FILE 014 - A Conversation with CIA's Spymaster in Chief

From glittering capitals to active warzones, CIA operations
officers work across the world to uncover the information needed
to keep Americans safe -- and ultimately, they’re all overseen by
the Agency’s Deputy Director for Operations at CIA Headquarters.
It’s a position traditionally shrouded in secrecy, but on this
premiere of The Langley Files Season 3, Dee and Walter sit down
with the CIA official who recently assumed that mantle, a veteran
CIA operations officer who played a central role in CIA’s efforts
to help Ukraine defend itself as Russia’s full-scale invasion
commenced. In his first-ever public remarks, you’ll learn what
CIA operations officers actually do, what the Agency is looking
for in its next generation of them, and why human intelligence
remains vital in the era of AI—all straight from the
spymaster-in-chief of the world’s premiere foreign intelligence
organization.



Look Inside FILE 014: 
Want to dive deeper into today’s episode? Here's a look into more
of Langley's (unclassified) files:


Want to become one of the CIA operations officers gathering
intelligence across the globe to keep Americans and others around
the world safe? Follow in Tom’s footsteps and apply here. 


Interested in the other high-impact Directorate of Operations
roles Tom mentioned? Check out the Collection Management Officer,
Targeting Officer, Staff Operations Officer, Directorate of
Operations Language Officer positions.


 


Read an overview of CIA’s Directorate of Operations, which
conducts human intelligence (or HUMINT) operations and—as
directed by the President—covert action, here.



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