The phrase "authority of intelligence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the legitimacy or credibility of intelligence, whether in a general sense or in specific fields like artificial intelligence or data analysis.
Example: "The authority of intelligence in decision-making processes cannot be underestimated, as it often leads to more informed outcomes."
Alternatives: "credibility of intelligence" or "legitimacy of intelligence".
And, after five years of gridlock stemming from the angry debate over how top Bush administration officials had used intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq, Feinstein ushered four bipartisan bills through Congress that defined the authority of the intelligence agencies to conduct covert and clandestine operations.
As with many jobs in Washington, the real authority of the intelligence job rises and falls depending on the director's relationship with the president.
The great majority of the prisoners held at Abu Ghraib were designated security detainees, and placed under the authority of Military Intelligence officers, who instructed the M.P.s on how to treat them.
It will deal with the change in perspective imposed by scientific ideas, the general loss of a supernatural or religious perspective upon human events, and the effects for good or ill of the increasing authority of an intelligence uninformed by religion as a guide to life.
Several mid-level Palestinian officials also told reporters that Mr. Arafat had accepted the proposal, and that among the men to be sent to Italy would Ibrahim Abayat, a member of a local crime family that had frequently attacked Israelis from nearby Beit Jala, and Abdullah Daoud, the Palestinian Authority's director of intelligence in Bethlehem.
Some in the Senate, including Republican Pat Toomey, want to create a single consolidated list and have it subject to the authority of the foreign intelligence surveillance, or Fisa, court.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 - The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Friday that he wanted the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program brought under the authority of a special intelligence court, a move President Bush has argued is not necessary.
Democrats said that in keeping the authority of the new intelligence chief vague, Mr. Bush was seeking to avoid a major blowup with Congress and the Pentagon before the election, and was most of all eager to be seen as proactive after the devastating findings of the Sept. 11 commission and weeks of attacks from his Democratic opponent, Senator John Kerry.
A6 NATIONAL A10-13, 16 Senate Chairman Seeks Spy Program Oversight The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said that he wanted the Bush administration's domestic spying program brought under the authority of a special intelligence court -- a move President Bush has argued is not necessary.
The House version of the legislation would confer less power on the new intelligence director, instead leaving the Pentagon with much of the authority over intelligence operations.
Even as the White House has insisted that it supports the major recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission, including the creation of a powerful national intelligence director, senior Pentagon officials have made it clear that they are reluctant to give up any of their authority over intelligence programs that relate to the military.
