Defense Intelligence Agency: Service Resistance from Pre-Establishment through the 1970s

Abstract

The Services resisted the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) even before it was formed. They used their bureaucratic strength to thwart Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's efforts to establish a central military intelligence agency that was the instrument of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The Services ensured that DIA, when formed, was weak. As a result of Service resistance, the agency was established without the power or structure to lead Defense intelligence and develop consolidated intelligence estimates while compelling efficiency, timeliness, and accuracy. Nor could the agency eliminate wasteful duplication. The Services continued to resist DIA for nearly two decades. This contributed to the agency's poor performance, frequent investigations by other elements of government, and frequent internal reorganizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA590663

Entities

People

  • Fred B. Reynolds Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Efficiency
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Community
  • Intelligence Products
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Intelligence
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Organizational Realignment
  • Resistance
  • Second World War
  • Task Forces
  • War Colleges

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