The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the statutory military adviser to the Council, and the Director of Central Intelligence is its intelligence adviser. The Secretary of the Treasury, the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the Chief of Staff to the President are invited to all meetings of the Council. The Attorney General and the Director of National Drug Control Policy are invited to attend meetings pertaining to their jurisdictions; other officials are invited, as appropriate.
The Council advises and assists the President in integrating all aspects of national security policy as it affects the United States-- domestic, foreign, military, intelligence, and economic--in conjunction with the National Economic Council.
The Council is advised by the Central Intelligence Agency in matters concerning such intelligence activities of the Government departments and agencies as relate to national security.
