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The Directorate of Operations (DO), less formally called the Clandestine Service, [2] is a component of the US Central Intelligence Agency. [2] It was known as the Directorate of Plans from 1951 to 1973; as the Directorate of Operations from 1973 to 2004; and as the National Clandestine Service (NCS) from 2004 to 2015.
Jose A. Rodriguez Jr. (born October 21, 1948) is an American former intelligence officer who served as director of the National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was the final CIA deputy director for operations (DDO) before that position was expanded to D/NCS in December 2004.
The Defense Clandestine Service (DCS) is an arm of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that conducts clandestine espionage, intelligence gathering activities and classified operations around the world to provide insights and answer national-level defense objectives for senior U.S. policymakers and American military leaders. [3]
The deputy director of the CIA for operations is a senior United States government official in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who serves as head of the Directorate of Operations. The position was established December 1, 1950 and from January 4, 1951, until March 1, 1973, it was known as Deputy Director of Plans (DDP).
Michael J. Sulick (born 1948) is an American intelligence officer who served as Director of the U.S. National Clandestine Service from 2007 to 2010.. Sulick, who grew up in the Bronx, studied Russian language and literature at Fordham University and later earned his Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Gregory W. Vogle (born 1958) is an American intelligence officer who served as the Director of the National Clandestine Service from January 29, 2015, until August 2017. [2] [3] [4] He is a recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Cross, the nation's highest intelligence award for valor, often described as a Medal of Honor equivalent, for his actions to defend Afghan President Hamid Karzai ...
Samuel Corum/Getty (2) U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. gets into a heated exchange with Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) while testifying before the House Task Force on the Attempted ...
The Directorate of Operations (formerly the National Clandestine Service) is responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, mainly from clandestine HUMINT sources, and covert action. The name reflects its role as the coordinator of human intelligence activities among other elements of the wider U.S. intelligence community with their own ...