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• DivineImperium • Office of the Director of National Intelligence • Cryptq •
Allen C. Billiot
Chief of Staff
TO: Executive Branch of the United States
FROM: Office of the Director of National Intelligence
DATE: November 3rd, 2015
SUBJECT: National Security Act of 2015
TOPIC: National Security Act of 2015
I. PURPOSE
(a) to promote the national security by providing for a Department of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned with national security.
(b) this bill prescribes authorities, functions, and responsibilities of
the Intelligence Community as well as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (IC)(ODNI)
(c) in order to update the responsibilities, functions, relationships, and authorities of the Intelligence Community (IC).
(d) be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
II. APPLICABILITY
(a) this bill applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (IG, DoD), the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as "the DoD Components”).
(b) this bill applies to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the intelligence agencies, and intelligence subcomponents, and all other organizational entities within the Intelligence Community (hereafter referred to collectively as “the IC Components”).
(c) this bill applies to all entities of the United States executive branch.
III. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
(a) there is hereby re-established a council to be known as the National Security Council (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Council”) pertaining to the United States National Security Council Bill.
IV. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
(a) there is hereby re-established the Intelligence Community (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “IC”).
(b) the IC shall be led by the Director of National Intelligence who is a member of the cabinet and serves at the pleasure of the President with consent from Senate. The duties of the National Intelligence Director shall be to oversee and have authority over the Intelligence Community components mentioned in Article IV, section C.
(c) the IC membership/components shall be listed as below as:
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
The Central Intelligence Agency.
The National Security Agency.
The Defense Intelligence Agency.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
The Federal Intelligence Agency.
Special Source Operations.
The Department of Homeland Security.
Other offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national intelligence through reconnaissance programs.
The intelligence elements of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard.
The Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State.
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The intelligence elements Department of the Treasury.
Advisor to the President on Homeland Security Affairs
Advisor to the President on National Security Affairs
Any approved Federal Agency/Department that the President assigns to become a member
(d) subject to authority, the Director of National Intelligence shall be able to retrieve any Intelligence from any Federal Agency or Department of the United States.
(e) the Director of National Intelligence shall have the power to remove an appointed or hired personnel in the IC Components.
(f) the Director of National Intelligence shall have authority over assets under the IC Components.
(g) the Director of National Intelligence, President of the United States, or the Vice President of the United States may authorize an Intelligence Community blacklist. The blacklist shall effect all of the agencies/departments listed under the Intelligence Community Components. Intelligence Blacklist can also be revoked by the the 3 authorities mentioned in this section. Intelligence Blacklist can be voted on by the Intelligence Community components but may not overrule the President, Vice President, or Director of National Intelligence’s decision.
(h) the Director of National Intelligence shall have the power to sign policies pertaining to the Intelligence Community, National Intelligence, or National Security into law.
(i) subject to authority, the President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, or the Director of National Intelligence may issue National Security Threats. All 3 authorities mentioned in Article IV, section i, may give permission for declaring National Security Threat as well as removing a national security threat. The President may overrule any national security threats,the Vice President may overrule the Director of National Intelligence on national security threats as well as their own assigned threats and the Director of National Intelligence may overrule any National Security threats that they assign and/or if they are given permission from the President, they may overrule any NST made.
(j) subject to authority, the President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Director of National Intelligence, or Secretary of Homeland and Internal Security may authorize a homeland security threat. The 4 authorities mentioned in article IV, section j may give permission for declaring a homeland security threat as well as removing them. The President may overrule any homeland security threat, the vice president may overrule any except for those in which were placed by the President of the United States unless given permission. The Director of National Intelligence may overrule the Secretary of Homeland and Internal Security if given a valid reason to. The same goes the other way around. Both the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Homeland and Internal Security may overrule any HLST that they have assigned and/or if given permission by the president, may overrule any HLST.
(k) subject to authority, the Director of National Intelligence shall also be known as the Head of Clearances, hence granting him access to all clearances in the United States unless authorized by the United States Congress with another bill.
V. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
(a) there is hereby established under the Intelligence Community a Central Intelligence Agency with a Director of Central Intelligence, who shall be the head thereof. The Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) For the purpose of coordinating the intelligence activities of the several Government departments and agencies in the interest of national security, it shall be the duty of the Agency, under the direction of the Intelligence Community—
the Central Intelligence Agency shall have the authority to operate on United States soil and collect information regarding National Intelligence
the Central Intelligence Agency shall have authority to operate on foreign soil for the purposes of collecting intelligence that poses as a threat to the United States government, people, interest, or property; National Intelligence.
the Central Intelligence Agency shall have the jurisdiction to detain any person or persons within United States soil that poses as a threat to National Security.
VI. DEFINITIONS
(a) the terms “national intelligence” and “intelligence related to national security” refer to all intelligence, regardless of the source from which derived and including information gathered within or outside the United States, that—
pertains, as determined consistent with any guidance issued by the President, to more than one United States Government agency; and
that involves threats to the United States, its people, property, or interests; the development, proliferation, or use of weapons of mass destruction; or any other matter bearing on United States national or homeland security.
(b) the term “intelligence” includes any categories of intelligence.
(c) the term “foreign intelligence” means information relating to the capabilities, intentions, or activities of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons, or international terrorist activities.
(d) the term “counterintelligence” means information gathered, and activities conducted, to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons, or international terrorist activities.
(e) the term “HUMINT” or Human Intelligence means any intelligence gathered from a human source.
(f) the term “SIGINT” or Signal Intelligence means any intelligence gathered from interception of signals and communications.
(g) the term “GEOINT” or Geospatial Intelligence means any intelligence gathered from exploitation and analysis of satellite imaging and surveillance.
(h) the term “National Security Threat” refers to as an arrest on sight and removal/ban from the entire Executive Branch
(i) the term “Homeland Security Threat” refers to as an arrest on sight and depending on the level of tragedy, a temporary removal from the Executive Branch.
(j) the term “Clearance” refers to any Clearance system of the United States as well as any clearance level.
VII. SEPARABILITY
(a) if any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
VIII. REFERENCE
(a) all information included in the National Security Act of 1947 that does not go against information listed here is still in effect.
IX. EFFECTIVE DATE
(a) this act shall take effect immediately after the approval from Congress
Signed,
Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
Chief of Staff,
Allen C. Billiot
Sponsored by,
Senator Ethabkri
Senator, DevGralius D-LA
Signed, Chief of Intelligence of the United States |