Executive Branch: STEPHEN CAMBONE

STEPHEN CAMBONE

Undersecretary for Intelligence

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT

703-695-0972

The Pentagon's intelligence czar. A trusted aide and protege of Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Bristly, even arrogant. Part of a cabal running U.S. policy.

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A powerful and influential presence in intelligence and defense circles, Cambone is little known outside. Before assuming his current position in March 2003, he was the deputy undersecretary of Defense for policy and later was the Pentagon's director of program analysis and evaluation.

The primary role of undersecretary of Defense for intelligence, a newly created position, is to provide oversight and policy guidance for all Defense Department intelligence activities and to ensure that military commanders in the field have timely access to intelligence information. Cambone also oversees the Defense Intelligence Agency, space programs, as well as other defense intelligence assets, and he works closely with CIA Director George Tenet.