President's Intelligence Advisory Board


The President's Intelligence Advisory Board is an advisor 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."
The PIAB, through its Intelligence Oversight Board , 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. The first board under Chair James Killian were:
In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy renamed it to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
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.
On February 29, 2008, President George W. Bush renamed the agency to its present form.
Most of the board's work is secret, but one very public investigation involved the loss of U.S. nuclear secrets to China from the Los Alamos National Laboratory during the 1990s.

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 March 1, 1976. In 1993, the IOB became a committee of the PFIAB, under 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. Thirteen cases involving FBI actions between 2002 and 2004 were referred to the IOB for its review.
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. The membership had not been increased as of July 2014.

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, and the Trump Administration issued a press release announcing the nominations of new members.

PFIAB Membership under 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:
In 2003 there were indications of spying on members of the board by a foreign intelligence asset.

PIAB Membership under 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.
Pres. Obama appointed Chuck Hagel, former United States Senator from Nebraska, and current University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren as PIAB co-chairs.
The following other members were appointed to the board under President Obama:
In May 2013, the White House dismissed 10 members of the board. The four remaining members of the PIAB were:
In August 2014, President Obama nominated six new members:
President Donald Trump nominated the following people to PIAB:
In February 2019, President Trump named three additional members:
In May 2019, President Trump named Ray Washburne as an additional member.

PIAB Chairs

PIAB chairpersons have been:
OfficeholderTerm startTerm endPresident
James KillianJanuary 13, 1956March 1, 1958Dwight Eisenhower
John HullMarch 1, 1958January 20, 1961Dwight Eisenhower
VacantJanuary 20, 1961May 4, 1961John F. Kennedy
James KillianMay 4, 1961April 23, 1963John F. Kennedy
James KillianMay 4, 1961April 23, 1963Lyndon Johnson
Clark CliffordApril 23, 1963February 29, 1968Lyndon Johnson
Max TaylorFebruary 29, 1968May 1, 1970Lyndon Johnson
Max TaylorFebruary 29, 1968May 1, 1970Richard Nixon
George AndersonMay 1, 1970March 11, 1976Richard Nixon
George AndersonMay 1, 1970March 11, 1976Gerald Ford
Leo CherneMarch 11, 1976May 4, 1977Gerald Ford
Leo CherneMarch 11, 1976May 4, 1977Jimmy Carter
Board abolishedMay 4, 1977October 20, 1981Jimmy Carter
Anne ArmstrongOctober 20, 1981July 17, 1990Ronald Reagan
Anne ArmstrongOctober 20, 1981July 17, 1990George H. W. Bush
John TowerJuly 17, 1990April 5, 1991George H. W. Bush
Bobby Inman
Acting		April 5, 1991January 20, 1993George H. W. Bush
William CroweJanuary 20, 1993May 26, 1994Bill Clinton
Les AspinMay 26, 1994May 21, 1995Bill Clinton
Warren Rudman
Acting		May 21, 1995January 16, 1996Bill Clinton
Tom FoleyJanuary 16, 1996November 19, 1997Bill Clinton
Warren Rudman
Acting: 1997–2001		November 19, 1997October 5, 2001Bill Clinton
Warren Rudman
Acting: 1997–2001		November 19, 1997October 5, 2001George W. Bush
Brent ScowcroftOctober 5, 2001February 25, 2005George W. Bush
Jim LangdonFebruary 25, 2005December 20, 2005George W. Bush
Steve FriedmanDecember 20, 2005October 28, 2009George W. Bush
Steve FriedmanDecember 20, 2005October 28, 2009Barack Obama
David Boren
Chuck Hagel		October 28, 2009February 27, 2013Barack Obama
VacantFebruary 27, 2013August 29, 2014Barack Obama
Shirley Ann Jackson
Jami Miscik		August 29, 2014January 20, 2017Barack Obama
Steve FeinbergMay 12, 2018presentDonald Trump

IOB Chairs

These are chairs of the Advisory Board's committee of Intelligence Oversight Board
OfficeholderTerm startTerm endPresident
Robert MurphyMarch 11, 1976May 5, 1977Gerald Ford
Robert MurphyMarch 11, 1976May 5, 1977Jimmy Carter
Thomas FarmerMay 5, 1977October 20, 1981Jimmy Carter
Thomas FarmerMay 5, 1977October 20, 1981Ronald Reagan
Glenn CampbellOctober 20, 1981February 26, 1990Ronald Reagan
Glenn CampbellOctober 20, 1981February 26, 1990George H. W. Bush
Jim ThompsonFebruary 26, 1990January 20, 1993George H. W. Bush
William CroweJanuary 20, 1993May 26, 1994Bill Clinton
Anthony HarringtonMay 26, 1994February 8, 2000Bill Clinton
Warren Rudman
Acting		February 8, 2000October 5, 2001Bill Clinton
Warren Rudman
Acting		February 8, 2000October 5, 2001George W. Bush
Brent ScowcroftOctober 5, 2001February 25, 2005George W. Bush
Jim LangdonFebruary 25, 2005December 20, 2005George W. Bush
Steve FriedmanDecember 20, 2005October 28, 2009George W. Bush
Steve FriedmanDecember 20, 2005October 28, 2009Barack Obama
Chuck HagelOctober 28, 2009February 27, 2013Barack Obama
Dan MeltzerFebruary 27, 2013May 24, 2015Barack Obama
Neal WolinMay 24, 2015January 20, 2017Barack Obama
Steve FeinbergAugust 16, 2018presentDonald Trump

Board Executive Directors