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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Yes -- Ex-Official Returns to Key Post at the C.I.A.

From The New York Times:

Michael J. Sulick, a longtime operations officer of the Central Intelligence Agency who angrily retired in 2004, is returning to lead the agency’s clandestine service, the agency announced on Friday.

Mr. Sulick, 59, has had a storied career at the agency, working in Japan, Peru, Poland and Russia over more than 20 years. In 2004, he rose to the second-highest position in the clandestine service, but chose to retire three months into the job after repeated clashes with the staff of the director at the time, Porter J. Goss.

Mr. Sulick’s return is another prominent move by the current director, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, to fill the top ranks with officials who left under Mr. Goss.

In his new position, Mr. Sulick will have a role that extends beyond the agency to include broad oversight of human intelligence operations in other agencies, including the military and the Defense Intelligence Agency.

His direct responsibility is to head the agency directorate that includes most of its covert officers and foreign posts. The directorate’s primary challenge in recent years has been to disrupt suspected terrorist operations.

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