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I'm not following... I would assume at the very least the top guy at the NSA has a full view of all operations. As the top intelligence officer, I would assume
by edge17 11y ago
I'm not following... I would assume at the very least the top guy at the NSA has a full view of all operations.
As the top intelligence officer, I would assume it's his job to know where all the tentacles are?
- AndrewKemendo 11y agoWell, to be clear the DIRNSA is not the "top intelligence officer." Technically that role is held by James Clapper as the Director for National Intelligence (DNI). It's also more complicated than just appointing someone as the head of "Intelligence" because most of the directors of the Intelligence Agencies guard a lot from each other so they don't get resources nabbed. Prior to the formation of the DNI role, the "Top Spy" was the Director for Central Intelligence (DCI) AkA Director of the CIA - who had outsized pull and purview. Today there is a push and pull between the DNI and DCI, at the presidential level. Long story short, it's complicated and very very large.