Seal of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

The Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Center (DCHC) is a component of the

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Defense Intelligence Agency The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense and military intelligence. A component of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the ...

. It is mandated to manage, develop and execute

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counterintelligence Counterintelligence is an activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting activities to prevent espionage, sabotage, assassinations or ...

and

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activities worldwide; it's also responsible for oversight for training, doctrine, policy,

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, planning and

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. The DCHC absorbed many functions and authorities of the

Counterintelligence Field Activity Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA) was a United States Department of Defense (DoD) agency whose size and budget were classified. The CIFA was created by a directive (Number 5105.67) from the Secretary of Defense, then Donald Rumsfeld, on Febr ...

and the

Strategic Support Branch The Strategic Support Branch (SSB) was a United States intelligence organization created by the Department of Defense (DoD) with support from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The SSB's mission was to ...

, which were disestablished simultaneously with the DCHC's establishment. Despite the counterintelligence component of its work, the center has no

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authority. In 2012, Defense Secretary

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and Director of National Intelligence

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announced the creation of the

Defense Clandestine Service The Defense Clandestine Service (DCS) is an arm of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which conducts clandestine espionage, intelligence gathering activities and classified operations around the world to provide insights and answer national-l ...

. This has been seen as an upgrading and rebranding of DIA's current HUMINT capabilities.

References

External links

Official DIA official siteMemorandum establishing the DCHC
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