Jon Stewart rips Barack Obama, the “know-nothing president” and ponders who (or what) is really in power. Has Obama really been calling the shots, or is something more sinister in charge?
Stewart played an ABC News clip that says the “NSA takes orders from the National Intelligence Priorities Framework – not the President.”
So, what exactly is the “National Intelligence Priorities Framework”?
From the IT Law Wiki:
The National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF) is the Director of National Intelligence‘s guidance to the IC on the national intelligence priorities approved by the President. The NIPF is the DNI‘s sole mechanism for establishing national intelligence priorities.
The NIPF consists of:
- Intelligence topics reviewed by the National Security Council‘s Principals Committee and approved by the President.
- A process for assigning priorities to countries and non-state actors relevant to the approved intelligence topics.
- A matrix showing these priorities. The NIPF matrix reflects consumers’ priorities for intelligence support and ensures that long-term intelligence issues are addressed.
The NIPF is updated semi-annually in coordination with IC elements, the National Intelligence Council, and other internal components of the ODNI. Ad hoc adjustments may also be made to reflect changes in world events and policy priorities.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and IC elements use the NIPF to guide allocation of collection and analytic resources. In addition, IC elements associate intelligence collection requirements and analytic production with NIPF priorities and report to the DNI on their coverage of NIPF priorities.
Stewart’s “White House Correspondent” Jessica Williams informs him that President Obama lives in a “bubble” and everything – including the NIPF – is controlled by the “New World Order Regional Directorate.”
But wait…isn’t the New World Order just a conspiracy theory? Yes, the Stewart piece is meant to be humorous, but as the director Billy Wilder said, “If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you.”
