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{{Short description|US Cabinet-level government official}}
{{Distinguish|Director of Central Intelligence|Director of the Central Intelligence Agency}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use American English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Director
| body = National Intelligence
| insignia = The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.svg
| insigniasize = 125
| insigniacaption = Seal of the director of national intelligence
| incumbent = [[Tulsi Gabbard]]
| image = Director Tulsi Gabbard Official Portrait.jpg
| incumbentsince = February 12, 2025
| department = [[Office of the Director of National Intelligence]]
| style = Madam Director<br />(informal)<br />[[The Honourable#United States|The Honorable]]<br />(formal)
| member_of = [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]<br />[[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]<br />[[United States Homeland Security Council|Homeland Security Council]]
| reports_to = [[President of the United States]]
| seat = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| appointer = The [[President of the United States|president]]
| appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]]
| constituting_instrument = {{UnitedStatesCode|50|3023}}
| precursor = [[Director of Central Intelligence]] (DCI)
| formation = December 17, 2004
| first = [[John Negroponte]]
| deputy = Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (P/DDNI)
| website = {{URL|https://www.odni.gov/}}
| flag = Flag of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.svg
| flagcaption = Flag of the director of national intelligence
}}

The '''director of national intelligence''' ('''DNI''') is a [[Cabinet of the United States#Current Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officials|cabinet-level]] [[Federal government of the United States|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 [[United States Intelligence Community#Programs|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 [[United States National Security Council|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]], a highly [[Classified information in the United States|classified]] document including intelligence from all IC agencies, shared each morning with the president of the United States.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36532-2005Feb18.html "CIA to Cede President's Brief to Negroponte"], February 19, 2005, ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref> The DNI, who is appointed by the president of the United States and is subject to confirmation by the [[United States Senate]], serves [[Powers of the president of the United States|at the pleasure of the president]].

President [[George W. Bush]] strengthened the role of the DNI on July 30, 2008, with [[Executive Order 13470]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Executive Order 13470 |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/08/04/E8-17940/further-amendments-to-executive-order-12333-united-states-intelligence-activities |date=July 30, 2008 |work=Federal Register |publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=November 22, 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/bush-orders-intelligence-overhaul/ |title= Bush Orders Intelligence Overhaul| first= Chris |last= Strohm |work= CongressDaily| via= republished by Nuclear Threat Initiative at NTI.org| date= August 1, 2008| access-date= November 22, 2016}}</ref> 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 [[United States Cabinet|cabinet-level]] role during the first presidency of [[Donald Trump]] and retained this status in subsequent administrations. 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. President Donald Trump nominated [[Tulsi Gabbard]] to the position in 2025, and she was subsequently confirmed by the US Senate on February 12, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Beatrice |title=Senate committee advances Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be intel chief |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gabbard-gains-support-2-key-gop-senators-ahead/story?id=118414155 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://apnews.com/video/tulsi-gabbard-confirmed-as-us-director-of-national-intelligence-7efd11d74ea14c3da68b58001e3fdbd7 |title=Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as US director of national intelligence |language=en |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=apnews.com}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Founding ===
Before the DNI was formally established, the head of the United States Intelligence Community was the [[Director of Central Intelligence|director of central intelligence]] (DCI), who concurrently served as the director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA).

The [[9/11 Commission]] recommended establishing the DNI position in its ''[[9/11 Commission Report]]'', not released until July 22, 2004, as it had identified major intelligence failures that called into question how well the intelligence community was able to protect U.S. interests against foreign terrorist attacks.

Senators [[Dianne Feinstein]], [[Jay Rockefeller]] and [[Bob Graham]] introduced S. 2645 on June 19, 2002, to create the position of Director of National Intelligence. Other similar legislation soon followed. After considerable debate on the scope of the DNI's powers and authorities, the [[United States Congress]] passed the [[Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act]] of 2004 by votes of 336–75 in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], and 89–2 in the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. President George Bush signed the bill into law on December 17, 2004. Among other things, the law established the DNI position as the designated leader of the [[United States Intelligence Community]] and prohibited the DNI from serving as the CIA director or the head of any other intelligence community element at the same time. In addition, the law required the CIA Director to report their agency's activities to the DNI.

