Chris,

Chairman Goss has introduced legislation today that would restructure the Intelligence
Community by placing all ol its collection and analytic activities under the command and control of
the CIA (HR 4584). It gives CIA the lead in running the Community by assigning responsibility for
management to eight (8) Associate DCIs and five (5) Assistant DCIs for functional areas.

- The Community would be headed by a DCI and a DDCI. It mandates that the DCI's
office would be at the George H. W. Bush Center (CIA Headquarters). It would
eliminate the position of DDCI for Community Management.
- Establishes eight associate DCIs within the CIA to manage the Community through
the following functions: operations (HUMINT, SIGINT, IMINT, etc.), analysis,
information management, language and education, military support, space, science
and technology, and resources.
- Establishes five assistant DCIs within the CIA for missions to include:
counterterrorism, counterintelligence, counter proliferation, counter narcotics, and
foreign intelligence. (It is not clear which if any of these Associate DCIs or Assistant
DCIs would be subordinated to the others placing many senior official in charge of
key capabilities and functions of the Intelligence Community.) Other Assistant DCIs
are envisioned for law enforcement and covert action.
- The CIA's General Counsel, Inspector General and Chief Financial Officer would be
elevated to become the Community's GC, IG, and CFO.
- It establishes a single appropriation for the Intelligence Community; CIA shall serve
as the executive agent for those funds.

Analysis: Chairman Goss' legislation is antipodal to Rep. Harman's (HPSCI ranking minority
member) proposed legislation which would give the Defense Department significantly more
influence over national intelligence at the expense of the CIA. Goss' legislation is complex,
creates a level of bureaucracy within the Community that doesn't currently exist and only
eliminates one existing position - the position that Congress created seven years ago to address
Community Management issues. This legislation does no set forth a vision for integrating CIA,
NSA, NGA, and NRO as equals. Moreover, by subordinating NSA, NGA and NRO to the CIA,
this legislation would set up the battle lines between the CIA and the Department of Defense. In
sum, this approach would be a bit like dual-hatting the Secretary of the Army as the Secretary of
Defense- the other services would never stand for it.
The legislation has some virtues, however. It includes the establishment of a separate
appropriation for intelligence as well as creating the positions of a Community General Counsel
and a Community Inspector General. All three of these ideas have been suggested to the
Commission as possible reform recommendations.
Aiming for September
HR 4584 provides an interesting counterbalance to the Harman bill and sets the stage for the
Commission to recommend a possible "middle of the road" approach that both sides might
embrace in the weeks ahead. The Chairman's bill is an important contribution to the debate on
intelligence reform and is the first time I can recall that Chairman Goss has taken a position on
the matter. The Senate Intelligence Committee has indicated in its report to its Intelligence
Authorization bill that it is waiting for the Commission's recommendations in July before proposing
any reforms. All these efforts are aiming toward September as the next opportunity for enacting
some intelligence reforms in law.
Please let me know if you need additional information on this legislation.
Kevin