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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Background “Gen. Michael V. Hayden isn’t the first active-duty military officer tapped to lead the CIA - he is in fact the fifth - but many intelligence experts and officers have bemoaned the idea of a general leading the agency at a time when the Pentagon is expanding its ability to engage in global spying and man-hunting, traditional realms of the CIA. Despite such qualms, intelligence specialists say Hayden’s appointment may turn out to be a clever move by intelligence czar John D. Negroponte to help him assert authority over Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his burgeoning intelligence bureaucracy. Negroponte, who by law oversees all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, has expressed frustration that he has not made more progress in managing the agencies under the Defense Department’s jurisdiction. […] The CIA establishment views the encroachment of the Pentagon into such sensitive areas as covert operations and human intelligence as a misguided effort that does not recognize the inherent difficulties in understanding, much less penetrating, terrorist networks. […]” Excerpt of a Washington Post article from May 9^th, 2006.	Current CIA chief: Michael Hayden
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Photo Credits Background 1) General Michael V. Hayden - June 2006 - U.S. Air Force;
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