Critics say compromises during the bill's crafting led to the establishment of a DNI whose powers are too weak to adequately lead, manage and improve the performance of the intelligence community.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kaplan |first=Fred |title=You Call That a Reform Bill? |date=7 December 2004 |publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2110767/}}</ref> In particular, the law left the [[United States Department of Defense]] in charge of the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA), the [[National Reconnaissance Office]] (NRO), and the [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] (NGA).

Under {{UnitedStatesCode|50|3026}}, "under ordinary circumstances, it is desirable" that either the director or the principal deputy director of national intelligence be an active-duty commissioned officer in the [[Military of the United States|armed forces]] or have training or experience in military intelligence activities and requirements. Only one of the two positions can be held by a military officer at any given time. The statute does not specify what rank the commissioned officer will hold during their tenure in either position.

=== Appointments ===
The first director of national intelligence was former [[List of United States ambassadors to Iraq|U.S. ambassador to Iraq]] [[John Negroponte]] who was appointed on February 17, 2005, by President George W. Bush, subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate. It was reported that President Bush's first choice for DNI was former [[Director of Central Intelligence|director of central intelligence]] [[Robert M. Gates]], who was serving as president of [[Texas A&M University]], but who declined the offer.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 8, 2006 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR2006110801589.html |title=Robert M. Gates profile |access-date=November 22, 2016}}</ref> Negroponte was confirmed by a Senate vote of 98–2 on April 21, 2005, and he was sworn in by President Bush the same day.

On February 13, 2007, [[Mike McConnell (U.S. Naval officer)|Mike McConnell]] became the second director of national intelligence, after Negroponte was appointed [[Deputy Secretary of State]]. [[Donald Kerr|Donald M. Kerr]] was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence on October 4, 2007, and sworn in on October 9, 2007. Kerr, from Virginia, was previously the director of the [[National Reconnaissance Office]] and the deputy director for science and technology at the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] before that. Earlier in his career, he was an assistant director at the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], in charge of their Laboratory Division from 1997 to 2001.

On January 29, 2009, retired [[United States Navy|Navy]] admiral [[Dennis C. Blair]] became the third DNI on after being nominated by newly inaugurated President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>ODNI, [http://www.dni.gov/blair_bio.htm Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202072342/http://dni.gov/blair_bio.htm |date=2009-02-02}}, January 30, 2009</ref> President Obama dismissed Blair whose resignation became effective May 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Greg |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/20/AR2010052004343.html |title=Dennis C. Blair to resign as Director of National Intelligence |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 21, 2010 |access-date=June 3, 2010}}</ref>

On July 20, 2010, President [[Barack Obama]] nominated retired [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] lieutenant general [[James Clapper]] as the fourth DNI. Clapper was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 5, and replaced acting director [[David C. Gompert]].

The fifth DNI, [[Dan Coats]], the sixth DNI, [[John Ratcliffe (American politician)|John Ratcliffe]], and acting DNIs [[Joseph Maguire]], [[Richard Grenell]] and [[Lora Shiao]], all served between March 16, 2017, and January 21, 2021, during the first administration of President [[Donald Trump]].

The seventh DNI is [[Avril Haines]], who took office on January 21, 2021. The first woman to hold the office, she was nominated by President-elect [[Joe Biden]] on November 23, 2020<ref name="nom1">{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Dustin |title=Avril Haines Nominated As First Female Director Of National Intelligence |date=November 23, 2020 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/11/23/938132034/avril-haines-nominated-as-first-female-director-of-national-intelligence |work=NPR |access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> and confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 2021.<ref name="nom2">{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Dustin |title=Senate confirms Avril Haines as director of National Intelligence |date=January 20, 2021 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-confirms-avril-haines-as-director-of-national-intelligence |work=Fox news |access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref> She resigned January 20, 2025 at the conclusion of Joe Biden's term in office.

