Formally organized in 1981 under President Ronald Reagan and reshaped after 9/11 with the creation of the Director of National Intelligence in 2004, the United States Intelligence Community is a vast network of 18 agencies operating under a classified “black budget” exceeding $80 billion annually.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced she was ending the work of a task force that sought to reform the U.S. intelligence community, including rooting out what she described as the politicization of intelligence gathering, after less ...

In an age of rapid technological change and dynamic and evolving global threats, modernization and innovation are not optional for the intelligence community (IC)—they are mission-critical. For mission success, the IC is embracing emerging technologies ...

The war over what America First means will soon move to a new theater: a battle over the fate of the Office of Director of National Intelligence. Overseeing all 18 of the U.S. intelligence agencies, the office was created in the wake of 9/11 to serve as a ...

Fundamentally reforming the intelligence community is an urgent task for the second Trump administration. If the White House fails to reshape U.S. intelligence, any future Republican president will confront even worse partisan harassment than President ...

Governments have collected and analyzed intelligence for millennia, to give strategic advantage to stay ahead of potential crises and opportunities. Roman emperors dispatched spies to loiter in their enemies’ palaces, steal documents and eavesdrop, to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Tulsi Gabbard listens to President Donald Trump as she is sworn in as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington.