"new"(?) foreign spying agency? (What was old one doing?!)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>
Date: October 23, 2005 4:35:09 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: "new"(?) foreign spying agency? (What was old one doing?!)


I thought this was what the CIA was ALREADY supposed to be doing!

Could it be that, like pre-Katrina FEMA, the old CIA had become just  
too-riddled with incompetent political appointees???

--jim


> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4340318.stm


US setting up new spying agency

The new NCS director will report to CIA chief Porter Goss
The US has announced the creation of a new intelligence agency led by  
the CIA to co-ordinate all American overseas spying activities.

The National Clandestine Service (NCS) will oversee all human  
espionage operations - meaning spying by people rather than by  
technical means.

The move is the latest in the post-9/11 reforms of US intelligence  
agencies.

Analysts say the NCS restores some authority to the CIA after it lost  
overall control of US intelligence.

'Expression of confidence'

The chief of the new service will supervise the CIA's espionage  
operations and co-ordinate all overseas spying, including those of  
the FBI and the Pentagon.

The director of the new agency, whose identity will remain secret and  
is simply known as "Jose", will report directly to the head of the  
CIA, Porter Goss.

"This is another positive step in building an intelligence community  
that is more unified, co-ordinated and effective," National  
Intelligence Director John Negroponte said.

Setting up the NCS was one of more than 70 recommendations made by a  
commission on weapons of mass destruction in March, which was highly  
critical of the US' intelligence capabilities.

As part of reforms following the 11 September 2001 attacks, the CIA  
lost overall control of US intelligence to the newly created National  
Director of Intelligence.

Mr Goss said the new service represents "an expression of confidence  
in the CIA" from President George Bush and Mr Negroponte.

"No agency has greater skill and experience in this difficult,  
complex, and utterly vital discipline of intelligence," Mr Goss said.


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