we talked about the possibility of the 21st century usia. we looked at the possibility that the department of defense could take the lead. we looked at the idea that the state department could take the lead. we looked at the national security council and that a non-governmental organization might take the lead and we found a case to be made for each one of those options. in the end, we recommend an nsc in the lead model backed by a 501c3 capable of conducting research, commissioning research, mobilizing intellectual and not so intellectual resources. if i had more time, i would go through the considerations that led us down this path and perhaps we can talk in greater detail about the reasons that led us to be skeptical of big usia, to reject a leadership role for dod, raise questions about the capacity of the state department to take the lead, etc. let me spend a couple of minutes on the recommendations that we did make. we talked about putting the national security council in the lead. a deputy assistant to the president for national secur

path and perhaps we can talk in greater detail about the reasons that led us to be skeptical of big usia, to reject a leadership role for dod, raise questions about the capacity of the state department to take the lead, etc. let me spend a couple of minutes on the recommendations that we did make. we talked about putting the national security council in the lead. a deputy assistant to the president for national security providing over and empowered interagency committee, the counter terrorist committee and to ensure appropriate executive branch authority, we believe this new configuration should be created through legislation. there will be an order but it is supplementary. it is not the primary source of the authority of this new entity. we go into detail about a decision making process with in this committee and above this committee. we also talk about a new center for counter-terrorism research and we concluded that a 501c3 organization that could receive public and nonpublic funds would be the most appropriate and it has a number of different roles, including conducting research, mob