Read the statement from James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from Sept. 10, 2015 at HPSCI 10 Sept Cyber Hearing SFR.
The U.S. Intelligence Community is a coalition of 17 agencies and organizations, including the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), within the Executive Branch that work both independently and collaboratively to gather and analyze the intelligence necessary to conduct foreign relations and national security activities.