Published on February 11, 2025
President Trump announced appointments to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB), selecting twelve individuals including Devin Nunes as Chair, with the stated purpose of advising on national security challenges and ensuring the Intelligence Community advances the "America First" agenda. The announcement emphasizes the appointees' patriotism and their role in restoring "integrity" to the Intelligence Community.
The composition of appointees, including several known Trump loyalists like Devin Nunes, Reince Priebus, and Katie Miller, suggests an attempt to establish partisan control over intelligence oversight rather than objective advisory capacity. The emphasis on "restoring integrity" and advancing an "America First agenda" appears to be coded language for reshaping intelligence assessments to align with political objectives, potentially compromising the traditional independence of intelligence agencies.
While presented as a standard advisory board appointment process, this action appears designed to increase political influence over intelligence matters by installing politically aligned individuals in oversight positions. The public should be particularly attentive to how this restructuring might affect the objectivity and independence of intelligence assessments and their potential politicization.
Today, President Donald J. Trump is pleased to announce a distinguished and trusted group of Patriots to serve on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB). These individuals will advise the President on our nation’s most important security challenges and ensure that the Intelligence Community is working to advance the President’s America First agenda. The President’s PIAB appointees represent a broad range of experience and intellect that will help restore integrity to our Intelligence Community. The following individuals have been appointed to the PIAB: Devin Gerald Nunes, ChairScott GlabeAmaryllis Fox KennedyBrad Robert WenstrupWayne BermanReince PriebusRobert O’BrienJoshua LobelSander R. GerberKatie MillerJeremy KatzThomas Ollis Hicks, Jr.