The Office of Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was established on January 23rd 1946 with Adm. Sidney Souers occupying the position. Until April 2005, the Director of the CIA served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), coordinating intelligence activities among and between the various United States intelligence agencies, also called the American Intelligence Community. ... The Intelligence Community of the United States is an organization of several executive branch agencies within the federal government that are responsible for foreign and domestic intelligence, military planning, and espionage. ...
After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent investigation by the 9/11 Commission a movement grew to reorganize the Intelligence Community. That movement prompted the creation of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, in whose purview was the job portfolio that had been performed previously by the Director of the CIA. The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up in late 2002 to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. ... The post of National Intelligence Director was created in the wake of the September 11th attacks to be in charge of 12-plus intelligence agencies. ...
On April 21, 2005 the Office of Director of Central Intelligence ceased to exist as it had been replaced by the DNI. CIA Director Porter Goss was the 19th and final CIA Director to serve in the position of DCI. Porter Goss Porter Johnston Goss (born November 26, 1938) is an American politician and the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency . ...
List of Directors of Central Intelligence (in chronological order)
The Office of Director of CentralIntelligence (DCI) was established on January 23rd 1946 with Adm. Sidney Souers occupying the position.
Until April 2005, the Director of the CIA served as the Director of CentralIntelligence (DCI), coordinating intelligence activities among and between the various United States intelligence agencies, also called the American Intelligence Community.
CIA Director Porter Goss was the 19th and final CIA Director to serve in the position of DCI.
The Deputy Director of the CentralIntelligence Agency (DD/CIA) assists the Director in his duties as head of the CIA and exercises the powers of the Director when the Director’s position is vacant or in the Director’s absence or disability.
The Office of the General Counsel[6]advises the Director of the CentralIntelligence Agency on all legal matters relating to his role as CIA director and is the principal source of legal counsel for the CIA.
The Office of Public Affairs[7] advises the Director of the CentralIntelligence Agency on all media, public policy, and employee communications issues relating to his role as CIA director and is the CIA’s principal communications focal point for the media, the general public and Agency employees.
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