President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
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The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) 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 PFIAB, through its Intelligence Oversight Board, also advises the President on the legality of foreign intelligence activities.
The PFIAB currently has 16 members selected from among distinguished citizens outside the government who are qualified on the basis of achievement, experience, independence, and integrity."
Founded in 1956 by President Eisenhower, PFIAB chairpersons have been:
- 2005- Stephen Friedman
- 2001-2004 Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.)
- 1997-2001 Hon. Warren B. Rudman
- 1996-1997 Hon. Thomas S. Foley
- 1995-1996 Hon. Warren B. Rudman (Acting)
- 1994-1995 Hon. Les Aspin
- 1993-1994 Adm. William Crowe, Jr., USN (Ret.)
- 1991-1993 Adm. Bobby Inman, USN (Ret.) (Acting)
- 1990-1991 Hon. John Tower
- 1982-1990 Amb. Anne Armstrong
- 1976-1977 Mr. Leo Cherne
- 1970-1976 Adm. George Anderson, Jr., USN (Ret.)
- 1968-1970 Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, USA (Ret.)
- 1963-1968 Mr. Clark Clifford
- 1956-1963 Dr. James Killian
