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Defense Primer: Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence)
The U.S. intelligence community (IC) provides intelligence
that is timely, objective, independent of political
considerations, and based upon all sources available to the
intelligence community (see §3024 of Title 50, U.S. Code)
to decisionmakers in the national security policy process.
Today, the IC is a federation of 17 component
organizations, spread across six separate departments of the
federal government, which also includes two independent
agencies. The Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
serves as the head of the IC.
Many IC component organizations, such as the National
Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency,
reside within the Department of Defense (DOD)
organizational structure. The Under Secretary of Defense
for Intelligence (USD(I)) is a civilian official reporting
directly to the Secretary of Defense who, on behalf of the
Secretary, exercises authority, direction, and control over
DOD's intelligence and security organizations, including
the intelligence components of the combatant commands
and military services.
The USD(I) is also the Principal Staff Assistant and advisor
to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of
Defense regarding intelligence, counterintelligence (CI),
security, sensitive activities, and other intelligence-related
matters.
Origin of the USD(I) Position
Leadership for DOD intelligence-related functions within
the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has been
realigned multiple times over the course of DOD's history.
Establishment of the USD(I) position in 2003 represents the
most recent such realignment.
Then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld first requested
statutory establishment of the USD(I) in 2002 as part of
DOD's package of legislative proposals sent to the House
and Senate for potential inclusion in the FY2003 National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In making the request,
DOD argued that the establishment of the position would
[acknowledge] the importance of intelligence and CI
superiority in the twenty-first century.
The DOD further asserted that through exercising delegated
oversight over the DOD's intelligence, CI, and related
personnel security functions, the position would provide
the Secretary of Defense with the flexibility he requires to
respond to heightened demands on the [DOD] to support
the President's efforts to prevent and respond to acts of
terrorism against the United States. The legislative
language establishing the position of USD(I) was included
under Section 901 in P.L. 107-314, which was codified as
Section 137 of Title 10, United States Code.
USD(I)s to Date
* Stephen A. Cambone (March 2003-December 2006)
James Clapper (April 2007-August 2010)
Michael G. Vickers (March 201 1-April 2015)
Marcel Lettre (December 2015-january 2017)
Joseph Kernan (November 2017-present)
USD(I) and DNI Relationship
The DNI and the USD(I) together coordinate a number of
interagency activities designed to facilitate the integration
of national-level and tactical-level intelligence efforts.
Figure 1 depicts the respective coordination authorities of
the USD(I) and the DNI within DOD and the IC.
Figure I. Authorities of the DNI and USD(I)
Source: Figure A-3, Joint Publication 2-01, Joint and National
Intelligence Support to Military Operations, January 5, 2012, p. A-12.
Origin of Dual-Hatted Role for USD(I)
In May 2007, the Secretary of Defense and the DNI signed
a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to establish a dual
role for the USD(I). In a news release announcing the
issuance of the MOA, then-USD(I) James Clapper indicated
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