What is Director of National Intelligence?
{{Infobox official post | post = Director | body = National Intelligence | insignia = The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.svg | insigniasize = 125 | insigniacaption = Seal of the Director of National Intelligence | incumbent = [[Tulsi Gabbard]] | image = Director Tulsi Gabbard Official Portrait.jpg | incumbentsince = February 12, 2025 | department = [[Office of the Director of National Intelligence|Office of the Director]] | style = Madam Director<br />(informal)<br />[[The Honourable#United States|The Honorable]]<br />(formal) | member_of = [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]<br/>[[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]<br/>[[United States Homeland Security Council|Homeland Security Council]] | reports_to = [[President of the United States|President]] | seat = [[Washington, D.C.]] | appointer = [[President of the United States|President]] | appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]] | constituting_instrument = {{UnitedStatesCode|50|3023}} | precursor = [[Director of Central Intelligence ]] (DCI) | formation = December 17, 2004 | first = [[John Negroponte]] | deputy = Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI) | website = {{url|https://www.odni.gov/}} | acting = }} The '''Director of National Intelligence''' ('''DNI''') is the [[United States]] [[Federal government of the United States|government]] official subject to the authority, direction and control of the [[President of the United States|President]] who is responsible under the [[Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004]] for: * Serving as the principal adviser to the [[President of the United States|President]], the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]], and the [[Homeland Security Council]] for intelligence matters related to the national security; * Serving as the head of the sixteen-member [[United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]]; and * Overseeing and directing the [[Intelligenc