ABSTRACT
In 2001 Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld proposed the creation of an Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, which was then established by Congress. In August 2002, Rumsfeld stated that he wanted a single "more senior person overseeing those aspects of intelligence that are in the Department of Defense (DoD)". There were three major programs aggregations within the Joint Military Intelligence Program: the Defense Cryptologic Program, the Defense Imagery and Mapping Program, and the Defense General Intelligence and Applications Program. The Military Intelligence Board, chaired by the Director of Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), was established on August 15, 1961, to assist in the development of the DIA activation plan and in the selection of personnel. The Defense Open Source Council is "the primary mechanism for DoD open source intelligence". The most important departmental regulations on intelligence matters are the DoD Directives, Instructions, and Directive-Type Memoranda, which concern intelligence policies, procedures, and responsibilities with regard to activities and specific organizations.
