§3027 National Intelligence Council

Summary

Creates a National Intelligence Council made up of senior intelligence analysts and outside experts. The Director of National Intelligence appoints them, they report to the Director, and the Director sets security rules for any private-sector members, contractors, or their employees to protect intelligence sources and methods while avoiding unnecessary intrusions. The Council must write national intelligence estimates and other communitywide assessments, including different views from across the intelligence community. It must review how the community collects and produces intelligence and what resources that uses. Council members serve as senior intelligence advisers for the community inside the U.S. government. With the Director’s control, the Council can hire contractors, and the Director must provide the staff and ensure the Council is available to policymakers. Other intelligence agencies must help the Council when the Director asks. "National Intelligence Council product" means a National Intelligence Estimate or any assessment that states the intelligence community’s overall judgment.