Back مدير الاستخبارات الوطنية (الولايات المتحدة) Arabic Director of National Intelligence German ادارهکننده اطلاعات ملی Persian Directeur du renseignement national French ראש המודיעין הלאומי HE Direktur Intelijen Nasional Amerika Serikat ID Direttore dell'Intelligence nazionale Italian アメリカ合衆国国家情報長官 Japanese 미국 국가정보장실 Korean Nacionalinės žvalgybos direktorius Lithuanian
| Director of National Intelligence | |
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| Office of the Director of National Intelligence | |
| Style | Madam Director (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
| Member of | Cabinet National Security Council Homeland Security Council |
| Reports to | President of the United States |
| Seat | Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | President of the United States with Senate advice and consent |
| Constituting instrument | 50 U.S.C. § 3023 |
| Precursor | Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) |
| Formation | December 17, 2004 |
| First holder | John Negroponte |
| Deputy | Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (P/DDNI) |
| Website | www |
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 (PDB), a classified document including intelligence from all IC agencies, handed each morning to the president of the United States.[1] 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,[2] 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.[3] 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 under President Joe Biden. 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. Donald Trump nominated Tulsi Gabbard to the position in 2025 and she was subsequently confirmed by the US Senate.[4][5]
- ^ "CIA to Cede President's Brief to Negroponte", February 19, 2005, The Washington Post
- ^ "Executive Order 13470". Federal Register. National Archives and Records Administration. July 30, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ^ Strohm, Chris (August 1, 2008). "Bush Orders Intelligence Overhaul". CongressDaily. Retrieved November 22, 2016 – via republished by Nuclear Threat Initiative at NTI.org.
- ^ Peterson, Beatrice. "Senate committee advances Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be intel chief". ABC News. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as US director of national intelligence. Retrieved February 12, 2025 – via apnews.com.