Trumps pick to head cia did not oversee propublica. Nomination of gina haspel to be the director of the. Former cia official takes aim at politicians cnnpolitics. Director, national security agency deputy director of central intelligence director of the national foreign assessment center.
She is the first woman to hold the post on a permanent basis 1 and was previously the deputy director under mike pompeo during the early presidency of donald trump. John owen brennan born september 22, 1955 is a former american intelligence officer who served as the director of the central intelligence agency cia from march 20 to january 2017. No deputy director for remainder of hillenkoetters term. The cia, formally created in 1947, is the principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the u. Nprs ailsa chang speaks with john mclaughlin, former cia deputy director, about the briefing book he coauthored and distributed to all. However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us. This is a list of directors and their dates in office. The office of public affairs opa is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the central intelligence agency cia. Prior to assuming that role, she was the deputy director of the national geospatialintelligence agency nga, having assumed the position on january 1, 2015. Because this book is now out of print, this portable document file pdf. Dci announces departure of jack downing, cia, 7 may 1999. Psychology of intelligence analysis central intelligence agency. Former cia deputy director michael morell takes aim at those whom he accuses of politicizing the efforts of intelligence services in his new book. Former cia deputy director explains why 2020 briefing.
Director of the central intelligence agency dcia serves as the head of the central intelligence agency, which is part of the united states intelligence community. This organization was to include a partially unified department of defense and a national security council nsc, chaired by the president. Deputy director of the central intelligence agency wikipedia. Cia deputy director desmond fitzgerald, said his perfect spy would be a harvard phd who could handle himself in a bar fight. Psychology of intelligence analysis international association of. Title memorandum to the chief of the powmia division of the dia from the deputy director for operations in the cia. Before joining the nga, she served as director of the cia. The books and cables redacted the name of the official, as is routinely done in.
Under current law, the deputy director is appointed by the president and is not required to be confirmed by the united states senate. Cia headquarters when the director spoke of their hero. The director of the central intelligence agency d cia is a statutory office 50 u. The cia is headed by a director and deputy director, only one of whom may be a military officer. Associate deputy director of digital innovation, the cia. Michael vincent hayden born march 17, 1945 is a retired united states air force fourstar general and former director of the national security agency, principal deputy director of national intelligence, and director of the central intelligence agency. After the war he joined the newly created central intelligence agency cia. The dd cia assists the director of the central intelligence agency d cia and is authorized to exercise the powers of the d cia when the directors position is vacant or in the directors absence or disability. Director of central intelligence dci richard helms established the office in july 1967 to bring together almost all the analysts in the directorate of intelligence di responsible for military intelligence. Enclosed are a chronology of cias senior management structure since the beginning of the agency and a separate list of those individuals along with biographic data who were appointed to senior agency management positions and who did not possess substantial intelligencerelated experience prior to attaining those positions.
Deputy director for cost assessment and deputy director for. His last major position was as the deputy director of central intelligence, a post he held from february 12, 1981 to june 10, 1982. Gordon served as principal deputy director of national intelligence in the office of the director of national intelligence dni until august 15, 2019. Organizational structure of the central intelligence agency. The current cia director is mike pompeo, a former fourterm congressman from kansas and ceo of an aerospace firm. Before and during the vietnam war, colby served as chief of. Nndb has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references.
Hayden currently cochairs the bipartisan policy centers electric grid cyber security initiative. He currently serves as a senior fellow and distinguished practitionerinresidence at the philip merrill center for strategic studies at the paul h. Former cia deputy director explains why 2020 briefing book was. The central intelligence agency cia is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal. The office of public affairs advises the director of the central intelligence agency on all media, public policy, and employee communications issues relating to his role as cia director and is the cias principal communications focal point for the media, the general public and agency employees. Deputy executive secretary patricia lacina 7224 2026475301 deputy executive secretary harry kamian 7224 2026475301 executive secretariat staff sess director karin lang 7241 2026479935 deputy director for records and staffing division clarence n. Trumps pick to head cia did not oversee waterboarding of abu zubaydah. John edward mclaughlin born june 15, 1942 is the former deputy director of central intelligence and former acting director of central intelligence. Propublica erred when it reported in 2017 that gina haspel was in charge of a. He joins more than two dozen other top fbi and department of justice doj officials who have been fired, demoted, or resigned in the wake of investigations of the 2016 presidential electionin. They may be accessed by the bibliography tab at the top of most pages, or via the related topics box in the sidebar. The director is nominated by the president, with the concurring or nonconcurring. Paul johnson, director, center for the study of intelligence woodrow kuhns, deputy director, center for the study of intelligence douglas maceachin, staff member, national commission on terrorist attacks upon the united states 911 commission.
