The Impact on the Intelligence Community of a Military Officer as the Director of Central Intelligence
Abstract
Given the Director of Central Intelligence's (DCI) necessity to allocate Intelligence Community assets, including military intelligence assets; and, given the DCI's responsibility to determine the Intelligence Community's priorities to meet future challenges; the purpose of this thesis is to determine if the DCI should be a military officer. This thesis uses historical examples and research to establish the Intelligence Community's structural, leadership, and budgetary parameters and future challenges that define the DCI's operational environment. The study uses these parameters to examine the positive and negative factors of a military officer and of a civilian leader as the DCI. The study establishes a matrix using DCI characteristics, incumbent background, and success or failure to determine a relationship between military officers and success. The study determines that it does not matter if the DCI is civilian or military. The study indicates there is no correlation between successful leadership of the Intelligence Community and a military or civilian background.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 07, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA242123
Entities
People
- Daniel A. Mccusker
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College