President's Intelligence Advisory Board#PIAB chairs

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The President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) is an advisory body to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. According to its self-description, it "provides advice to the President concerning the quality and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, of counterintelligence, and of other intelligence activities."[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/piab PIAB Official Website.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120221517/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/piab |date=2017-01-20 }}

The PIAB, through its Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB), also advises the President on the legality of foreign intelligence activities.

History

In January 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the agency, originally known as the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities (PBCFIA).{{cite web|title=Dwight D. Eisenhower: Executive Order 10656—Establishing the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=106362|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}} The first board, under chair James Killian, included the following members:{{cite web|work=Studies in Intelligence|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|date=Summer 1969|title=The President's Board: 1956–1960, Overseeing the intelligence community|first=Philip K.|last=Edwards|page=114|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp89b00980r000400120002-6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123195406/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp89b00980r000400120002-6|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 23, 2017}}

In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy renamed it to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB).[https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1961-kennedy.html#10938 Executive Orders (1961)]

The board exists at the pleasure of the President, who can change its size and portfolio so in 1977 President Jimmy Carter abolished the PFIAB, but President Ronald Reagan re-established it later.[http://www.issuewonk.com/reading.asp?ID=216&type=70&keyword= The Issue Wonk. National Policy Facts and Analysis]. Issuewonk.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-16.

On 29 February 2008, President George W. Bush renamed the agency to President's Intelligence Advisory Board, its present form.[https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2008.html#13462 Executive Orders (2008)]

Most of the board's work is classified, but one public investigation involved the loss of U.S. nuclear secrets to China from the Los Alamos National Laboratory during the 1990s.Bill Getrz, "Covert board called crucial to presidents", The Washington Times, June 16, 2008, Page A1

=Intelligence Oversight Board=

President Gerald Ford created the IOB following a 1975–76 investigation by the US Congress into domestic spying, assassination operations, and other abuses by intelligence agencies. His executive order doing so went into effect on 1 March 1976.Charlie Savage, [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/03/14/president_weakens_espionage_oversight/?page=full "President weakens espionage oversight: Board created by Ford loses most of its power"], Boston Globe, March 14, 2008 In 1993, the IOB became a committee of the PFIAB, under [https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo12863.htm Executive Order #12863] of President Bill Clinton.

One of the IOB's functions is to examine violations of the laws and directives governing clandestine surveillance. The IOB received quarterly and annual reports from most US intelligence activities.[https://www.eff.org/fn/directory/8443/362 Electronic Frontier Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007155333/http://www.eff.org/fn/directory/8443/362 |date=2011-10-07 }} Thirteen cases involving FBI actions between 2002 and 2004 were referred to the IOB for its review.Dan Eggen, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102301352.html "FBI Papers Indicate Intelligence Violations: Secret Surveillance Lacked Oversight"], Washington Post, 23 October 2005

In an executive order issued on February 29, 2008, President George W. Bush terminated the IOB's authority to oversee the general counsel and inspector general of each U.S. intelligence agency, and erased the requirement that each inspector general file a report with the IOB every three months. The order also removed the IOB's authority to refer a matter to the Justice Department for a criminal investigation, and directed the IOB to notify the president of a problem only if other officials are not already "adequately" addressing that problem.

In August 2013 it was reported that the membership of the IOB had been reduced from 14 to 4 under President Barack Obama, possibly starting in early May at the beginning of the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures by Edward Snowden.{{cite news|title=Obama upends intel panel|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|date=15 August 2013|work=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/obama-intelligence-panel-95589.html}}

Membership

During the administration of President George W. Bush, the PIAB had 16 members selected from among distinguished citizens outside the government who were qualified "on the basis of achievement, experience, independence, and integrity." The members were not paid.

