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CIA deputy forced out in intelligence shake-up ISN SECURITY WATCH (29/12/04) - The CIA suffered another blow yesterday, when its deputy director for intelligence decided to step down, as a part of the Bush administration's effort to shake up the elite espionage outfit. The New York Times reported on its website that Jami Miscik had been forced out and would be the first major change within the directorate of intelligence under CIA director Porter Goss. "I can confirm that she did notify her workforce yesterday that she's leaving that position," the newspaper quoted an official of the agency as saying. Miscik's departure is the latest in a series of high-level ousters that have prompted unease within the CIA since Goss took over as director of central intelligence in September. At least half a dozen officials who worked as top deputies to Goss's predecessor, George Tenet, have been fired or have retired abruptly, including the agency's No. 2 and No. 3 officials. Much of the top tier of the agency's clandestine service has also gone, the newspaper said. The top two officials at the CIA's clandestine unit resigned in November. Goss took over in September with a mandate to reform the agency, which has been under fire for intelligence failures related to the 11 September 2001 attacks and flawed prewar reports about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Citing a former intelligence official, The New York Times said Miscik had been told before Christmas that Goss wanted to make a change and that "the decision to depart was not hers". The CIA had no immediate comment. Miscik had headed the CIA's analytical branch since 2002, the newspaper said. The unit was responsible for making important judgments about events around the world and prepares a highly classified brief for the president each morning, the newspaper said. The changes at the CIA have come as the agency is preparing for a wider reorganization endorsed by Congress and the White House that will strip it of its leading status among the country's intelligence agencies. Under legislation signed into law this month, the chief of the CIA will no longer oversee all 15 of the country's intelligence organizations, which include operations in the Pentagon, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA), the newspaper reported ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
