NEWS RELEASE
Establishment of the National Clandestine Service (NCS)
October 13, 2005
ODNI News Release No. 3-05
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.
"I am confident that with the creation of the NCS, the U.S.
Government will have a more cohesive and truly national human intelligence
capability," said John D. Negroponte, Director of National
Intelligence.
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.
"This is another positive step in building an Intelligence
Community that is more unified, coordinated, and effective, and
is better positioned to meet the increasingly complex intelligence
challenges of the future," Negroponte said.
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.
