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Find sources: "National Intelligence Board" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The **National Intelligence Board** (**NIB**), formerly the **National Foreign Intelligence Board** and before that the **United States Intelligence Board**[1] is a body of senior [U.S. Intelligence Community](/source/United_States_Intelligence_Community) leaders currently led by the [director of national intelligence](/source/Director_of_National_Intelligence) (DNI).[2] The Board is tasked with reviewing and approving [National Intelligence Estimates](/source/National_Intelligence_Estimate) (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](/source/Director_of_Central_Intelligence) on intelligence matters established by President [Dwight D. Eisenhower](/source/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](/source/President's_Intelligence_Advisory_Board)).[1] ## 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](/source/CIA) describes the NFIB as: "the senior Intelligence Community advisory body to the [DCI](/source/Director_of_Central_Intelligence) 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](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency), [Department of State](/source/United_States_Department_of_State), [Department of Defense](/source/United_States_Department_of_Defense), the [Defense Intelligence Agency](/source/Defense_Intelligence_Agency), and the [National Security Agency](/source/National_Security_Agency). Representatives of other agencies, including the [Department of the Treasury](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury), the [Department of Energy](/source/United_States_Department_of_Energy), the [National Reconnaissance Office](/source/National_Reconnaissance_Office), the [National Imagery and Mapping Agency](/source/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency), and the [Federal Bureau of Investigation](/source/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) participate as necessary."[3] ## National Intelligence Board Both the NFIB and NIB are chaired by the directorial head of the [Intelligence Community](/source/United_States_Intelligence_Community) (IC); however, the dominance of the [Central Intelligence Agency](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency) and [director of central intelligence](/source/Director_of_Central_Intelligence) as IC heads ended with the 2004 establishment of the position of [Director of National Intelligence](/source/Director_of_National_Intelligence) (DNI) and [Office of the DNI](/source/Director_of_National_Intelligence#Office_of_the_Director_of_National_Intelligence) as head, overseer, and coordinator of the IC (and [FBI](/source/FBI)) in accordance with [recommendations from the 9/11 Commission](/source/9%2F11_Commission_Report#Findings).[4] The CIA remained prominent in foreign intelligence, especially foreign [human intelligence](/source/Human_intelligence) (HUMINT).[1] The NIB is supported by [ODNI](/source/Director_of_National_Intelligence#Office_of_the_Director_of_National_Intelligence)'s [National Intelligence Council](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Avril_Haines)) - Deputy DNI for Collection - [Director of the Central Intelligence Agency](/source/Director_of_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency) - [Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency](/source/Director_of_the_Defense_Intelligence_Agency) - Director of the [National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency](/source/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency) - [Director of the National Security Agency](/source/Director_of_the_National_Security_Agency) (triple-hatted as [Central Security Service](/source/Central_Security_Service) Chief and [US CYBERCOM](/source/United_States_Cyber_Command) Commander) - [Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research](/source/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Intelligence_and_Research) (head of [Bureau of Intelligence and Research](/source/Bureau_of_Intelligence_and_Research)) - Executive Assistant Director of the [Federal Bureau of Investigation](/source/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) for the [National Security Branch](/source/National_Security_Branch) - Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis ([Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis](/source/Office_of_Intelligence_and_Analysis_(United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury))) - Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis ([DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis](/source/DHS_Office_of_Intelligence_and_Analysis)) - Director of the [Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence](/source/Office_of_Intelligence_and_Counterintelligence) (OICI, part of [Energy Department](/source/United_States_Department_of_Energy)) - National Counterintelligence Executive (position no longer exists, folded into [National Counterintelligence and Security Center](/source/National_Counterintelligence_and_Security_Center)) - [Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence](/source/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence) (since renamed to Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security)[5] NIB members represent the members of the [Intelligence Community](/source/United_States_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 [Deputy Directors of National Intelligence](/source/Director_of_National_Intelligence#Deputy_directors_of_national_intelligence)) - Other [ODNI](/source/Director_of_National_Intelligence#Office_of_the_Director_of_National_Intelligence) element representatives invited by the Chair - [Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard for Intelligence and Criminal Investigations](/source/Coast_Guard_Intelligence#Assistant_Commandant_for_Intelligence_and_Criminal_Investigations) - Chief of the [DEA Office of National Security Intelligence](/source/DEA_Office_of_National_Security_Intelligence) - Director of the [National Counterterrorism Center](/source/National_Counterterrorism_Center) (NCTC) - Director of the [National Counterproliferation Center](/source/National_Counterproliferation_Center) (NCPC) - Vice Chair of the [National Intelligence Council](/source/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](/source/National_Intelligence_Estimate) (NIE) or other NIE drafting team members - Appropriate DNI-chosen representatives[2] ## See also - [Military Intelligence Board](/source/Military_Intelligence_Board), military/[Defense Department](/source/United_States_Department_of_Defense)-specific counterpart - [President's Intelligence Advisory Board](/source/President's_Intelligence_Advisory_Board) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FAS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FAS_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FAS_1-2) ["The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical Overview"](https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/int022.html). *fas.org*. [Federation of American Scientists](/source/Federation_of_American_Scientists). Retrieved July 12, 2021. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ICD202_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ICD202_2-1) [Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnel](/source/Mike_McConnell_(U.S._Naval_officer)) (July 16, 2007). [National Intelligence Board](https://fas.org/irp/dni/icd/icd-202.pdf) (PDF) (Intelligence Community Directive 202). United States Intelligence Community. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Consumer's Guide to Intelligence*](https://archive.org/details/consumersguide_tenet). Washington, D.C./Collingdale, Penn.: Central Intelligence Agency (Office of Public Affairs)/Diane Publishing Company. 1999. p. [45](https://archive.org/details/consumersguide_tenet/page/n47). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780788189692](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780788189692). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [947929123](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/947929123). Retrieved 13 August 2010 – via [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["History"](https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/history). *dni.gov*. [ODNI](/source/Director_of_National_Intelligence#Office_of_the_Director_of_National_Intelligence). Retrieved July 12, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Defense Intelligence and Security Review"](https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-295.pdf) (PDF). *gao.gov*. [GAO](/source/Government_Accountability_Office). Retrieved May 25, 2021. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [National Intelligence Board](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Intelligence_Board) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Intelligence_Board?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.