of National Intelligence |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2109-ic-cio-announces-departure |quote=John Sherman, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Intelligence Community (IC), today announced that he will depart the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in June to serve as the Principal Deputy CIO for the U.S. Department of Defense. |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016200851/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2109-ic-cio-announces-departure |url-status=dead}}</ref> |Donald Trump |- |Trey Treadwell<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership|title=Leadership|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> |Chief Financial Officer |''n/a'' – present |Donald Trump |- |Catherine Johnston |ADNI for Systems and Resource Analyses |May 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/assistant-dni-systems-resource-analyses|title=Assistant DNI, Systems & Resource Analyses|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804174036/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/assistant-dni-systems-resource-analyses|url-status=dead}}</ref> – present |Donald Trump |- |Roy Pettis<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nro.gov/News/News-Articles/Article/1927251/nro-honored-at-intelligence-community-acquisition-facilities-and-logistics-awar/|title=NRO Honored at Intelligence Community Acquisition, Facilities, and Log|website=National Reconnaissance Office|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131221428/https://www.nro.gov/News/News-Articles/Article/1927251/nro-honored-at-intelligence-community-acquisition-facilities-and-logistics-awar/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |ADNI for Acquisition, Procurement and Facilities |''n/a'' – present |Donald Trump |- |James Smith<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/assistant-dni-policy-strategy|title=Assistant DNI, Policy & Strategy|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810025214/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/assistant-dni-policy-strategy|url-status=dead}}</ref> |ADNI for Policy and Strategy (Acting) |''n/a'' – present |Donald Trump |- |}

====Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer ==== The '''Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer''' ('''Intelligence Community CIO''', '''ADNI/CIO''' or '''IC CIO''') is charged with directing and managing activities relating to information technology for the Intelligence Community (IC) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The IC CIO reports directly to the DNI. As of January 24, 2022, Dr. Adele Merritt has assumed duties as the IC Chief Information Officer.<ref name="Merritt IC CIO">{{cite web |title=DNI Haines Welcomes Dr. Adele J. Merritt as IC Chief Information Officer |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2022/3596-dni-haines-welcomes-dr-adele-j-merritt-as-ic-chief-information-officer |website=www.dni.gov |access-date=10 October 2023}}</ref> The Office of the IC CIO was established by Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 500,<ref name="ICD 500">{{cite web |last1=McConnell |first1=Mike |title=Intelligence Community Directive Number 500 |url=https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICD/ICD_500.pdf |website=ODNI |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> "Director of National Intelligence Chief Information Officer," effective August 7, 2008. ICD 500 superseded Director of Central Intelligence Directive (DCID) 1/6, "The Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer."<ref name="DCID1-6">{{cite web |last1=Tenet |first1=George J. |title=Director of Central Intelligence Directive 1/6 |url=https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/dcid1-6.htm |website=fas.org |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>

The IC CIO has four primary areas of responsibility: *Manage activities relating to the information technology infrastructure and enterprise architecture of the Intelligence Community; *Exercise procurement approval authority over all information technology items related to the enterprise architecture of all Intelligence Community components; *Direct and manage all information technology-related procurement for the Intelligence Community; and *Ensure all expenditures for information technology and research and development activities are consistent with the Intelligence Community enterprise architecture and the strategy of the Director for such architecture.<ref name="ICD 500" />

IC CIOs have been: *Dale Meyerrose<ref>{{cite web |title=PN841 - Nomination of Dale W. Meyerrose for Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 109th Congress (2005-2006) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/109th-congress/841 |website=www.congress.gov |access-date=8 July 2021 |date=17 December 2005}}</ref> December 21, 2005 – September 2008 *Patrick Gorman (acting)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bain |first1=Ben |title=Bush to name ODNI acting CIO - |url=https://fcw.com/articles/2008/10/10/bush-to-name-odni-acting-cio.aspx?m=1 |website=FCW |date=10 October 2008 |access-date=8 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> October 2008 – January 20, 2009 *Priscilla Guthrie<ref>{{cite web |title=PN326 - Nomination of Priscilla E. Guthrie for Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 111th Congress (2009-2010) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/111th-congress/326 |website=www.congress.gov |access-date=8 July 2021 |date=21 May 2009}}</ref> May 26, 2009 – November 19, 2010 *Charlene Leubecker (acting)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weigelt |first1=Matthew |title=Priscilla Guthrie to leave CIO job at ODNI, report says - |url=https://fcw.com/articles/2010/11/17/priscilla-guthrie-odni-cio-leaves.aspx |website=FCW |date=17 November 2010 |access-date=8 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> November 19, 2010 – February 2011 *Al Tarasiuk<ref>{{cite web |title=DNI Statement on the Retirement of Al Tarasiuk, IC Chief Information Officer |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2015/item/1192-dni-statement-on-the-retirement-of-al-tarasiuk-ic-chief-information-officer |website=www.dni.gov |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> February 2011 – April 28, 2015 *Dr. Raymond "Ray" Cook<ref>{{cite web |title=DNI Clapper Statement on President Obama's Intent to Appoint the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2015/item/1229-dni-clapper-statement-on-president-obama-s-intent-to-appoint-the-chief-information-officer-of-the-intelligence-community |website=www.dni.gov |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> July 23, 2015 – January 20, 2017 *Jennifer Kron (acting) January 20, 2017 – September 11, 2017 *John Sherman September 11, 2017 – January 20, 2021 *Michael Waschull (acting)<ref name="Merritt IC CIO" /> January 20, 2021 – January 23, 2022 *Dr. Adele J. Merritt<ref name="Merritt IC CIO" /> January 24, 2022 – December 16, 2024 *Doug Cossa (acting) December 16, 2024 – ''Incumbent''

== References == {{Reflist|30em}}

== Further reading == *{{Cite book |author=James R. Clapper with Trey Brown |year=2018 |title=Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lPk5DwAAQBAJ |location=New York |publisher=Viking |isbn=978-0525558644 |oclc=1006804896}} Memoir including his time as DNI.

== External links == *{{Official website|https://www.odni.gov/}} *[https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-intelligence-office-of-the-national-director Office of the Director of National Intelligence] in the Federal Register *[https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-32/chapter-XVII 32 CFR Chapter XVII] of the Code of Federal Regulations *[http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/leadership/229218867 CIA CIO To Head IT For Intelligence Community] *[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICD/ICD_500.pdf Intelligence Community Directive 500: Director of National Intelligence Chief Information Officer] *[http://www.odni.gov/ Office of the Director of National Intelligence] *[http://www.intelligence.gov/ US Intelligence Community] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090506190610/http://www.dni.gov/who_what/061222_DNIHandbook_Final.pdf An Overview of the United States Intelligence Community]

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