The intelligence community through documented budgets, reorganizations and public testimony.
The Central Intelligence Agency's best-documented modern reorganization took effect in 2015, when Director John Brennan created ten mission centers and a fifth directorate for digital innovation, per a CIA release dated October 1, 2015. The structure put analysts, operators, and support staff…
Open-source intelligence, or OSINT, is intelligence derived from publicly or commercially available information rather than classified collection. The US Intelligence Community published its first OSINT strategy in March 2024 and followed it in December 2024 with citation standards covering…
Declassification in the United States is governed by Executive Order 13526, signed December 29, 2009, which sets classification levels, declassification rules, and the boards that review refusals. The order's core bargain is an ending: under its automatic declassification provisions, most…
Congress oversees the intelligence community mainly through two committees — Senate and House intelligence panels — wielding an annual authorization, classified budget review and closed briefings. The FY2026 Intelligence Authorization Act was enacted December 18, 2025 as Division F of the…
The fiscal 2026 National Intelligence Program (NIP) request was $81.9 billion, disclosed by the Director of National Intelligence on June 4, 2025 under 50 U.S.C. 3306. The fiscal 2026 intelligence authorization was enacted December 18, 2025 as Division F of the defense bill, per the Senate…