Wikipedia only reports 16 [0], but you're looking at each of the armed forces separately having their own, as well as the DIA, plus departments like State and E

Wikipedia only reports 16 [0], but you're looking at each of the armed forces separately having their own, as well as the DIA, plus departments like State and Energy, the FBI, and the CIA. Each has their own particular remit, but among other things, this is why we created a Director of National Intelligence after 9/11 to (hopefully) better coordinate among them. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_C...