CIA announces 'Establishment of the National Clandestine Service'

So, we have not only a new ‘Department of Homeland Security’, but now a new ‘National Clandestine Service’ with which to manipulate and infiltrate what is left of the functioning, patriotic Intelligence Community. I mean, come on:
According to the CIA website: “This plan was approved by President George W. Bush.”
Also, according to the accompanying fact sheet:
“The NCS will serve as the national authority for coordination, deconfliction, and evaluation of clandestine HUMINT* operations across the Intelligence Community, both abroad and inside the United States, consistent with existing laws, executive orders, and interagency agreements.”
What more need I say. This is disturbing. *HUMINT stands for Human Intelligence, as opposed to ELINT (electronic intel).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 13 October 2005
DNI AND D/CIA ANNOUNCE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE NATIONAL CLANDESTINE SERVICE

[Fact Sheet accompanies article]

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 CIA’s 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...

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