Intelligence reform

INTELLIGENCE REFORM

Brief Background

The aftermath of the 9 /11 tragedy has caused the US Federal Government to re-assess the setback and possible flaws of their homeland security defense . To primarily focus on investigating the tragedy , in November 27th 2002 , the US Congress and President Bush commissioned a ten-man panel that comprised the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States , which is known as the 9 /11 Commission

The 9 /11 Commission expedited the investigation process and came up with a two-pronged framework based on the assessment . This two-pronged

br framework consists of the framing of action at a global perspective and the formulation of action at the domestic domain

The homeland security aspect has been emphasized and related by the 9 /11 Commission with strong it to Congress and the President . In addition , the commission also suggested the enactment of immediate measures that deal with the intelligence and enforcement agencies and the military organizations

Moreover , the US government has enacted several inter-agency programs that are highly supported by Congress and President Bush . Thus , the nationalization of homeland strategic programs has formally resulted in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA ) on January 20th 2004

In this regard , this will discuss the intelligence components of the IRTPA and measure its performance throughout the intelligence community while comparing it with the recommendations of the 9 /11 Commission . On these bases , a conclusive evaluation will discuss the impact of IRTPA to reform the national intelligence community

An Update Briefer

This update briefer is used to keep abreast with the situation of the intelligence reform in retrospect of the discussion throughout this . The will also form relevance to the background of concerns affecting the IRTPA

Basically , according to critics , the Bush administration is in its seven years of intelligence fiasco which controls more than 80 of America 's 60 billion intelligence budget - reflective of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ' streamlining the Pentagon 's trail on national security policy and intelligence as he work hand in hand with Director of National Intelligence (DNI ) Michael McConnell - he gradually assert civilian control over the key spy agencies funded by the defense budget and held Pentagon 's effort to create its own intelligence machinery independent of the CIA

This criticism could somehow be founded on the discretion of the President and put into perspective the 9 /11 Commission Recommendation No .13 .2 which states that : the current position of Director of Central Intelligence (DNI ) should be replaced by a National Intelligence Director (NID ) with two main areas of responsibility (1 ) to oversee national intelligence centers on specific subjects of interest across the U .S . government and (2 ) to manage the national intelligence program and oversee the agencies that contribute to it

At hindsight , the intelligence fund may have lead to criticism because the teaming up of Pentagon with the CIA requires substantial budget allocation primarily due to the realignment of budget appropriation to intelligence activities

The Framing of Global Strategy

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