CIA/Directorate of Operations

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PredecessorCIA Directorate of Plans
Formation1 March 1973
Parent organizationCIA
LeaderCIA/Deputy Director of Operations
Typeintelligence agency
Subgroups• “Counterterrorism Center”
• Operation 40
• Special Activities Division
• CIA Near East and South Asia Division
InterestsCovert Action
CIA directorate

The Directorate of Operations (DO) is the clandestine arm of the Central Intelligence Agency[1], it's core mission is to: "strengthen national security and foreign policy objectives through the clandestine collection of human intelligence (HUMINT) and Covert Action."[2]

Name changes

The office has been renamed, or was merged with other, newly created offices several times over the years. It was known as the Directorate of Plans from 1951 to 1973; as the Directorate of Operations from 1973 to 2005; and as the National Clandestine Service from 2005 to 2015.[3] From 2015, it was renamed back to Directorate of Operations[4]

People

Deputy Director for Operations

Structure


 

Employee on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedEnd
Chad SweetInvolved in clandestine operations19911993
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