On November 13, 2024, President-elect [[Donald Trump]] announced his intention to nominate [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]] lieutenant colonel [[Tulsi Gabbard]] as the director of national intelligence upon returning to the presidency in January 2025. Gabbard was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 12, 2025, replacing acting director [[Lora Shiao]]. With this appointment, she became the first female military combat veteran to serve as DNI and first [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander American]] and first [[Hinduism in the United States|Hindu American]] in this position as well as to hold a [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet-level]] position.<ref name ="IT-DNI-1">{{cite web |last=Nagari |first=Akhilesh |date=November 14, 2024 |title=Who is Tulsi Gabbard, first US Hindu lawmaker named as Trump's spy chief? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/donald-trump-cabinet-tulsi-gabbard-profile-hindu-congresswomen-director-of-national-intelligence-us-spy-agencies-2633091-2024-11-14 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=India Today}}</ref><ref name="apnews.com2">{{cite web |last1=Kinnard |first1=Meg |last2=Klepper |first2=David |date=November 13, 2024 |title=What to know about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-466dfdfe2f949ea20bc2f4ef13e21438 |access-date=December 10, 2024 |publisher=[[Associated Press]]|quote="acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser"}}</ref>

=== Website issues ===
[[Declan McCullagh]] at News.com wrote on August 24, 2007, that the DNI site was configured to repel all search engines to index any page at DNI.gov. This effectively made the DNI website invisible to all search engines and in turn, any search queries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/feds-use-robots-txt-files-to-stay-invisible-online-lame/ |first=Declan |last=McCullagh |author-link=Declan McCullagh |title=Feds use robots.txt files to stay invisible online. Lame. |publisher=CNET |date=2007-08-24 |access-date=2014-02-14}}</ref> Ross Feinstein, Spokesman for the DNI, said that the cloaking was removed as of September 3, 2007. "We're not even sure how (the [[robots.txt]] file) got there"{{snd}}but it was again somehow hidden the next day. On September 7, McCullagh reported that the DNI appeared to be open to web searches again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.com/8301-13578_3-9774295-38.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140215003220/http://news.com/8301-13578_3-9774295-38.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2014|title=National Intelligence Web site no longer invisible to search engines|first=Declan|last=McCullagh|publisher=CNET|date=2007-09-07|access-date=2014-02-14}}</ref>

=== Reform initiatives ===
In September 2007, the Office of the DNI released "''Intelligence Community 100 Day & 500 Day Plans for Integration & Collaboration''". These plans include a series of initiatives designed to build the foundation for increased cooperation and reform of the U.S. Intelligence Community.<ref>{{cite web |work=ODNI News Release No. 20-07 |date=September 13, 2007 |title=Director of National Intelligence Moves Forward with Intelligence Reform |url=https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2007%20Press%20Releases/20070913_release.pdf |publisher=DNI.gov}}</ref>

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== Office of the Director of National Intelligence ==
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The [[Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004]] established the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as an [[independent agencies of the United States government|independent agency]] to assist the DNI. The ODNI's goal is to effectively integrate foreign, military and domestic intelligence in defense of the homeland and of United States interests abroad.<ref name="Organization of the DNI">{{cite web|title=Public Affairs Office, ODNI |url=https://www.odni.gov/index.php/about/organization|work=Office of the Director of National Intelligence|publisher=ODNI |access-date=14 April 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319171630/http://www.odni.gov/index.php/about/organization|archive-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> The ODNI has about 1,750 employees.<ref name="e-Magazine">{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Charles |title=Lifting the Lid |url=http://digimag.govexec.com/article/Lifting+the+Lid/1159379/124277/article.html |publisher=Government Executive |date=September 2012 |access-date=14 April 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191836/http://digimag.govexec.com/article/Lifting+the+Lid/1159379/124277/article.html |archive-date=2 January 2014}}</ref> Its headquarters are in [[McLean, Virginia]].

On March 23, 2007, DNI Mike McConnell announced organizational changes, which included:

* Elevating Acquisition to a new Deputy DNI position
* Creating a new Deputy DNI for Policy, Plans, and Requirements (replacing the Deputy DNI for Requirements position)
* Establishing an Executive Committee
* Designating the Chief of Staff position as the new Director of the Intelligence Staff

The ODNI continued to evolve under succeeding directors, culminating in an organization focused on intelligence integration across the community.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

=== Organization ===
The ODNI leadership includes the director, principal deputy director and chief operating officer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership |title=Leadership |publisher=Office of the Director of National Intelligence |access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref> In addition, the Director of Defense Intelligence reports to the DNI.

