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| Agency overview | |
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| Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters |
| Employees | c. 500[1] |
| Agency executive | |
| Parent Agency | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| Website | www.dia.mil |
The Defense Clandestine Service (DCS) is an arm of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that conducts clandestine espionage, intelligence gathering activities and classified operations around the world to provide insights and answer national-level defense objectives for senior U.S. policymakers and American military leaders.[3] Staffed by civilian and military personnel, DCS is part of DIA's Directorate of Operations and works in conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Operations and the U.S. military's Joint Special Operations Command. DCS consists of about 500 clandestine operatives,[1] about as many case officers the CIA had in the early 2000s before its expansion.[4]
DCS is not a "new" intelligence agency but rather a consolidation, expansion and realignment of existing Defense HUMINT activities that have been carried out by DIA for decades under various names, most recently as the Defense Human Intelligence Service.[5]
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- ^ "DIA Leadership". dia.mil. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ Pellerin, Cheryl (15 August 2012). "Flynn: Integrated Intelligence System Provides Advantage". United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.
- ^ Greg Miller. "Military Wants Its Own Spies". Los Angeles Times, March 04, 2003
- ^ Eric Schmitt (April 23, 2012). "Defense Department Plans New Intelligence Gathering Service" Archived 2024-01-17 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times.