PIAB membership is generally considered public information; for example, the Clinton Administration posted the names of the members on a PFIAB web page,David Corn, [http://www.thenation.com/blog/155993/whos-pfiab-new-bush-secret "Who's On PFIAB?--A New Bush Secret"], The Nation (blog), August 14, 2002, retrieved December 31, 2012 and the Trump Administration issued a press release announcing the nominations of new members.{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-appoint-individuals-key-administration-posts-3/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts |date=February 4, 2019 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=February 12, 2019}}

=George W. Bush=

In August 2002, Randy Deitering, the executive director of PFIAB, confirmed the membership list released by the White House press office in October 2001:David Corn, [http://www.thenation.com/blog/155994/whos-pfiab-bush-secretor-not-updated "Who's On PFIAB-A Bush Secret...Or Not? UPDATED"] The Nation (blog), August 14, 2002, retrieved March 15, 2008

In 2003, there were indications of spying on members of the board by a foreign intelligence asset.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

=Barack Obama=

The entire PIAB membership that served under the administration of George W. Bush resigned as part of an agreed-upon move in the presidential transition of Barack Obama.[http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/us-auditors-return-13-million-to-iraq-billions-wasted Texas oilman Ray Hunt is no longer serving as a presidential adviser on intelligence issues]

President Obama appointed Chuck Hagel, former United States Senator from Nebraska, and current University of Oklahoma President David Boren as PIAB co-chairs.{{cite press release |title=Remarks by the President Before Meeting with the President's Intelligence Advisory Board Co-Chairmen and Senior Leadership of the Intelligence Community |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-meeting-with-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board-co-chairmen-a |publisher=Office of the Press Secretary |date=2009-10-28 |access-date=2009-12-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216154554/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-meeting-with-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board-co-chairmen-a |archive-date=2017-02-16 }}

The following other members were appointed to the board under President Obama:{{cite press release|title=President Obama Announces Members of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-members-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board|publisher=Office of the Press Secretary|date=2009-12-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216173412/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-members-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board|archive-date=2017-02-16}}

  • Roel Campos
  • Richard Danzig appointed on December 1, 2010{{cite press release|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2010/12/01/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|publisher=Office of the Press Secretary|date=2010-12-01|access-date=2012-12-31}}
  • Lee H. Hamilton
  • Rita Hauser
  • Paul G. Kaminski
  • Ellen Laipson, president and CEO of the Henry L. Stimson Center
  • Les Lyles
  • Daniel Meltzer appointed on December 1, 2010
  • Jami Miscik appointed December 23, 2009White House Press Secretary, [https://www.fas.org/irp/news/2009/12/wh122309.html President Obama Announces Members of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board], December 23, 2009
  • Mona Sutphen appointed on September 6, 2011{{cite press release|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/09/06/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-0|publisher=Office of the Press Secretary|date=2011-09-06|access-date=2012-12-31}}
  • Philip Zelikow appointed on September 6, 2011
  • Tom Wheeler appointed on April 27, 2011{{cite press release|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/27/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|publisher=Office of the Press Secretary|date=2011-04-27}}

In May 2013, the White House dismissed 10 members of the board.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/obama-intelligence-panel-95589.html|title=Obama upends intel panel|website=Politico|date=August 15, 2013 }} The four remaining members of the PIAB were:

  • Richard Danzig
  • Daniel Meltzer
  • Jami Miscik
  • Mona Sutphen

In August 2014, President Obama nominated six new members:{{cite web|url=https://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2014/08/obama-resurrects-intel-advisory-panel/92783/ |title=Obama Resurrects Intel Advisory Panel |date=August 29, 2014 |author=Aliya Sternstein |access-date=February 12, 2019}}

=Donald Trump (first administration)=

President Donald Trump named the following persons to the PIAB during his first term in office:{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-names-hand-picked-panel-to-supervise-investigate-intelligence-community| title=Trump names hand-picked panel to supervise, investigate intelligence community |author= Steven Nelson |date=November 21, 2018 |access-date=February 12, 2019}}

In February 2019, President Trump named three additional members:

