From the Washington Post: "Intelligence officials yesterday announced establishment of a National Clandestine Service at the CIA, saying the step is necessary because of the dramatic expansion in U.S. human intelligence collection abroad since Sept. 11, 2001.
"The NCS, which will be based at the CIA, will carry out that agency's espionage, taking over what has been called the Directorate of Operations, and will coordinate, though it will not actually direct, the increasing spying and covert activities conducted worldwide by the Pentagon and FBI, officials said."
The CIA press release on the establishment of the National Clandestine Service is available online. A fact sheet is also available.
Source: "CIA Spies Get a New Home Base: Agency Will Set Up the National Clandestine Service." Washington Post October 14, 2005.
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