News release: “Today, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency announced the President’s approval of the establishment of the National Clandestine Service (NCS) within the CIA. The new Director of the NCS will report directly to the Director of the CIA and will work with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to implement all of the DNI’s statutory authorities…The NCS will serve as the national authority for the integration, coordination, deconfliction, and evaluation of human intelligence operations across the entire Intelligence Community, under authorities delegated to the Director of the CIA who serves as the National HUMINT Manager…The NCS was established in response to recommendations made in March 2005 by the President’s Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.”
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