National Clandestine Service
The National Clandestine Service (NCS) is the clandestine arm of the Central Intelligence Agency and coordinates clandestine operations across the US Intelligence Community.[1]
The NCS was created on 13 October 2005. Its role was previously played by the Directorate of Plans from 1952 to 1973, and by the Directorate of Operations from 1973 to 2005.[2]
People
Directors
- Jose Rodriguez 2005-2007[3]
- Michael Sulick 2007-[4]2010
- John D. Bennett 2010-
- Un-named former Islamabad station chief 2013-.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Clandestine Service, CIA, accessed 15 March 2010.
- ↑ CIA Celebrates 60 Years, CIA, 15 March 2010.
- ↑ CIA Director's Statement on the Upcoming Retirement of the NCS Director, CIA, 8 August 2007.
- ↑ Director's Statement on New NCS Director, CIA, 14 September 2007.
- ↑ Mark Mazzetti, New Head of C.I.A.’s Clandestine Service Is Picked, as Acting Chief Is Passed Over, New York Times, 23 June 2013.
