FC: CIA exec will head new Terrorist Threat Integration Center

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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CIA executive will head new terrorist intelligence center
By Shane Harris

A career CIA terrorism analyst with a background in Middle Eastern affairs 
will head the government's new terrorist intelligence center, the White 
House announced Tuesday.

John Brennan, the current CIA deputy executive director, will take over as 
director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center on May 1, when it 
begins operations. CIA Director George Tenet handpicked Brennan, whom he 
described in a statement as "an extraordinarily talented and innovative 
officer."

The new center fuses the FBI's counterterrorism division with the CIA's 
counterterrorism center. By placing those units under one roof, the 
administration intends to create a "hub" for all terrorist intelligence 
analysis in the government. The center is a response to critics who say law 
enforcement and intelligence agencies have done a poor job understanding 
the activities and events that lead up to terrorist attacks like those of 
Sept. 11, 2001, or assaults on U.S. targets abroad.

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0303/031103h1.htm




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