She is the first woman to hold the post on a permanent basis 1 and was previously the deputy director. Director of the central intelligence agency simple. Marks, a former officer of the united states department of state. Manuscriptmixed material memorandum to the chief of the powmia division of the dia from the deputy director for operations in the cia. Directors and deputy directors of the central intelligence. We read every letter, fax, or email we receive, and we will convey your comments to cia officials outside opa as appropriate. Memorandum to the chief of the powmia division of the dia. Deputy executive secretary karen l enstrom 7224 2026475302 deputy executive secretary n thatcher scharpf 7224 2026475302 executive secretariat staff sess director cherrie daniels 7241 2026479935 deputy director for records and staffing division clarence n. Official washington hails robert gates as one of its wise men and the former cia director and defense secretary clearly concurs as he shows in his new book but the reality is far less. Deputy director of central intelligence the ddci representing cia to. The director is assisted by the deputy director of the central intelligence agency. Mark mazzetti, a storied operative returns to the c. The music podcast from two best buds think millennial artist spotlight hosted by brandon. While simultaneously acting as the nsa director and the cia deputy director in early 1981, he modernized the collection process by setting up a joint facility in college park.
Excerpts of remarks by the cia director at ceremony for the ncs director, cia, 28 august 2007. The ddcia assists the director in her duties as head of the cia and exercises the powers of the director when the director s position is vacant or in the director. The cias fight against terrorismfrom al qaida to isis morell, michael, harlow, bill on. Department of the army protocol precedence list army protocol directorate office of the chief of staff 204 army pentagon. The cias fight against terrorismfrom al qaida to isis. Associate deputy director of digital innovation, the cia sean p. Central intelligence agency directorate of science. President barack obama, with the title deputy national security advisor for homeland security and counterterrorism, and assistant to the president.
The explosions at pearl harbor still echoed in washington when president. The director is a civilian or a general or flag officer of the armed forces1 nominated by the president, with the concurring or nonconcurring recommendation from the director of national intelligence,2 and must be confirmed by a majority vote of the senate. In march 2015 he was named associate deputy director of cia for digital innovation serving as the secondincommand. The deputy director of the central intelligence agency ddcia is a statutory office 50 u. Rather than assigning the directorship of the nro to the cias deputy director for plans ddp, the ddp and the under secretary of the air force joseph charyk were made codirectors. President second edition central intelligence agency. The decision to establish the cia reflected the united statess experience during world war ii with the oss and a postwar desire to create a central organization for defense. Nitze school of advanced international studies sais of the johns hopkins university.
Deputy director of the central intelligence agency the deputy directory of the central intelligence agency is vaughn f. Heshe reports to the director of national intelligence dni the director is assisted by the deputy director of the central intelligence agency. Roche is a senior government executive with more than 37 years of federal service. Cias use of journalists and clergy in intelligence operations select. After seeing former cia deputy director and author michael morell speak on a news show i sought out his book though with some reservations. In addition, no specific responsibilities were assigned to either the air force or the cia, leaving that to be worked out by bissell and charyk or their. Current deputy director gina haspel is a careerlong intelligence officer. William egan colby january 4, 1920 april 27, 1996 was an american intelligence officer who served as director of central intelligence dci from september 1973 to january 1976 during world war ii colby served with the office of strategic services. Cia deputy director for operations announces retirement, cia, 4 june 2004. Pg sigint satellites nautilus institute for security and. The history book club american democracy government. Director of the central intelligence agency wikipedia.