National Intelligence Board

The '''National Intelligence Board''' ('''NIB'''), formerly the '''National Foreign Intelligence Board''' and before that the '''United States Intelligence Board'''<ref name=FAS/> is a body of senior [[United States Intelligence Community|U.S. Intelligence Community]] leaders currently led by the [[Director of National Intelligence|director of national intelligence]] (DNI).<ref name=ICD202/> The Board is tasked with reviewing and approving [[National Intelligence Estimate]]s (NIEs).

== United States Intelligence Board == The first incarnation of the Board was the United States Intelligence Board, a forum of intelligence agency leaders convened to advise the [[Director of Central Intelligence|director of central intelligence]] on intelligence matters established by President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1957 upon the recommendation of the Presidential Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities (now the [[President's Intelligence Advisory Board]]).<ref name=FAS/>

== National Foreign Intelligence Board == A quotation from a 1999 report entitled ''A Consumer's Guide to Intelligence'', published by the Office of Public Affairs in the [[CIA]] describes the NFIB as:

<blockquote>"the senior Intelligence Community advisory body to the [[Director of Central Intelligence|DCI]] on the substantive aspects of national intelligence. This Board advises the DCI on production, review, and coordination of national foreign intelligence; interagency exchanges of foreign intelligence information; arrangements with foreign governments on intelligence matters; the protection of intelligence sources and methods; activities of common concern; and such other matters as are referred to it by the DCI. It is composed of the DCI (Chairman) and other appropriate officers of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], [[United States Department of State|Department of State]], [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]], and the [[National Security Agency]]. Representatives of other agencies, including the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]], the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]], the [[National Reconnaissance Office]], the [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|National Imagery and Mapping Agency]], and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] participate as necessary."<ref>{{Cite book |title=Consumer's Guide to Intelligence |url=https://archive.org/details/consumersguide_tenet |location=Washington, D.C./Collingdale, Penn. |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency (Office of Public Affairs)/Diane Publishing Company |year=1999 |isbn=9780788189692 |oclc=947929123 |page=[https://archive.org/details/consumersguide_tenet/page/n47 45] |access-date=13 August 2010 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref></blockquote>

== National Intelligence Board == Both the NFIB and NIB are chaired by the directorial head of the [[United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]] (IC); however, the dominance of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and [[Director of Central Intelligence|director of central intelligence]] as IC heads ended with the 2004 establishment of the position of [[Director of National Intelligence]] (DNI) and [[Director of National Intelligence#Office of the Director of National Intelligence|Office of the DNI]] as head, overseer, and coordinator of the IC (and [[FBI]]) in accordance with [[9/11 Commission Report#Findings|recommendations from the 9/11 Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/history |title=History |website=dni.gov |publisher=[[Director of National Intelligence#Office of the Director of National Intelligence|ODNI]] |access-date=July 12, 2021}}</ref> The CIA remained prominent in foreign intelligence, especially foreign [[human intelligence]] (HUMINT).<ref name=FAS>{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/int022.html |title=The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical Overview |website=fas.org |publisher=[[Federation of American Scientists]] |access-date=July 12, 2021}}</ref>

The NIB is supported by [[Director of National Intelligence#Office of the Director of National Intelligence|ODNI]]'s [[National Intelligence Council]] (NIC), which also acts as its Executive Secretariat.

=== Membership === An Intelligence Community Directive (ICD 202) effective July 16, 2007 lists the following as members of the National Intelligence Board: * [[Director of National Intelligence]] (DNI), Chair * Principal Deputy DNI (PDDNI), Vice Chair * Deputy DNI for Analysis/Chair of the National Intelligence Council (NIC) (the current NIC chair is DNI [[Avril Haines]]) * Deputy DNI for Collection * [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]] * [[Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency]] * Director of the [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] * [[Director of the National Security Agency]] (triple-hatted as [[Central Security Service]] Chief and [[United States Cyber Command|US CYBERCOM]] Commander) * [[Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research]] (head of [[Bureau of Intelligence and Research]]) * Executive Assistant Director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] for the [[National Security Branch]] * Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis ([[Office of Intelligence and Analysis (United States Department of the Treasury)|Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis]]) * Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis ([[DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis]]) * Director of the [[Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence]] (OICI, part of [[United States Department of Energy|Energy Department]]) * National Counterintelligence Executive (position no longer exists, folded into [[National Counterintelligence and Security Center]]) * [[Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence]] (since renamed to Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-295.pdf |title=Defense Intelligence and Security Review |website=gao.gov |publisher=[[Government Accountability Office|GAO]] |access-date=May 25, 2021}}</ref>

NIB members represent the members of the [[United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]] and are their agencies' heads. If the DNI/Chair of the NIB is absent, they are replaced by the PDDNI/Vice Chair; if both are absent, the NIB is chaired by the DNI's chosen representative.

In addition, if the NIB discusses a topic relevant to the portfolios of the below officials, they or their chosen representatives may attend: * Deputy DNI for Policy, Plans, and Requirements (position altered; see [[Director of National Intelligence#Deputy directors of national intelligence|Deputy Directors of National Intelligence]]) * Other [[Director of National Intelligence#Office of the Director of National Intelligence|ODNI]] element representatives invited by the Chair * [[Coast Guard Intelligence#Assistant Commandant for Intelligence and Criminal Investigations|Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard for Intelligence and Criminal Investigations]] * Chief of the [[DEA Office of National Security Intelligence]] * Director of the [[National Counterterrorism Center]] (NCTC) * Director of the [[National Counterproliferation Center]] (NCPC) * Vice Chair of the [[National Intelligence Council]] (NIC) * (Military) Service Intelligence Chiefs * Chiefs of Service Intelligence Centers * DNI Open Source Center Director * IC element representatives selected by the NIB Chair

Lastly, the following may attend NIB meetings as observers: * NIC Director of Analysis and Production * Principal Drafter of the [[National Intelligence Estimate]] (NIE) or other NIE drafting team members * Appropriate DNI-chosen representatives<ref name=ICD202>{{cite act | url = https://fas.org/irp/dni/icd/icd-202.pdf |title=National Intelligence Board | act-type = Intelligence Community Directive |index=202 | jurisdiction = United States Intelligence Community |author=Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnel |author-link=Mike McConnell (U.S. Naval officer) | date = July 16, 2007 }}</ref>

== See also == * [[Military Intelligence Board]], military/[[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]]-specific counterpart * [[President's Intelligence Advisory Board]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

[[Category:American advisory organizations]] [[Category:United States intelligence agencies]]