There are two directorates, each led by a deputy director of National Intelligence:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.odni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations |title=Organization|publisher=Office of the Director of National Intelligence |access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>

* Mission Integration Directorate
** [[National Intelligence Council]]
** [[President's Daily Brief]]
* Policy & Capabilities Directorate
** [[Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity]]

There are five mission centers, each led by a director of that center:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

* [[National Counterproliferation Center|National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center]]
* [[National Counterterrorism Center]]
* [[National Counterintelligence and Security Center]]
* [[Foreign Malign Influence Center]]
* [[Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center]]

There are also four oversight offices:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

* Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transparency (CLPT), led by the Civil Liberties Protection Officer (CLPO)<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|50|3029}} as added by the [[Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004]].</ref>
* Office of Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity
* Office of the [[Inspector General of the Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community Inspector General]]
* Office of General Counsel

==== Organization seals ====
<gallery class="center">
File:Seal of the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center.png|[[National Counterproliferation Center|NCBC]]
File:Seal of the Foreign Malign Influence Center.png|[[Foreign Malign Influence Center|FMIC]]
File:Seal of the United States National Counterterrorism Center.svg|[[National Counterterrorism Center|NCTC]]
File:Seal of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.svg|[[National Counterintelligence and Security Center|NCSC]]
File:Seal of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.png|[[Inspector General of the Intelligence Community|ICIG]]
File:Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center Seal.png|[[Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center|CTIIC]]
</gallery>

=== United States Intelligence Community ===
{{Main|United States Intelligence Community}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+United States Intelligence Community
!Name
!Parent Organization
|-
| [[FBI Intelligence Branch]] (IB)
| [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI)
|-
| [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA)
| [[Independent agencies of the United States federal government|Independent agency]]
|-
| [[National Security Agency]] (NSA)
| [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
|-
| [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA)
| [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
|-
| [[National Reconnaissance Office]] (NRO)
| [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
|-
| [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] (NGA)
| [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
|-
| [[National Space Intelligence Center]]
| [[United States Space Force|Space Force]]
|-
| [[National Air and Space Intelligence Center]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
|-
| [[Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)|Military Intelligence Corps]]
| [[United States Army|Army]]
|-
| [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
| [[United States Navy|Navy]]
|-
| [[Coast Guard Intelligence]]
| [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]]
|-
| [[Marine Corps Intelligence]]
| [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
|-
| [[DEA Office of National Security Intelligence|Office of National Security Intelligence]]
| [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]
|-
| [[DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis|Office of Intelligence and Analysis]]
| [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]]
|-
| [[Bureau of Intelligence and Research]]
| [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]
|-
| [[Office of Intelligence and Analysis (Treasury Department)|Office of Intelligence and Analysis]]
| [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]]
|-
| [[Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence]]
| [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]]
|}

== Line of succession ==
The line of succession for the director of national intelligence is as follows:<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/09/25/2013-23545/designation-of-officers-of-the-office-of-the-director-of-national-intelligence-to-act-as-director-of|title=Designation of Officers of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence To Act as Director of National Intelligence|date=2013-09-25|journal=[[Federal Register]]|volume=78 FR 59159|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref>
# Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
# Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration
# Director of the [[National Counterterrorism Center]]
# Director of the [[National Counterintelligence and Security Center]]
# [[Inspector General of the Intelligence Community]]

== Lists of personnel==
=== List of directors ===
Position succeeded the [[Director of Central Intelligence|director of central intelligence]].

