Director of the National Clandestine Service

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The Director of the National Clandestine Service is the senior CIA official responsible for overseeing the agency’s covert operations and human intelligence activities worldwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Intelligence Agency position
intelligence agency position
alsoKnownAs D/NCS
Director of the National Clandestine Service
surface form: Director, National Clandestine Service
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
appointedBy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
confersWith National Security Council staff on covert action
U.S. intelligence community leaders
country United States of America
employer Central Intelligence Agency
field covert operations
espionage
human intelligence
intelligence
hasAuthorityOver CIA case officers in the National Clandestine Service
CIA station chiefs abroad
headOf Central Intelligence Agency
surface form: National Clandestine Service
inception 2005
jurisdiction worldwide operations outside the United States
legalBasis U.S. National Security Act framework
presidential findings for covert action
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Langley, Virginia
parentOrganization Directorate of Operations
partOf Central Intelligence Agency
U.S. Intelligence Community leadership structure
positionHeldInOrganization Central Intelligence Agency
surface form: National Clandestine Service
replacedBy Director of the CIA Directorate of Operations
replaces Deputy Director for Operations
reportsTo Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
responsibleFor CIA covert operations worldwide
CIA human intelligence collection worldwide
coordination of U.S. human intelligence activities abroad
implementation of covert action programs authorized by the U.S. government
management of CIA clandestine officers
oversight of CIA espionage operations
scopeOfWork counterintelligence abroad
foreign intelligence collection
support to U.S. military and diplomatic operations overseas
subjectTo oversight by U.S. congressional intelligence committees
oversight by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
use classified tradecraft and clandestine methods
workLocation CIA Headquarters

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CIA Special Activities Division reportsTo Director of the National Clandestine Service
Director of the National Clandestine Service alsoKnownAs Director of the National Clandestine Service
this entity surface form: Director, National Clandestine Service