# Intelligence Community Tree An ASCII-art map of the **U.S. Intelligence Community (IC)** — the eighteen federal elements that collect, analyze, and coordinate national intelligence, grouped by the department that houses them. The IC is a **federation, not an agency**: the [[ODNI]] sits at the top as coordinator (2004–present), two elements stand alone as independent agencies, eight sit inside the [[Department of Defense]], and the rest are intelligence offices lodged in six other departments. Composition and leadership reflect the IC as of **July 3, 2026**. A cross-cutting overlay on the [[Executive Branch Org Chart]]: where the org chart maps the departments as authority silos, this map pulls out the intelligence element inside each one and shows how they answer — for coordination and budget — to a single Director of National Intelligence. Only the two coordinating principals (the DNI and the CIA Director) are named, because sub-element heads turn over too often to keep current. > [!note] How to read this chart > The **■ root** is the DNI, who *coordinates* the community but does not command every element. Each branch is one of the **18 statutory elements**; **(indep.)** marks an element that is not inside a Cabinet department. **[NIP]** / **[MIP]** flag which budget stream primarily funds an element — the [[National Intelligence Program]] (national-level, ODNI-controlled) or the [[Military Intelligence Program]] (military-tactical, DoD-managed); some DoD elements draw on both. Only the DNI and CIA Director are named; department intelligence offices are shown as **institutions**, not individuals. **(acting)** marks an official serving pending a Senate-confirmed successor. ``` U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY — 18 ELEMENTS BY PARENT DEPARTMENT (as of July 3, 2026) │ Coordinated (not commanded) by the DNI · budget flags: [NIP] national · [MIP] military │ Named only at the two coordinating principals; department elements shown as institutions │ ■ DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (DNI) — Bill Pulte (acting) [T. Gabbard resigned Jun 30 2026; J. Clayton nominated] │ │ Head of the IC · principal intelligence adviser to the President · controls the [NIP] │ │ ├─◆ COORDINATING & INDEPENDENT ELEMENTS (2 of 18 — stand outside any Cabinet department) │ │ │ ├─ 1. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) .. (indep.) [NIP] coordinator; runs NCTC, NCSC, Cyber TIC │ └─ 2. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ...................... (indep.) [NIP] Director: John Ratcliffe │ ├─◆ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ELEMENTS (8 of 18 — the largest bloc) │ │ 4 defense agencies + the intelligence arm of each of the 4 armed services │ │ │ ├─ 3. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) ...................... [MIP] all-source military intelligence │ ├─ 4. National Security Agency (NSA) / Central Security Svc .. [NIP+MIP] signals intelligence (SIGINT) & cyber │ ├─ 5. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) ......... [NIP+MIP] geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) │ ├─ 6. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) .................. [NIP+MIP] designs & operates recon satellites │ ├─ 7. Army Intelligence (G-2 / INSCOM) ...................... [MIP] │ ├─ 8. Navy Intelligence (ONI) ............................... [MIP] │ ├─ 9. Air Force Intelligence (ISR / 16th Air Force) ......... [MIP] │ └─ 10. Marine Corps Intelligence (MCIA) .................... [MIP] │ ├─◆ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ELEMENTS (2 of 18) │ ├─ 11. FBI — Intelligence Branch ........................... [NIP] domestic intel & counterintelligence │ └─ 12. DEA — Office of National Security Intelligence (ONSI) [NIP] narcotics-related intelligence │ ├─◆ DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ELEMENTS (2 of 18) │ ├─ 13. Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) ............. [NIP] homeland threat intel; feeds fusion centers │ └─ 14. Coast Guard Intelligence ........................... [NIP+MIP] maritime intelligence │ ├─◆ SINGLE-OFFICE DEPARTMENTAL ELEMENTS (4 of 18 — one intelligence office each) │ ├─ 15. STATE — Bureau of Intelligence & Research (INR) .... [NIP] diplomatic all-source analysis │ ├─ 16. TREASURY — Office of Intelligence & Analysis (OIA) . [NIP] financial intelligence │ └─ 17. ENERGY — Office of Intelligence & Counterintel. (OICI) [NIP] nuclear & science intelligence │ └─◆ (18th element = the DNI's own ODNI, counted above under Coordinating & Independent) Note: the ODNI is both the coordinator (root) and one of the 18 statutory elements. ``` ## Notes Coordination and leadership: - **The DNI coordinates; agencies still report up their departments.** The [[ODNI]] was created by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to sit above a community that the 9/11 Commission found too fragmented. The DNI sets priorities, writes the President's Daily Brief, and controls the [[National Intelligence Program]] budget — but does **not** command the day-to-day of, say, the [[NSA]] (which answers to the [[Department of Defense]]) or the [[FBI]] Intelligence Branch (which answers to the [[Department of Justice]]). - **Acting DNI.** Tulsi Gabbard resigned as Director of National Intelligence effective June 30, 2026; [[Bill Pulte]] (concurrently FHFA Director) was named acting DNI. In late June 2026 the President announced Jay Clayton as his nominee for a Senate-confirmed DNI; that nomination was pending as of this map's date, so Pulte is shown acting. In early July 2026 the acting DNI began removing dozens of ODNI staff. - **CIA.** [[John Ratcliffe]] (a former DNI himself) leads the [[CIA]] and holds Cabinet rank in the current administration. Structural notes: - **Two budget streams.** IC funding splits into the [[National Intelligence Program]] (NIP — national consumers, controlled by the ODNI) and the [[Military Intelligence Program]] (MIP — military-tactical, managed by DoD). The four "big" DoD agencies (NSA, NGA, NRO, and to a degree Coast Guard Intelligence) are **dual-funded**, drawing on both. Both toplines are declassified annually; the line items are not. - **The ODNI double-count.** The ODNI is simultaneously the community's coordinator (the root of this tree) and one of the 18 statutory elements — which is why the count reads "2 independent" at the top while the ODNI also anchors the whole map. - **Sixteen agencies vs. eighteen elements.** The community is often called "16 agencies," which counts the members other than the ODNI and CIA leadership layer; the canonical figure since 2005–06 is **18 elements**, the count used here. - **The capture lens.** In right-wing framing the IC is the institutional core of the "[[Deep State]]" — the agencies accused of driving the Russia investigation and leaking against the first Trump administration. The contemporary project treats the community as something to be purged and subordinated: loyalists atop the DNI and CIA, career analysts stripped via [[Schedule F]], and the end of the analytic independence that produces unwelcome conclusions — the sharpest front in the fight between [[Unitary Executive Theory]] and the professional-bureaucracy model. This map covers the community's element structure and its two coordinating principals. It does **not** roster sub-element directors, name the service intelligence chiefs, or trace the classified budget line items — those turn over or stay hidden. The full annotated federation lives in the hub below. ## See also - [[Executive Branch Org Chart]] · [[Congressional Committees Tree]] · [[Federal Judiciary Tree]] — the companion structural maps - [[Presidential Line of Succession]] — the newest companion map (continuity of the executive) - [[How a Security Clearance Is Granted and Revoked]] — the personnel-security process that staffs every element on this tree, and the reason the DNI's authority reaches well past the IC: EO 13467 makes the office the government-wide Security Executive Agent - [[Intelligence Community Hub]] — the annotated 18-element federation and its capture dynamics - [[ODNI]] · [[CIA]] · [[NSA]] · [[DIA]] · [[FBI]] · [[DEA]] — the element pages tracked in the KB - [[National Intelligence Program]] · [[Military Intelligence Program]] — the two budget streams - [[Deep State]] — the conspiracy framing of the IC - [[Federal Agencies Hub]] — index of executive agencies tracked in the KB - [[Federal Government Hub]] — the whole-of-government map across all three branches