{|class="toccolours"
|{{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes acting capacity.}}
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!No.
!class=unsortable |Image
!Name
!Start
!End
!Duration
!colspan=2 |President(s)
|-
| 1
| [[File:John Negroponte official portrait.jpg|100px]]
| {{sortname|John|Negroponte}}
| {{dts|April 21, 2005}}
| {{dts|February 13, 2007}}
| {{ayd|2005|4|21|2007|2|13}}
| rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan=2 |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}}<br />(2001–2009)
|-
| 2
| [[File:Mike McConnell, official ODNI photo portrait (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| {{sortname|Mike|McConnell|dab=U.S. Naval officer}}
| {{dts|February 13, 2007}}
| {{dts|January 27, 2009}}
| {{ayd|2007|2|13|2009|1|27}}
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:LTG BURGESS.jpg|100px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Ronald|Burgess|Ronald L. Burgess Jr.}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 27, 2009}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 29, 2009}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2009|1|27|2009|1|29}}
| rowspan=4 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}<br />(2009–2017)
|-
| 3
| [[File:Dennis Blair official Director of National Intelligence portrait (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| {{sortname|Dennis|Blair|Dennis C. Blair}}
| {{dts|January 29, 2009}}
| {{dts|May 28, 2010}}
| {{ayd|2009|1|29|2010|5|28}}
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| [[File:David Gompert official portrait (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| {{sortname|David|Gompert}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
| {{dts|May 28, 2010}}
| {{dts|August 5, 2010}}
| {{ayd|2010|5|28|2010|8|5}}
|-
| 4
| [[File:James R. Clapper official portrait (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| {{sortname|James|Clapper}}
| {{dts|August 5, 2010}}
| {{dts|January 20, 2017}}
| {{ayd|2010|8|5|2017|1|20}}
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Michael Dempsey (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Mike|Dempsey|dab=intelligence}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 20, 2017}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|March 16, 2017}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2017|1|20|2017|3|16}}
| rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}<br />(2017–2021)
|-
| 5
| [[File:Dan Coats official DNI portrait (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| {{sortname|Dan|Coats}}
| {{dts|March 16, 2017}}
| {{dts|August 15, 2019}}
| {{ayd|2017|3|16|2019|8|15}}
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| [[File:Joseph Maguire official photo (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| {{sortname|Joseph|Maguire}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
| {{dts|August 15, 2019}}
| {{dts|February 20, 2020}}
| {{ayd|2019|8|15|2020|2|20}}
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| [[File:Richard Grenell official portrait (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| {{sortname|Richard|Grenell}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
| {{dts|February 20, 2020}}
| {{dts|May 26, 2020}}
| {{ayd|2020|2|20|2020|5|26}}
|-
| 6
| [[File:John Ratcliffe official photo (cropped).jpg|frameless|100px]]
| {{sortname|John|Ratcliffe}}
| {{dts|May 26, 2020}}
| {{dts|January 20, 2021}}
| {{ayd|2020|5|26|2021|1|20}}
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Lora Shiao.jpg|100px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Lora|Shiao}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 20, 2021}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 21, 2021}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2021|1|20|2021|1|21}}
| rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}<br />(2021–2025)
|-
| 7
| [[File:Avril-Haines (cropped).jpg|frameless|100px]]
| {{sortname|Avril|Haines}}
| {{dts|January 21, 2021}}
| {{dts|January 20, 2025}}
| {{ayd|2021|1|21|2025|1|20}}
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Stacey Dixon, ODNI Deputy Director.png|frameless|100px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Stacey|Dixon}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 20, 2025}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 25, 2025}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2025|1|20|2025|1|25}}
| rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}<br />(2025–present)
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Lora Shiao.jpg|frameless|100px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{sortname|Lora|Shiao}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 25, 2025}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|February 12, 2025}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{ayd|2025|1|25|2025|2|12}}
|-
| 8
| [[File:Director Tulsi Gabbard Official Portrait (cropped).jpg|frameless|100px]]
| {{sortname|Tulsi|Gabbard}}
| {{dts|February 12, 2025}}
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2025|2|12}}
|}

=== List of principal deputy directors of national intelligence ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Term of office
!President(s) served under
|-
| [[Michael Hayden (general)|Michael Hayden]]
| April 21, 2005 – May 26, 2006
| rowspan=3|[[George W. Bush]]
|-
| [[Ronald L. Burgess Jr.]]<br />Acting
| June 2006 – October 5, 2007
|-
| [[Donald Kerr]]
| October 5, 2007 – January 20, 2009
|-
| [[Ronald L. Burgess Jr.]]<br />Acting
| January 20, 2009 – February 2009
| rowspan=3|[[Barack Obama]]
|-
| [[David C. Gompert]]
| November 10, 2009 – February 11, 2011
|-
| [[Stephanie O'Sullivan]]
| February 18, 2011 – January 20, 2017
|-
| [[Susan M. Gordon]]
| August 7, 2017 – August 15, 2019
| rowspan=3|[[Donald Trump]]
|-
| [[Andrew P. Hallman]]{{Ref|Note1|a}}<br />Acting
| October 30, 2019 – February 21, 2020
|-
| [[Kash Patel]]
| February 21, 2020 – May 13, 2020
|-
| [[Neil Wiley]]{{Ref|Note1|a}}
| May 13, 2020 – February 2021
| [[Donald Trump]], [[Joe Biden]]
|-
| [[Stacey Dixon]]
| August 4, 2021 – January 25, 2025<ref>{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Carol |date=August 4, 2021 |title=Stacey Dixon Confirmed as ODNI Principal Deputy Director; Avril Haines Quoted |url=https://www.executivegov.com/2021/08/stacey-dixon-confirmed-as-principal-deputy-director-of-national-intelligence/ |work=Executive Gov |access-date=August 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Joe Biden]], [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| [[Aaron Lukas]]
| July 24, 2025 - ''Incumbent'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, vice Stacey A. Dixon. |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/26/27 |publisher=[[United States Congress]] |access-date=March 26, 2025 |date=March 10, 2025}}</ref>
| [[Donald Trump]]
|}

