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On December 31, 1948, the CIA formed the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) by merging the Scientific Branch in the Office of Reports and Estimates with the Nuclear Energy Group of the Office of Special Operations. [2] In 1962, the CIA formed the Deputy Directorate of Research (DDR), headed by Herbert Scoville. Under it was the newly ...
The CIA would see some success with its "Scorpion" paramilitary teams composed of CIA Special Activities Division paramilitary officers, along with friendly Iraqi partisans. CIA SAD officers would also help the US 10th Special Forces. [217] [221] [222] The occupation of Iraq would be a low point in the history of the CIA. At the largest CIA ...
By 1994 spending for the non-military National Intelligence Program (NIP) had declined to $43.4 billion. Fiscal 2013 intelligence spending exceeded the Cold War peak, at $52.6 billion for NIP in the black budget and $23 billion for military intelligence programs. In constant dollars it is about double the estimated 2001 budget and 25% greater ...
The CIA board is made up of five distinct entitles called Directorates. [4] The CIA is overseen by the Director of Central Intelligence. Under the Director of Central Intelligence is the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. [5] Under this the CIA is divided into four directorates. These directorates are as follows: [6]
The Special Activities Center (SAC) is a division of the United States Central Intelligence Agency responsible for covert and paramilitary operations. The unit was named Special Activities Division (SAD) prior to 2015. [1]
Silcock (and sillcock), same as "spigot", referring to a "cock" (as in stopcock and petcock) that penetrates a foundation sill. Bib ( bibcock , and hose bib or hosebibb ), usually a freeze-resistant version of a "spigot".
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.
Before its current name, the CIA headquarters was formally unnamed. [3] On April 26, 1999, [4] the complex was officially named in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 for George H. W. Bush, [2] who had served as the Director of Central Intelligence for 357 days (between January 30, 1976, and January 20, 1977) and later as the 41st president of the United States.