DOD DIRECTIVE 5148.13
I
NTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT
Originating Component: Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of
Defense
Effective: April 26, 2017
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the DoD Issuances Website at
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
Incorporates and Cancels: Directive-type Memorandum 08-052, “DoD Guidance for Reporting
Questionable Intelligence Activities and Significant or Highly Sensitive
Matters,” June 17, 2009, as amended
Procedures 14-15 of DoD 5240.1-R, “Procedures Governing the Activities
of DoD Intelligence Components That Affect United States Persons,”
December 7, 1982, as amended
Approved by: Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Purpose: In accordance with the direction in the July 11 and December 23, 2014, Deputy Secretary of
Defense Memorandums and consistent with DoD Directives (DoDDs) 5105.82 and 5148.11, this
issuance:
• Establishes policies, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for employee conduct and
identifying, investigating, and reporting questionable intelligence activities (QIAs) and significant or
highly sensitive matters (S/HSMs).
• Prescribes the intelligence oversight responsibilities and functions, relationships, and authorities of
the DoD Senior Intelligence Oversight Official (SIOO).
• Prescribes the responsibilities and relationships of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence,
the General Counsel of the Department of Defense (GC DoD), and the DoD Component heads regarding
intelligence oversight.
