washington disagreement within president-elect donald trump camp structure top u.s. intelligence agency take office unclear whether national security adviser prevail advocate reorganization source familiar matter say thursday issue office director national intelligence odni congress create sept. 11 attack good coordinate efforts u.s. intelligence agencies protect unite state trump security adviser michael flynn head pentagon defense intelligence agency president barack obama sometimes clash intelligence agencies favor restructure par back odni source say one source close trump transition caution outcome certain general consensus odni big grow fast around trump believe whether plan address know say source like others request anonymity discuss trump team internal deliberations flynn fraught relationship odni complaints management style defense intelligence agency fire director national intelligence jam clapper senior transition official tell reuters thursday trump pick former u.s. senator dan coat director national intelligence sign trump plan try eliminate odni u.s. official familiar coat view suggest would move precipitously overhaul u.s. intelligence agencies possible reform structure intelligence community would approach great caution responsibility official say relations trump u.s. intelligence agencies extraordinarily rocky even swear jan. 20. trump disparage spy agencies conclusions russia behind hack democratic national committee campaign staff 2016 election opponent hillary clinton clapper tell congress thursday even resolute russia stag cyber attack rebuke trump skepticism trump schedule brief friday intelligence report reach conclusion russia deny hack allegations think president-elect skeptical conclusions draw raw data rather intelligence raw data provide trump spokesman sean spic tell reporters wednesday coat accord another u.s. official familiar view say know lot europe russia may well butt head trump russia wall street journal report wednesday trump work top advisers restructure reduce size odni report largely reflect view flynn say source familiar retire lieutenant general think decline identify trump spokesman sean spic thursday reject report truth idea restructure intelligence community infrastructure spic say transition activities information gather purpose discussions tentative broad intelligence reorganization would require congressional action congress create odni 2004 law make parent 16 u.s. intelligence agencies range cia dia eavesdrop national security agency state department intelligence bureau flynn serve top military intelligence officer afghanistan iraq say familiar view favor major change cia well battlefield dia flynn push intelligence personnel move compound offices close front line flynn believe would effective intelligence collectors say source familiar view flynn would like cia reorganize along line source say cia reorganize last year however bring frontline spy backroom analysts together new units focus tightly specific issue regions republican congressman mike pompeo trump choice cia director know share flynn view need restructure cia source say two people familiar trump transition discussions say pompeo involve talk possible cia reorganization trump team differences opinion shape spy agencies source