How many intelligence agiencies does the US have?

[VoteRonPaul2008]

anyone know and can you provide a link?

thanks in advacne

[VoteRonPaul2008]

can anyone help?

[seapilot]

Too damn many. At least two are probably have this forum on thier list and another one is recording it.

Director of National Intelligence
Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
Air Force Intelligence
Army Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Coast Guard Intelligence
Defense Intelligence Agency
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Marine Corps Intelligence
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Agency
Navy Intelligence

[pcosmar]

Don't forget the MIB.

[ItsTime]

None... In order to have an intelligence agency we need to have intelligent people running it. We have many info gathering agencies though.

[VoteRonPaul2008]

I know there are 16 main ones, but what would you estimate about a hunderd over? anyone have any links

[apropos]

In addition to the sixteen agencies which formally comprise the U.S. Intelligence Community, it also includes selected tactical military intelligence and security organizations, as well as those responsible for security responses to transnational threats, to include terrorism, cyber warfare and computer security, covert employment of weapons of mass destruction, narcotics trafficking, and international organized crime.

List:
http://www.fas.org/irp/official.html

The U.S. Intelligence Budget: A Basic Overview
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/reports/crs/rs21945.pdf#xml=http://www.globalsecurity.org/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/search/pdfhi.txt?query=nsa+overview&pr=default&prox=page&rorder=500&rprox=500&rdfreq=500&rwfreq=500&rlead=500&rdepth=0&sufs=0&order=r&cq=&id=4748e0ef8b

An Intelligence Community Primer
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/reports/2005/wmd_report_25mar2005_appdx-c.htm