National Intelligence Council

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) is the center for midterm and long-term strategic thinking within the United States Intelligence Community (IC). It was formed in 1979. According to its official website:

  • It leads the IC's effort to produce National Intelligence Estimates and other documents
  • It supports (and reports to) the Director of National Intelligence
  • It serves as a focal point for policymakers' questions
  • It contributes to the effort to allocate IC resources in response to policy changes
  • It communicates with experts in academia and the private sector to broaden the IC's perspective
Logo of the National Intelligence Council

The NIC's goal is to provide policymakers with the best information: unvarnished, unbiased and without regard to whether the analytic judgments conform to current U.S. policy.

One of the NICs most important analytical projects is a Global Trends report produced for the incoming US president. The report is delivered to the incoming president between Election Day and Inauguration Day, and it assesses critical drivers and scenarios for global trends with an approximate time horizon of fifteen years. The Global Trends analysis provides a basis for long-range strategic policy assessment for the White House and the intelligence community. The NIC's most recent Global Trends report, "Global Trends: Paradox of Progress" was released in January 2017.[1]

On February 2, 2007, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Intelligence Council released the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE)—"'Prospects for Iraq's Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead' Unclassified Key Judgments".[2]

Organization

The NIC has a Chairman and Vice Chairman, as well as a Vice Chairman for Evaluation, a Director of Strategic Plans and Outreach, a Director of Analysis and Production Staff, a Special Adviser, and National Intelligence Officers (NIOs) and Deputy National Intelligence Officer for each of the following areas and subject matters:

List of Chairs
Name Term start Term end President
Richard Lehman 1979 1981 Jimmy Carter
Henry Rowen July 8, 1981 September 1983 Ronald Reagan
Robert Gates September 1983 April 18, 1986
Frank Horton III September 1986 September 1987
Fritz Ermarth 1988 January 20, 1993
George H. W. Bush
Joseph Nye February 20, 1993 September 15, 1994 Bill Clinton
Christine Williams September 15, 1994 June 1, 1995
Richard N. Cooper June 1, 1995 January 1997
John C. Gannon July 22, 1997 June 2001
George W. Bush
John L. Helgerson August 3, 2001 April 26, 2002
Robert Hutchings February 2003 January 2005
Thomas Fingar June 13, 2005 December 1, 2008
Peter Lavoy December 1, 2008 July 6, 2009
Barack Obama
Chris Kojm July 6, 2009 July 2014
Greg Treverton September 8, 2014 October 28, 2016
Amy McAuliffe October 28, 2016 October 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Neil Wiley October 28, 2019 present

Notes
  1. NIC Global Trends 2035
  2. Iraq National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) - "Prospects for Iraq's Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead" Unclassified Key Judgments Archived 2007-03-02 at the Wayback Machine.
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