Legal Opinion
Designating an Acting Director of National Intelligence
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided November 15, 2019Published
1Opinion of the Court
(Slip Opinion) Designating an Acting Director of National Intelligence In designating an Acting Director of National Intelligence, the President could choose anyone who is eligible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, even though 50 U.S.C. § 3026(a)(6) specifies that the Principal Deputy DNI “shall act for” the DNI during a vacancy. The President could designate the Senate-confirmed Director of the National Counter- terrorism Center as the Acting DNI, but that person could not perform the duties of the NCTC Director during his time as the Acting DNI because no person may…
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