bowhuntr said:
MarkTwain said:
bowhuntr said:
I'm all for trimming it…but we need someone to herd the cats in some form or fashion. We know the different agencies don't like to talk to each other - someone has to coordinate and be a singular voice to the president. Not saying Clapper did it well.
Name ONE since the office was created that has? It's an easy answer: ZERO
yeah, I won't attempt to say we've had a great DNI, but I'm having a hard time understanding if it's better to have all 17 doing their own thing. No nctc, etc.
Okay let me do the 5th grader version
10 of those 17 report directly to the DOD thus the SECD already a cabinet member
CIA Chief already a cabinet member
The rest of them report to cabinet members
Department of Energy: Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
Department of Homeland Security: Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Department of Justice: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of State: Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Department of the Treasury: Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Drug Enforcement Administration: Office of National Security Intelligence reports to the DOJ
Once again the ODNI is a complete catch can overly funded and a complete waste of taxpayer money