National Clandestine Service/Director
 National Clandestine Service/Director  | |
|---|---|
| Start | 13 October 2005 |
| Leader of | CIA/Directorate of Operations |
| Leader of the CIA/Directorate of Operations. | |
Going back 50 years, the agency’s practice was to publicly identify and praise most of Archibald’s predecessors. Why? Paradoxically, it’s a job that requires a certain degree of public exposure. The spy chief’s duties require him to visit regularly with the FBI, NSA and the dozen other branches of the U.S. intelligence community, to testify to congressional oversight committees and to meet with his foreign counterparts, either here or in some of the world’s most dangerous neighborhoods. Nearly two dozen of his predecessors have been known to the public. It’s too bad they’re going all black-cloak with Archibald, because after the bumpy tenures of the past few people in that job, the agency could benefit from letting people know that it has a “quiet professional” at the helm, as one former colleague put it, a figure of continuity at an agency that has changed CIA directors six times since 2003.[1]
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Sulick | 2007 | 2010 |
| David Cohen | 1995 | 1997 |
| Thomas A. Twetten | 1 January 1991 | 1993 |
| John H. Stein | 14 July 1981 | 1 July 1984 |
| William Colby | 2 March 1973 | 24 August 1973 |
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIA/Deputy Director for Operations | “Going back 50 years, the agency's practice was to publicly identify and praise most of Archibald's predecessors. Why? Paradoxically, it’s a job that requires a certain degree of public exposure. The spy chief's duties require him to visit regularly with the FBI, NSA and the dozen other branches of the U.S. intelligence community, to testify to congressional oversight committees and to meet with his foreign counterparts, either here or in some of the world’s most dangerous neighborhoods. Nearly two dozen of his predecessors have been known to the public. It’s too bad they’re going all black-cloak with Archibald, because after the bumpy tenures of the past few people in that job, the agency could benefit from letting people know that it has a "quiet professional" at the helm, as one former colleague put it, a figure of continuity at an agency that has changed CIA directors six times since 2003.” | Jeff Stein Newsweek | 2013 |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:1975 WUBRINY Memo | memo | 29 November 1975 | FBI Gale Allen | A 1975 memo from before George H. W. Bush was made DCI that reveals years of involvement in CIA operations. |
