1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21945Updated October 4, 2004The U.S. Intelligence Budget: A Basic Overviewnae redactedSpecialist in National DefenseForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryThe 9/11 Commis
2、sion recommended that a new National Intelligence Director(NID) should have control over personnel and budgets of all agencies that collect andanalyze national foreign intelligence in order to foster more cooperation. This CRSreport describes the intelligence budget and gives rough estimates of amou
3、nts for majorcomponents of the budget based on unclassified sources. It also reviews currentprocedures for formulating and executing the budget. And it highlights how proposedlegislation addresses the issue. For a more extensive description of the DefenseDepartment agencies whose budgets are at issu
4、e and a discussion of pros and cons ofgiving greater authority over them to a National Intelligence Director, see CRS ReportRL32515, Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DODIntelligence Agencies, by Richard Best. This report will be updated as events warrant.The Commissions re
