Department's Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) as well as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to ensure that such warnings are timely made. The Office of Counterintelligence of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency maintains a full-time presence within ONCIX. Leadership On August 7, 2006, Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte appointed Joel F. Brenner to serve as National Counterintelligence Executive and Mission Manager for Counterintelligence. On September 21, 2009, Robert "Bear" Bryant was appointed as the National Counterintelligence Executive. In May 2014, DNI James R. Clapper appointed William Evanina, a former FBI special agent with a counterterrorism specialty, as the new National Counterintelligence Executive. In 2015, Congress made the position subject to the Appointments Clause, making it subject to Senate confirmation, and in 2018 President Trump formally appointed William Evanina to the position of Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. In January 2021, deputy director Michael Orlando became the acting director. See also Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC) National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Notes and references External links Official NCIX site (archived versions only) Office of the Director of National Intelligence, National Counterintelligence and Security Center 2001 establishments in the United States Counterintelligence agencies United States intelligence agencies Intelligence analysis agencies