The DIA began in 1958. The organizational structure of the DoD and U.S. foreign intelligence took on a new form with the creation of the DIA. It was Robert McNamara, then Secretary of Defense, who invented the concept of DIA in 1961. DIA gathers human-sourced intelligence, analyzes technical intelligence, distributes intelligence/reports to intelligence agencies, provides advice and support for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. with foreign military intelligence and provides military intelligence to combatant commands as part of its operational functions. A DIA director is supposed to be a three-star military general, and the DIA reportedly employs at least 7,500 people worldwide today. The DIA is a defense intelligence agency that avoids strategic surprises and provides decision-making advantage to warfighters, defense planners and policymakers. This article will attempt to assess the role of the DIA in American national security under current conditions of massive budget deficits and increased congressional oversight, as well as the intelligence capabilities of regional combatant commanders and individual services like the CIA and the NOS. According to one source, after September 11, 2001, the intelligence budget increased further. But now we find ourselves once again in a new cycle of budget cuts. Reportedly, President Obama has proposed a budget of $52.6 billion for fiscal year 2013 to fund the national intelligence program. This budget amount would be lower than the $55 billion requested last year. Budget instability is believed to hamper U.S. intelligence missions. As budgetary pressure increased, so did the redundancy of American intelligence, according to the same source. With budget deficits, the DIA budget did not allow it to increase its payroll. It says DI...... middle of paper ......igence-agencies-what-is-the-difference-between-the-dia-nsa-cia-and-fbi/ (accessed January 7 2014).Paul, Ron. “Congressional Control.” Global Intelligence News. December 11, 2012, http://globalintelnews.wordpress.com/tag/congressional-oversight/ (accessed January 7, 2014) Pincus, Walter and Greg Miller. “2013 Federal Budget: Intelligence agencies would receive 4.4 percent less. » WP Politics, February 13, 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/44/post/federal-budget-2013-intelligence-agencies-would-get-44-percent-less/2012/02/13/ gIQAEvFDBR_blog.html (accessed January 7, 2014) Nedzi (Democrat of Michigan), Luclen N. “Oversight or Overlook: Congress and the US Intelligence Agency”. Congressman speaks at CIA Senior Seminar, November 14, 1979, https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol18no2/pdf /v18i2a02p.pdf (accessed in January 7, 2014).