"Gentlemen, I believe everyone is well aware of the role that intelligence plays in today's wars. What I need is an efficient and comprehensive intelligence agency that can effectively integrate and coordinate our 16 intelligence agencies across the United States.
But what the CIA did in the past is far from enough."
President Palmer looked down upon the wolf, and the venue was quiet. Everyone was waiting for the president's next words. Director Martin of CIA was in trouble because he knew that President Palmer's long-standing dissatisfaction had exploded.
The CIA has not provided any strong support to President Palmer. Instead, it has been dragging its feet. This has made Palmer a little dissatisfied with Martin, the head of the CIA. It is just because his position is too important that he has not
Move him.
The cancellation of Mission: Impossible was a blow to Martin and even CIA. Coupled with the identity issue of Avril Lavigne, a key member of the White Mask, and her recent actions, President Palmer's dissatisfaction with CIA reached a critical point.
Avril Lavigne was once the core agent of the CIA's "Medusa" project. Her own code name is "Medusa". The media has not yet obtained information about Avril Lavigne's identity. Once this news breaks out, you can imagine how American public opinion will evaluate it.
, a former outstanding CIA agent defected and became the mastermind behind the attack on the White House. This made the CIA and this cabinet how to deal with each other.
"I have decided to establish the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI for short, from today on. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is the highest-level intelligence management agency in the United States. It is responsible for supervising and coordinating the operation of 16 intelligence agencies in the United States. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is headed by the Director of Intelligence of the United States.
The director of intelligence reports directly to the president, while the directors of other agencies, including CIA and NSA, report to the director of intelligence. The first person to be the director of intelligence is..."
The president paused briefly as he spoke, looked at everyone present, and then said the name one word at a time: "Jack Bauer."
For a moment, everyone looked at Jack Bauer, and even Jack himself had a surprised expression on his face.
"Your Excellency the President..."
President Palmer obviously did not communicate with Jack beforehand. Jack's surprised expression was not fake. He was interrupted by President Palmer with a wave of his hand just as he was about to say something.
"Jack, the appointment of you as the first Director of Intelligence is the result of my careful consideration. At the same time, your position as head of TU will also be retained. I hope you will not disappoint me..."
Jack Bauer had no choice but to accept the president's words. He was a supporter of the president, and he must support all the president's decisions from both a personal and ctu perspective.
Although Martin was unhappy, he was helpless. He knew that the situation was over. Palmer chose this opportunity to raise the issue after the crisis in the White House. No one could oppose him at all.
In the past, there was no so-called Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The CIA was responsible for coordinating various intelligence agencies across the United States. The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DCI) was the top leader of the U.S. intelligence community. Now that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has suddenly been parachuted in, it is equivalent to downgrading the CIA to an ordinary one.
Intelligence agencies, from now on, they can no longer dictate to other agencies.
President Palmer looked at the two directors of the NSA and the FBI. The directors of the NSA and the FBI hated Martin. In the past, the CIA could only coordinate with them and was not allowed to directly interfere with their work. Now with the addition of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
It’s different. Just now, President Palmer used the word supervision and coordination. Although it is not direct management, it can still give instructions.
However, both of them were veterans and did not express any objection. President Palmer looked at the Secretary of Defense and Brigadier General Hans of the Marine Corps. The three armed services of the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine Corps have intelligence departments. The Navy's is called Naval Intelligence.
The Air Force's is called the Air Force Intelligence Agency, the Army's is called the Army Intelligence and Security Command, and the Marine Corps' smaller one is called the Marine Corps Intelligence Office. These departments will all be managed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in the future.
In addition, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Coast Guard all have their own intelligence agencies, and they will all be under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Director of Intelligence in the future.
Neither the Secretary of Defense nor Brigadier General Hammer expressed any objection, but congratulated Jack Bauer. Everyone understood that CTU was about to get up. As for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, they were all old fools, and everyone could see it.
President Palmer's move is actually to reduce the power of CIA and give it to TU. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is just a name and is managed by Jack Bauer. It is not a department of TU.
"Okay, Jack, you go back and prepare a bill to submit to Congress. Now I will announce the second decision..."
President Palmer gave instructions to Jack, and Jack nodded. Submitting it to Congress is just a process. This matter has basically been finalized. What people are really paying attention to is what is the second thing the president said?
At this point, President Palmer turned to look at Irving. Irving felt that this second incident was probably related to him and cheered up. Sure enough, President Palmer said: "I believe in the performance of the CTU rapid response team in this operation.
We all know that Agent Owen and the rapid response team he led not only rescued me, but also rescued a large number of hostages.
The quick response team is an experimental team whose purpose is to respond to various crises in a more flexible way. The difference between them and the swat teams of TU and other departments is that they take the initiative, and facts have proven that they do a good job.
I checked their record since its establishment, and it is very dazzling. This proves that this model is feasible. From today on, the quick reaction team is independent and still affiliated with TU, but under the direct leadership of Jack Bauer. The team is officially named
'Omega', the Omega team enjoys an independent budget, establishes intelligence analysis and other supporting experimental departments, personnel can be transferred from other agencies, has the highest level of counter-terrorism priority in the United States, is allowed to perform missions overseas, and has unconditional cooperation from the Office of the Director of Intelligence.
As long as the case involves terrorism, Omega has decision-making power and the right to directly order the Office of the Director of Intelligence and its subordinate intelligence agencies to cooperate unconditionally..."
Everyone present was moved when they heard President Pamo's second decision. If the first decision was just to give preferential treatment to CTU, then the second decision was almost a naked privilege to the quick reaction team.
The new rapid response team can directly make requests to intelligence agencies across the United States and must cooperate unconditionally. The most terrifying thing is that no one else can interfere with this team. It is personally managed by Jack Bauer, and Jack is only responsible to the president.
This is simply to use the resources of the United States to build a star team. Even the military cannot provide such treatment. Why not make people jealous? The focus of the Secretary of Defense is different from others. What he cares more about is
In the second half, enjoying an independent budget and establishing intelligence analysis and other supporting experimental departments, isn't this just another SEAL Team Six?
SEAL Team 6 is also known as the Naval Special Warfare Research Group. In addition to performing overseas anti-terrorism missions, it is also responsible for the mission of experimenting with new tactics and new weapons and equipment for special forces in actual combat. The current development direction of the Omega Team is exactly that