Summary
Provides background and analysis on issues involving the U.S. intelligence community. Discusses ongoing Congressional concerns, including intelligence collection capabilities, quality of analysis, the intelligence community and Iraq and Afghanistan, international terrorism, and intelligence support to military forces. Reviews issues in the 111th Congress, emphasizing intelligence and surveillance programs, terrorist surveillance program and NSA electronic surveillance in context of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, roles of the FBI and CIA, role of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, paramilitary operations and defense human intelligence, regional concerns, CIA and allegations of prisoner abuse, Congressional notification procedures, and civilian intelligence personnel systems. Outlines legislation in the 109th-111th Congresses.