In May 2019, President Trump named Ray Washburne as an additional member.{{cite web | last1=Ferran | first1=Lee | title=Trump's secretive intelligence advisory board takes shape with security pros and GOP donors | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-secretive-intelligence-advisory-board-takes-shape-security/story?id=65222244 | date=August 28, 2019 | work=ABC News | access-date=April 14, 2020}}{{cite web | title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts | url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-appoint-personnel-key-administration-posts-26/ | date=May 20, 2019 | via=National Archives | work=whitehouse.gov | access-date=April 14, 2020}}

= Joe Biden =

In May 2022, President Joe Biden named the below persons to the PIAB.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-04 |title=President Biden Announces Appointments to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and the National Science Board |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/04/president-biden-announces-appointments-to-the-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board-and-the-national-science-board/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504193130/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/04/president-biden-announces-appointments-to-the-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board-and-the-national-science-board |archive-date=2022-05-04 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=The White House |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

In June 2022, he named Evan Bayh to the PIAB.{{cite web | url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/15/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-21/ | title=President Biden Announces Key Appointments | date=June 15, 2022 }}

In October 2022, he named Anne Finucane to the PIAB.{{cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/14/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-11/|title=President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions|website=The White House|date=October 14, 2022|access-date=October 20, 2022}}

In November 2022, he named Mark Angelson to the PIAB.{{cite web |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/22/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-13/ |title=President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions |date=2022-11-22 |website=The White House |access-date=2023-01-26}}

In January 2023, he named Margaret Hamburg, Kim Cobb, and Kneeland Youngblood to the PIAB.{{cite web |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/26/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-17/ |title=President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions |date=2023-01-26 |website=The White House |access-date=2023-01-26}}

In March 2023, he named Hamilton E. James and [https://www.gspia.pitt.edu/news/faculty-member-appointed-president-bidens-intelligence-advisory-board Julia Santucci] to the PIAB.{{Cite web |title=Faculty member appointed to President Biden’s Intelligence Advisory Board {{!}} Graduate School of Public and International Affairs |url=https://www.gspia.pitt.edu/news/faculty-member-appointed-president-bidens-intelligence-advisory-board |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=www.gspia.pitt.edu}}{{cite web |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/03/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-19/ |title=President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions |date=2023-03-03 |website=The White House |access-date=2024-02-13}}

=Donald Trump (second administration)=

President Donald Trump named the following persons to the PIAB at the beginning of his second term in office on February 11, 2025:{{cite web |title=President Trump Announces the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/president-trump-announces-the-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board/ |website=The White House |access-date=13 February 2025 |date=12 February 2025}}

In March 2025, he named Alex Nelson Wong, former Deputy National Security Advisor, to the PIAB.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Carrie |date=2025-03-07 |title=President Trump Taps Seven Nixon Seminar Members for Key Positions |url=https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2025/03/president-trump-taps-seven-nixon-seminar-members-for-key-positions/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Richard Nixon Foundation |language=en-US}}

PIAB chairs

PIAB chairpersons have been:[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/pfiab/chairpersons.html PFIAB Chairpersons], The White House website, retrieved March 14, 2008

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!Term start

!Term end

!President

James Killian

|January 13, 1956

|March 1, 1958

|rowspan=2 |Dwight Eisenhower

John Hull

|March 1, 1958

|January 20, 1961

Vacant

|January 20, 1961

|May 4, 1961

|rowspan=2 |John F. Kennedy

rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |James Killian

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |May 4, 1961

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |April 23, 1963

rowspan=3 |John F. Kennedy

Lyndon Johnson

Clark Clifford

|April 23, 1963

|February 29, 1968

rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Max Taylor

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |February 29, 1968

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |May 1, 1970

rowspan=2 |Richard Nixon
rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |George Anderson

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |May 1, 1970

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |March 11, 1976

rowspan=2 |Gerald Ford
rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Leo Cherne

