CIA Press Release

DNI AND D/CIA ANNOUNCE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE NATIONAL CLANDESTINE SERVICE

The Director of National Intelligence, John D. Negroponte, and the
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Porter J. Goss, today
announced the creation of the National Clandestine Service (NCS) at
CIA.

The initiative will strengthen the direction and leadership of human
intelligence throughout the Intelligence Community (IC). The plan
reflects the thinking of some of the most seasoned veterans in human
intelligence collection, men and women with decades of experience in
the field.

In announcing this new approach, Director Goss said, "The decision to
create the NCS at CIA underscores CIAAEs proud position as the center
of gravity for HUMINT in our Intelligence Community. No agency has
greater skill and experience in this difficult, complex, and utterly
vital discipline of intelligence." Goss added, "The announcement
represents a grant of trust and an expression of confidence in CIA
from the President, the DNI, and our partners throughout government."

The National Clandestine Service at CIA will incorporate the current
Directorate of Operations and will be led by the Director of the
National Clandestine Service (D/NCS) to whom the D/CIA will delegate
his day-to-day National HUMINT Manager responsibilities. The D/NCS
will coordinate, de-conflict, and assess HUMINT operations throughout
the IC and will report directly to the D/CIA. The D/NCS will also work
with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to implement
the DNI's statutory authorities.

The D/NCS will be assisted by two deputies -- one will lead the daily
activities of the CIA's Clandestine Service while the other will focus
on human intelligence activities across the IC.

"These changes hold the potential to make our HUMINT operations better
than they were beforeufrom training and tradecraft to technology and
counterintelligence," Goss said. "They hold the potential to make our
Intelligence Community even more of a Community. It is up to us to
make that potential real, and in the process to make the United States
safer and stronger. I have every confidence that we will meet that
goal."

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