Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11

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243 Index 9/11 Commission appointments authority, 40 budgetary authority, 39–40, 66 conclusions of, ix–xi conference negotiations, 111–13, 139 creation of, ix, 6–20, 165 DCI, ix–xi DNI, ix–xi, 161, 167 DoD, x domestic intelligence, 43–44 Goldwater-Nichols for the IC, 37–39, 86 increasing centralization in the IC, 34–37 internal struggles, 34 NCTC, 41 placement of DNI, 37, 65, 168 praise for, 53–54 presenting recommendations, 47–49 recommendations of, ix–xi, xxi, 1, 41–42, 51–52, 160 support for the Senate bill, 103 Tenet, George, 24 See also Hamilton, Lee; Kean, Tom 9/11 Families for a Secure America conference negotiations, 111, 117, 124–28, 150 9/11 Commission, on the, 47 “pulling the bill” on intelligence reform, 5, 139 sparring with the White House, 29 Tenet, George, 23 9/11 Public Discourse Project, 85 congressional negotiations, 111, 114, 117, 124, 138–39 Department of Intelligence, 89–90 DNI authorities, 89–90, 127, 152, 161 support for Senate bill, 103, 125 See also 9/11 Commission Addington, David, 75, 126–27, 138 Allen, Charlie, 22 al Qa’ida bombings of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, x, 9 “declaration of war,” x, 31, 36 Kuala Lumpur incident, 10, 41 Bartlett, Dan, 51 “Black Saturday,” 129–40 244 Index Blair, Dennis, 162–64, 176–78 Bolten, Josh, 123, 141 Bond, Christopher “Kit” , 86 Bopp, Michael, 83, 87, 131, 144–45 Brennan, John, 158–59 Bush, George H. W., 31 Bush, George W. announcing creation of DNI position, 58–59, 79–80 Commission’s recommendations, 52–57 Department of Intelligence idea, 89 House bill, 137, 139–40, 142–44, 147, 149–50 meeting with congressional leaders on intelligence reform, 76–80, 151 phone call with Hunter, 118–20 phone call with Sensenbrenner, 130 proposal for DNI, 72–75, 79–80, 109–10, 147, 155, 167, 175 proposal for NCTC, 70–72, 79–80 Sensenbrenner’s provisions, 126 Byrd, Robert, 85, 90 Cambone, Steve, 20, 71, 74, 107, 109, 167 Card, Andy, 51–52, 54–56, 74, 82, 109– 10, 116, 118–20, 130, 154–55 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) assessment on Iraqi WMD. (See Iraq) creation of, xix–xx creation of TTIC, 18–19 impact of 9/11 Commission’s recommendations on, 41–42, 159 impression of 9/11 Commission, 24 President Bush’s proposal for DNI, in relation to, 73 Kuala Lumpur incident, 10, 41 head of IC’s need for CIA, 30–32 President Bush announcing creation of DNI position, 58 receiving “lethal” authority to kill bin Laden, 24 relationship with DNI, 159–60, 162–63, 167, 169, 171, 173, 176–77 Zacarias Moussaoui case, 11, 41 See also Director of Central Intelligence ; Tenet, George “chain-of-command language.” See Addington, David Cheney, Richard “Dick,” 14, 144–47 against increased centralization of the IC, 14–15, 55–56, 131 Commission’s recommendations, 51–52, 55–56 retaining command authority, 58–59, 131 trying to persuade Hunter, 134, 142–43, 150 views on DCI, 16 views on Scowcroft Report, 15–16 Clapper, James, 67–70, 159–60, 175, 177, 179 Clark, Vernon, 155 Clarke, Richard, 29 Cleveland, Robin, 116, 123–24 Colby, William, 31 Collins, Susan, 46, 76–77, 83, 103–4, 110, 113, 116–17, 122, 124, 132–37, 143– 46, 150–53 Collins-Lieberman proposal, 87– 91, 101–2 support of a DNI, 61–62, 83 working with Lieberman, 50, 83 Index 245 combat support agency (CSA), xvii conference negotiations, 99–117, 121–40 House Republican views on, 121, 133–37, 141–49 Senate and House Democrats’ views on, 103–4, 133, 137 White House views on, 104–5, 139–40 “connecting the dots,” x, 10–11, 18, 36, 161 Curveball, 29 See also Iraq Delay, Tom, 2–5, 80, 116, 135–37, 141– 42, 149 against creating the 9/11 Commission , 8, 77, 92 legislative strategy for intelligence reform, 92–93, 98, 116, 121–22, 128, 132 Department of Defense (DoD) creation of USDI, 20, 37, 65–66 decentralized system, in favor of a, xxi, 13–16, 68–70, 95, 107–10, 165–66, 175 member of the IC, xvii recommendations of Scowcroft Report, 12–17 President Bush’s proposal for DNI, 73–75, 107, 138 Department of Homeland Security creation of, 93 Joint Inquiry and all-source fusion center, 17 DNI deputy for domestic intelligence , 37, 65–66 Department of Intelligence, 35, 64– 65...