(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.
The “intelligence community” is waaaay too big.
Fire at least 50% of them.
The Draining of the Swamp starts here.
This sounds like the sentiment expressed by the Church Committee in the 1970s, and was derided by Republicans as liberal and treasonous for decades.
You don’t fire, you defund the crap out of them. Cut the budget by 50%. When they bitch, tell them they could save some money by not spying on the president or employing weasel ass leftists and FOCUS ON THEIR DAMN JOB!
Well, yes and no. Too many people in too many areas does make oversight difficult but you have to remember that except for a few at the top things are restricted on “need to know” basis. Its not quite like some people believe where just because someone has a clearance that they get to see everything of that classification. On top of that, the really highly classified stuff is compartmentalized and only accessible to those in one of two groups, those with clearance for that specific type of information and anyone with access to Hillary’s servers.