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |March 11, 1976

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |May 4, 1977

rowspan=2 |Jimmy Carter
Board abolished

|May 4, 1977

|October 20, 1981

rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Anne Armstrong

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |October 20, 1981

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |July 17, 1990

|Ronald Reagan

rowspan=3 |George H. W. Bush
John Tower

|July 17, 1990

|April 5, 1991

Bobby Inman
{{small|Acting}}

|April 5, 1991

|January 20, 1993

William Crowe

|January 20, 1993

|May 26, 1994

|rowspan=5 |Bill Clinton

Les Aspin

|May 26, 1994

|May 21, 1995

Warren Rudman
{{small|Acting}}

|May 21, 1995

|January 16, 1996

Tom Foley

|January 16, 1996

|November 19, 1997

rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Warren Rudman
{{small|Acting: 1997–1998}}

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |November 19, 1997

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |October 5, 2001

rowspan=4 |George W. Bush
Brent Scowcroft

|October 5, 2001

|February 25, 2005

Jim Langdon

|February 25, 2005

|December 20, 2005

rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Steve Friedman

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |December 20, 2005

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |October 28, 2009

rowspan=4 |Barack Obama
David Boren
Chuck Hagel

|October 28, 2009

|February 27, 2013

Vacant

|February 27, 2013

|August 29, 2014

Shirley Ann Jackson
Jami Miscik

|August 29, 2014

|January 20, 2017

Steve Feinberg

|May 12, 2018

|January 20, 2021

|Donald Trump

Sandy Winnefeld

|May 4, 2022

|January 20, 2025

|Joe Biden

Devin Nunes

|January 20, 2025

|Present

|Donald Trump

IOB chairs

These are chairs of the Advisory Board's committee of Intelligence Oversight Board

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!Officeholder

!Term start

!Term end

!President

rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Robert Murphy

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |March 11, 1976

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |May 5, 1977

|Gerald Ford

rowspan=2 |Jimmy Carter
rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Thomas Farmer

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |May 5, 1977

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |October 20, 1981

rowspan=2 |Ronald Reagan
rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Glenn Campbell

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |October 20, 1981

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |February 26, 1990

rowspan=2 |George H. W. Bush
Jim Thompson

|February 26, 1990

|January 20, 1993

William Crowe

|January 20, 1993

|May 26, 1994

|rowspan=3 |Bill Clinton

Anthony Harrington

|May 26, 1994

|February 8, 2000

rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Warren Rudman
{{small|Acting}}

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |February 8, 2000

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |October 5, 2001

rowspan=4 |George W. Bush
Brent Scowcroft

|October 5, 2001

|February 25, 2005

Jim Langdon

|February 25, 2005

|December 20, 2005

rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |Steve Friedman

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |December 20, 2005

|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |October 28, 2009

rowspan=4 |Barack Obama
Chuck Hagel

|October 28, 2009

|February 27, 2013

Dan Meltzer

|February 27, 2013

|May 24, 2015

Neal Wolin

|May 24, 2015

|January 20, 2017

Steve Feinberg{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-designate-appoint-personnel-key-administration-posts/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate, Designate, and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts |date=August 16, 2018 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=February 12, 2019}}

|August 16, 2018

|January 20, 2021

|Donald Trump

Board executive directors

  • 1956–1959: John Cassidy
  • 1959–1961, 1961–1970: Patrick Coyne
  • 1970–1973: Gerard Burke
  • 1973–1977: Wheaton Byers
  • 1977: Lionel Olmer
  • 1977–1981: Board abolished
  • 1981–1983: Norman Wood
  • 1983–1984: Fred Demech
  • 1984–1988: Gary Schmitt
  • 1988–1989: Fred Demech
  • 1989–1991: Nina Stewart
  • 1991–1992: Vacant
  • 1992–1995: Eugene Yeates
  • 1995–2003: Randy Deitering {{small|(Acting: 1995–1998)}}
  • 2003–2005: Joan Dempsey
  • 2005–2017: Stefanie Osburn

Board members

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See also

References

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