Counterintelligence Mission Center (CIMC) is the component of the
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...
with primary responsibility for
counter-intelligence
Counterintelligence (counter-intelligence) or counterespionage (counter-espionage) is any activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting ac ...
operations. From 1953 to 1988 it was known as the ''Counterintelligence Staff'' and operated within the
Directorate of Plans; in 1988 it was succeeded by the ''Counterintelligence Center''. The Counterintelligence Center was transformed into the Counterintelligence Mission Center in 2015.
Heads of CIA Counterintelligence include
James Jesus Angleton
James Jesus Angleton (December 9, 1917 – May 11, 1987) was an American CIA officer who served as chief of the counterintelligence department of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1954 to 1975. According to Director of Central Intelligence ...
(from foundation until 1974),
George Kalaris (1974 to 1977), B Hugh Tovar (1977-1978), David Blee (1978-1985) and
Gardner Hathaway
Gardner Rugg "Gus" Hathaway (March 13, 1925 – November 20, 2013) was from 1985 to 1990 chief of the CIA's Counterintelligence Staff and its Counterintelligence Center successor.
Background
Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1925, Hathaway grew u ...
(1985 to 1990).
See also
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X-2 Counter Espionage Branch The head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), William Donovan, created the X-2 Counter Espionage Branch in 1943 to provide liaison with and assist the British in its exploitation of the Ultra program's intelligence during World War II. A few ...
References
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Central Intelligence Agency
Counterintelligence agencies