I think there really has to be one person at the top instead of 15 who all want their agency to get more money and they want their agency to have the 'big get'...with one leader there is one team not 15 teams all working against each other.
THought the Department of Homeland Security took care of uniting all of them......
I can see both sides.
I can understand why many here don't want yet another agency......but this is a director who is in charge of all the agencies even above Homeland Security.
This is not some bloated program being added to the budget.
I personally lean toward your position that we need somebody to combine all the info and take charge of all the agencies.
The OSS was formed during WWII under Donovan to stop the infighting between the various service intelligence agencies. This step makes a great deal of sense...particularly since GW will be forming it to mission requirements rather than larding on bureaucracy, as the RATS intend.