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Directorate of Operations (CIA)

Directorate of Operations
Agency overview
Formed1951 (as Directorate of Plans)
MottoVeritatem Cognoscere (English: "To Know the Truth")
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Agency executives
Parent departmentCentral Intelligence Agency
Websitehttps://www.cia.gov/about/organization/#directorate-of-operations

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.[3]

The DO "serves as the clandestine arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the national authority for the coordination, de-confliction, and evaluation of clandestine operations across the Intelligence Community of the United States".[4]

  1. ^ Strobel, Warren P. "WSJ News Exclusive | CIA Names David Marlowe to Run Espionage Operations". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Central Intelligence Agency, Careers & Internships, Retrieved: July 9, 2015.
  3. ^ "Unclassified Version of March 6, 2015 Message to the Workforce from CIA Director John Brennan: Our Agency's Blueprint for the Future". Central Intelligence Agency. March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015.
  4. ^ "Mission of the National Clandestine Service". CIA Website. Archived from the original on June 12, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2011.

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