President's Intelligence Advisory Board

President's Intelligence Advisory Board

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/piab/about

About the PIAB

The Board consists of not more than 16 members appointed by the President from among individuals who are not employed by the Federal Government. Members are distinguished citizens selected from the national security, political, academic, and private sectors. The Board is a nonpartisan body, independent of the Intelligence Community, free from day-to-day management or operational responsibilities, and with full access to the complete range of intelligence-related information.

The President designates a Chair from among the members of the Board who convenes and presides at meetings of the Board, determines its agenda, and directs its work. The President also appoints an Executive Director, who reports to the Chairman and manages the professional staff which is selected and detailed from Intelligence Community agencies.

The Board reports its findings and recommendations on improving the performance of intelligence entities to the President as necessary, but not less than twice each year. On behalf of the President, the Board assesses issues pertaining to the:

Quality, quantity, and adequacy of intelligence activities;

Effectiveness of organizational structure, management, and personnel; and

Performance of all agencies of the Federal Government engaged in the collection, evaluation, or production of intelligence or the execution of intelligence policy.

As a component element of the PIAB, the Intelligence Oversight Board’s (IOB) mission is to oversee the Intelligence Community’s compliance with the Constitution and all applicable laws, Executive Orders, and Presidential Directives. In reviewing the legality and propriety of intelligence activities, the Board advises the President on intelligence activities that the Board believes:

May be unlawful or contrary to Executive Order or presidential directive;

Are not being adequately addressed by the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, or the head of the department or agency concerned; or

Should be immediately brought to his attention.

President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB)

Chuck Hagel is a co-chairman for the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, the secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense, and the chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Note: Paul G. Kaminski is a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, was the under secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the International Rescue Committee.

Rita E. Hauser is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the New America Foundation, and a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.

Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.

Stephen Friedman is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the secretary for the U.S. Department of State, is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the founder of Kissinger Associates, Inc., a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Judith A. Miscik was a director at the International Rescue Committee, is the president & vice chairman for Kissinger Associates, Inc., and a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.

Chuck Hagel is a co-chairman for the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, the secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense, and the chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the American Constitution Society.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Janet Reno is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society, and was the attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Eric H. Holder Jr. was a board member at the American Constitution Society, and is the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.

Robert Raben was a director at the American Constitution Society, and an assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice.