The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) is part of 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 Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff. ...

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: Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ...

2001- Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.) Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft (born 19 March 1925), USAF (Ret. ...

1997-2001 Hon. Warren B. Rudman Warren Bruce Rudman (born May 18, 1930) was an American Senator from New Hampshire. ...

1996-1997 Hon. Thomas S. Foley Thomas Stephen Foley (born March 26, 1929, in Spokane, Washington) is an American politician of the Democratic party, having served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and ambassador to Japan. ...

1995-1996 Hon. Warren B. Rudman (Acting) Warren Bruce Rudman (born May 18, 1930) was an American Senator from New Hampshire. ...

1994-1995 Hon. Les Aspin Leslie Aspin, Jr. ...

1993-1994 Adm. William Crowe, Jr., USN (Ret.) William Crowe (1745 - 1829), poet, born at Midgham, Berks, the son of a carpenter, was educated as a foundationer at Winchester, whence he proceeded to Oxford, where he became Public Orator. ...

1991-1993 Adm. Bobby Inman, USN (Ret.) (Acting) Bobby Ray Inman (born 1931) was a U.S. admiral who held several influential positions in the US Intelligence community. ...

1990-1991 Hon. John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was a conservative Republican United States Senator from Houston, Texas. ...

1982-1990 Amb. Anne Armstrong

1976-1977 Mr. Leo Cherne Leo Cherne (1912–1999) was born in the Bronx, New York. ...

1970-1976 Adm. George Anderson, Jr., USN (Ret.) George Whelan Anderson, Jr. ...

1968-1970 Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, USA (Ret.) General Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-20th century. ...

1963-1968 Mr. Clark Clifford Clark McAdams Clifford (December 25, 1906 _ October 10, 1998) was an American lawyer who served for Presidents Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson. ...

1956-1963 Dr. James Killian James Killian(Born:October 24,1980) is a quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. ...

External links

• PFIAB Website (http://www.whitehouse.gov/pfiab/)