:a.{{Note|Note1||Hallman's and Wiley's position was Principal Executive, which did not require Senate confirmation. The duties were the same as those of a principal deputy director.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Hallman Joins the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as Principal Executive |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2019/item/2060-andrew-hallman-joins-the-office-of-the-director-of-national-intelligence-as-principal-executive |website=dni.gov |access-date=28 May 2020 |date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020060624/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2019/item/2060-andrew-hallman-joins-the-office-of-the-director-of-national-intelligence-as-principal-executive |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

=== List of chief operating officers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Term of office
!President(s) served under
|-
| [[Deirdre Walsh]]
| February 2018 – May 2020
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| [[Lora Shiao]]
| October 2020 – present
| [[Donald Trump]], [[Joe Biden]]
|}

=== List of directors of the intelligence staff / chief management officer ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Term of office
!President(s) served under
|-
| [[Ronald L. Burgess Jr.]]
| May 2007 – February 2009
| [[George W. Bush]], [[Barack Obama]]
|-
| [[John Kimmons]]
| February 2009 – October 2010
| [[Barack Obama]]
|-
| Mark Ewing{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
| November 2010 – ''n/a''
| [[Barack Obama]], [[Donald Trump]]
|}

=== List of inspectors general ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Term of office
!President(s) served under
|-
| Charles McCullough
| October 7, 2010 – March 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-intelligence-shut-downs-damning-report-on-whistleblower-retaliation|title=U.S. Intelligence Shuts Down Damning Report on Whistleblower Retaliation|first=Kevin|last=Poulsen|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=February 12, 2018|via=www.thedailybeast.com}}</ref>
| [[Barack Obama]], [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| [[Michael Atkinson (Inspector General)|Michael Atkinson]]
| May 17, 2018 – May 3, 2020<ref>{{cite news |last3=Fandos |first3=Nicholas |last2=Savage |first2=Charlie |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |date=April 3, 2020 |title=Trump to Fire Intelligence Watchdog Who Had Key Role in Ukraine Complaint |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/us/trump-inspector-general-intelligence-fired.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/04/chuck-grassley-intel-community-watchdog-firing-164831 |title=Trump Defends Firing 'Terrible' Intel Community Watchdog as Republicans Question Sacking |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=April 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last2=Neuman |first2=Scott |last1=Kelly |first1=Amita |date=May 24, 2021 |title=Fired Intel Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson Pushes Back On His Dismissal |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/04/03/827195027/president-trump-fires-intelligence-community-inspector-general-michael-atkinson |work=[[National Public Radio]] |access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| [[Thomas Monheim]]
| April 3, 2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Office of the DNI on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/odnigov/status/1246516832070242306|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404192520/https://twitter.com/ODNIgov/status/1246516832070242306 |archive-date=April 4, 2020 |access-date=June 14, 2020|website=|language=en}}</ref><ref name="govexec.com">{{Cite web|title=Trump Fires Intel IG, Taps White House Confidant for Pandemic Oversight Role|url=https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2020/04/trump-fires-intel-ig-taps-white-house-confidant-pandemic-oversight-role/164370/|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=Government Executive|date=4 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>{{Ref|Note1|a}} – January 3, 2025
| [[Donald Trump]], [[Joe Biden]]
|}

:a.{{Note|Note1||Monheim became Acting IG upon Atkinson's being put on administrative leave on April 3. He remained Acting IG upon and after Atkinson's official removal on May 3.<ref name="govexec.com" />}}

