Foreword
The National Security Act of 1947 established the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the position of Director of Central Intelligence to consolidate U.S. intelligence efforts in the face of a hostile Soviet Union. Since then, more than two dozen proposals to reorganize and reform the U.S. intelligence system have emerged from independent commissions and congressional committees. Such proposals have ranged in scope from a basic restructuring of the relevant agencies to the dissolution of the CIA. The goals underlying these recommendations have reflected trends in American foreign policy and the international climate, as well as domestic concerns about government accountability…
