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Posted: 05:44 PM EST Wednesday, February 27, 2002.
Bush to Nominate Helgerson CIA Inspector General
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush intends to nominate John Helgerson to
the post of CIA inspector general, a position that conducts investigations
of possible internal wrongdoing at the U.S. spy agency, the White House said
on Wednesday.
If confirmed by the Senate, Helgerson would fill the vacancy left by former
CIA Inspector General Britt Snider, who retired in January 2001 and this
month was appointed to lead a congressional investigation into intelligence
failures surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks on America.
While inspector general, Snider conducted reviews into the CIA's handling of
the computer-misuse scandal involving former CIA Director John Deutch, who
placed classified material onto non-secure home computers, and into the CIA
picking a target for the NATO bombing campaign on Yugoslavia that mistakenly
turned out to be the Chinese Embassy.
The CIA inspector general also conducts inspections of different components
of the spy agency to identify strengths and shortcomings, as well as
financial audits.
Helgerson, 58, had a lengthy tenure with the CIA, joining in 1971 and
serving from 1989 to 1993 as its deputy director for intelligence, which is
the head of the spy agency's analytical department.
Helgerson currently is chairman of the National Intelligence Council, which
operates like a government think tank for intelligence issues, producing
classified assessments on topics ranging from missile threats to terrorism.
He joined the National Intelligence Council in August from the post of
deputy director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
``John's breadth and depth of experience at CIA and throughout the
intelligence community -- as well as his sense of fairness and his absolute
integrity -- make him eminently qualified for this demanding and
extraordinarily important position,'' CIA Director George Tenet said in a
statement.
Copyright © 2002 Reuters Limited.
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