=== List of deputy directors of national intelligence ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Office
!Term of office
!President(s) served under
|-
| [[William P. Ruger]]
| Mission Integration
| April 2025<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/mission-integration/mission-integration-leadership|title=Deputy DNI for Mission Integration|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref> – present
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| [[Beth Sanner]]
| Mission Integration
| May 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-for-mission-integration|title=Deputy DNI for Mission Integration|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> – March 2021
| [[Donald Trump]], [[Joe Biden]]
|-
| Kevin Meiners<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-enterprise-capacity|title=Deputy DNI, Enterprise Capacity|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022125910/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-enterprise-capacity|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Enterprise Capacity
| ''n/a'' – present
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| Karen Gibson
| National Security Partnerships
| April 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.executivegov.com/2019/04/karen-gibson-named-deputy-director-of-national-intelligence/|title=Karen Gibson Named Deputy Director of National Intelligence|date=2019-04-23|website=Executive Gov|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> – 2020
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| Corin Stone<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-strategy-engagement|title=Deputy DNI, Strategy & Engagement|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020034840/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/deputy-dni-strategy-engagement|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Strategy & Engagement
| ''n/a'' – present
| [[Donald Trump]]
|}

=== Assistant directors of national intelligence ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Office
!Term of Office
!'''President(s) served under'''
|-
| Dr. Ronald Sanders
| ADNI for Human Capital
| June 2005 - March 2010
| [[George W. Bush]], [[Barack Obama]]
|-
| Deborah Kircher
| ADNI for Human Capital
| October 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/nctc-how-we-work/overview?id=351|title=Assistant DNI, Chief Human Capital Office|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804175927/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/nctc-how-we-work/overview?id=351|url-status=dead}}</ref> – present
| [[Barack Obama]], [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| John Sherman
| [[Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer|Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer]]
| September 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/chief-information-officer|title=Chief Information Officer|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> – June 2020<ref>{{Cite press release |title=IC CIO Announces Departure |date=April 20, 2020 |publisher=Office of the Director of National Intelligence |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2109-ic-cio-announces-departure |quote=John Sherman, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Intelligence Community (IC), today announced that he will depart the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in June to serve as the Principal Deputy CIO for the U.S. Department of Defense. |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016200851/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2109-ic-cio-announces-departure |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| Trey Treadwell<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership|title=Leadership|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>
| Chief Financial Officer
| ''n/a'' – present
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| Catherine Johnston
| ADNI for Systems and Resource Analyses
| May 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/assistant-dni-systems-resource-analyses|title=Assistant DNI, Systems & Resource Analyses|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804174036/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/assistant-dni-systems-resource-analyses|url-status=dead}}</ref> – present
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| Roy Pettis<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nro.gov/News/News-Articles/Article/1927251/nro-honored-at-intelligence-community-acquisition-facilities-and-logistics-awar/|title=NRO Honored at Intelligence Community Acquisition, Facilities, and Log|website=National Reconnaissance Office|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131221428/https://www.nro.gov/News/News-Articles/Article/1927251/nro-honored-at-intelligence-community-acquisition-facilities-and-logistics-awar/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ADNI for Acquisition, Procurement and Facilities
| ''n/a'' – present
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| James Smith<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/assistant-dni-policy-strategy|title=Assistant DNI, Policy & Strategy|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=2020-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810025214/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/assistant-dni-policy-strategy|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ADNI for Policy and Strategy (Acting)
| ''n/a'' – present
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
|}

== See also ==
{{Div col|colwidth=25em}}
* [[Information Sharing Environment]]
* [[Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity]]
* [[Intellipedia]]
* [[Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System]] (JWICS)
* [[National Intelligence Coordination Center]]
* [[National Security Act of 1947|The National Security Act of 1947]]
* [[Open source intelligence]]
* [[Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations|Title 32 of the CFR]]
* [[United States Joint Intelligence Community Council]]
* [[US intelligence community A-Space]]
* [[Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board]] (PCLOB)
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |author=James R. Clapper with Trey Brown |year=2018 |title=Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lPk5DwAAQBAJ |location=New York |publisher=Viking |isbn=978-0525558644 |oclc=1006804896}} Memoir including his time as DNI.

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.odni.gov/}}
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-intelligence-office-of-the-national-director Office of the Director of National Intelligence] in the [[Federal Register]]
* [https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-32/chapter-XVII 32 CFR Chapter XVII] of the [[Code of Federal Regulations]]

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