In the latest shake-up of the US Intelligence Services the Bush Administration has announced the creation of the National Clandestine Service to be
responsible for all human spying activities (i.e. non electronic or technology based). The new agency is so secretive that the identity of the
director will remain a state secret.
news.bbc.co.uk
The National Clandestine Service (NCS) will oversee all human espionage operations - meaning spying by people rather than by technical means.
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.
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Clandestine?! Congratulations on your very own Secret Police!
This move follows the creation of the National Security Service (NSS) back in June:
Bush Approves Spy Agency Changes
By Dan Eggen and Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, June 30, 2005; Page A01
President Bush ordered another shake-up of the nation's intelligence services yesterday, forming
new national security divisions within both the
FBI and the Justice Department and, for the first time, putting a broad swath of the
FBI under the authority of the nation's spy chief.
Bush also ordered the creation of a
National Counter Proliferation Center, aimed at helping to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction
to terrorist groups and rogue states. In addition, a
separate executive order released yesterday allows the freezing of assets of individuals,
groups or companies allegedly involved in weapons proliferation, including eight specific organizations in Iran, North Korea and Syria.
In addition to the creation of the
Department of Homeland Security, the FBI previously created a
Directorate of Intelligence and has
expanded the number of agents, analysts and other staff members dedicated to counterterrorism and counterintelligence.
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So do Americans have enough spy agencies yet? The FBI and CIA were not enough?
Parts of the FBI now report to the Intelligence Tsar Negroponte (who was neck deep in the Iran-Contra scandal BTW -
Wiki Negroponte) and now we have a super secret organisation run by "Jose" who reports to
Porter Goss (sponsor of the Patriot Act -
Wiki Porter Goss).
I feel safer now that the US has their very own Secret Police don't you? Especially with people like John Negroponte, Porter Goss and Alberto
Gonzales in charge.
Jose is watching you...
.
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[edit on 10/19/2005 by Gools]