US National Clandestine Service created 10/13/05 WTF?

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By David Morgan
Reuters
Thursday, October 13, 2005; 6:25 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte on Thursday put the CIA in charge of all traditional U.S. spying operations overseas, including those of the FBI and the Pentagon, in a move seen to restore some of the beleaguered agency's stature.

The CIA will lead a new National Clandestine Service, or NCS, which will be headed by undercover intelligence officer who has led the CIA's Directorate of Operations up to now.

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The NCS incorporates the CIA's Directorate of Operations, which runs the agency's existing clandestine, covert and paramilitary operations around the world.

But the NCS also is intended to be a national authority for the integration and coordination of human intelligence operations by the CIA, the FBI, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the intelligence units of individual military services.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101300828.html

Did I miss a meeting or something? Has this been on the teevee news?
I can't help but wonder if this isn't somehow related to Plamegate. Now any CIA info could potentially be "unconfirmable" under this new agency.

So the CIA, the FBI, and the NIA will all be coordinated through the NCS, the director of which is "undercover."

I think we are FUBAR.

[texpatriot2004]

1. I have NOT seen it on television news. I saw it here earlier. What

does it mean?

[AlCzervik]

2. All our spies are belong to Goss.

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3. I've no idea. Newsworthy when Bush arbitrarily creates a whole new.....

...uber Spy agency.


:shrug:

[texpatriot2004]

4. I think it's newsworthy. What's up with this? nm