Jehl, Douglas. "New Intelligence Chief Begins Rounding Out His Office's Structure." New York Times, 7 May 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]Materials presented chronologically.
Jehl, Douglas. "New Intelligence Chief Begins Rounding Out His Office's Structure." New York Times, 7 May 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]
Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte has named "four senior lieutenants to fill newly created posts": Patrick F. Kennedy, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for management and reform, "will oversee management"; Mary Margaret Graham, veteran CIA clandestine service officer and most recently chief of its counterintelligence operations, "will oversee collection"; Thomas Fingar, head of the State Department's intelligence branch, "will oversee analysis and also become chairman of the National Intelligence Council"; and David R. Shedd, a CIA official who is currently senior director for intelligence programs and reform at the National Security Council, "will become chief of staff and associate director, overseeing a new 24-hour-watch office that is being established at an annex in suburban Virginia, along with other activities."
Negroponte "has set up temporary headquarters in an office building across the street from the White House, but he and his staff are expected to move first to Bolling Air Force Base in Washington next fall and then to a permanent headquarters that has yet to be chosen."
Pincus, Walter. "Negroponte Steps Into Loop: CIA Station Chiefs Are Instructed to Include Him in Reporting." Washington Post, 13 May 2005, A4. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
According to senior intelligence officials, DNI John D. Negroponte in April 2005 "sent a message to the CIA chiefs of station around the world telling them to report back to him when carrying out matters related to the overall U.S. intelligence community."
Pincus, Walter. "Intelligence-Transfer Proposal Withdrawn." Washington Post, 8 Jun. 2005, A7. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
On 7 June 2005, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, agreed "to strike language ... on the fiscal 2006 intelligence authorization bill that would have limited the authority" of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), "to transfer CIA, Pentagon, FBI or other intelligence specialists within the community." Under the intelligence reform bill, the DNI "can transfer up to 100 intelligence employees after consulting with the appropriate congressional committees to new centers such as the National Counterterrorism Center."
Johnston, David. "Antiterror Head Will Help Choose an F.B.I. Official." New York Times, 12 Jun. 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]
The FBI "will allow" DNI John D. Negroponte "to help choose" jointly with FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III the FBI's associate director for intelligence. The recommendation to appoint a head of intelligence was contained in the report of the Silberman-Robb presidential commission on U.S. intelligence in Iraq.
Pincus, Walter. "House Approves Intelligence Measure: Bill Would Not Limit Negroponte's Authority." Washington Post, 22 Jun. 2005, A6. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
In approving the fiscal 2006 intelligence authorization bill on 21 June 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives "eliminat[ed] ... language that would have limited authority" of Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte to transfer employees in intelligence agencies to new duties. "The amount of funding provided ... is classified but is estimated to be $42 billion."
CNN. "Bush Creates National Security Service." 29 Jun. 2005. [http://www.cnn.com]
On 29 June 2005, "President Bush ... directed the creation of a new National Security Service within the FBI.... The new service will specialize in intelligence and other national security matters and follow the priorities laid out by Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte. The service will operate within the FBI and combine the disparate assets of the Justice Department's counterterrorism, intelligence and espionage units."
Jehl, Douglas. "Bush to Create New Unit in F.B.I. for Intelligence." New York Times, 30 Jun. 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]
On 29 June 2005, President Bush ordered the creation of "a new, semi-autonomous" national security division within the FBI. The unit will "fall under the overall direction" of DNI John D. Negroponte and report both to Negroponte and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller.
Kamen, Al. "The DNI and the DNIplos." Washington Post, 6 Jul. 2005, A15. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
DNI John D. Negroponte is giving the post of "director of the National Counterproliferation Center, an Executive Level II job (it outranks undersecretaries)" to Kenneth C. Brill, former ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency and currently international affairs adviser to the commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Gertz, Bill, and Rowan Scarborough. "Inside the Ring: Negroponte's Home." Washington Times, 15 Jul. 2005. [http://www.washingtontimes.com]
Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte will move his headquarters to Bolling Air Force Base "once the two top floors in the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center are readied. The move to Bolling ... is viewed as semi-permanent. The DNI likely will stay there three to five years while a permanent facility is built.... Negroponte now works at the New Executive Office Building near the White House."
Jehl, Douglas. "Intelligence Briefing for Bush Is Overhauled." New York Times, 20 Jul. 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]
According to two senior intelligence officials on 19 July 2005, Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte has ordered that the President's Daily Brief (PDB) be expanded "to include significant contributions from sources other than the Central Intelligence Agency." In addition, the PDB "will soon be modified further to absorb a separate daily terrorist threat assessment."
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