We’ve been discussing this for days, and I thought it would be good to have the actual law available to us. Here it is.
intelligence community(4) The term “intelligence community” includes the following:
- (A) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
- (B) The Central Intelligence Agency.
- (C) The National Security Agency.
- (D) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
- (E) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
- (F) The National Reconnaissance Office.
- (G) Other offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national intelligence through reconnaissance programs.
- (H) The intelligence elements of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Department of Energy.
- (I) The Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State.
- (J) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the Treasury.
- (K) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security.
- (L) Such other elements of any department or agency as may be designated by the President, or designated jointly by the Director of National Intelligence and the head of the department or agency concerned, as an element of the intelligence community.
thank you, my FRiend. this is a keeper and you are correct - no oversight or authority over the President of the United States.