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CIA set to move unit to
Denver
By Dana Priest
The Washington Post
Washington - The CIA has
plans to relocate the headquarters of its
domestic division, which is responsible
for operations and recruitment in the
United States, from the CIA's Langley,
Va., headquarters to Denver, a move
designed to promote innovation, according
to U.S. intelligence and law enforcement
officials.
About $20 million has been
tentatively budgeted to relocate
employees of the CIA's National Resources
Division, officials said. A U.S.
intelligence official said the planned
move, confirmed by three other government
officials, was being undertaken "for
operational reasons."
A CIA spokesman declined to
comment. Other current and former
intelligence officials said the Denver
relocation reflects the desire of CIA
Director Porter Goss to develop new ways
to operate undercover, including setting
up more front corporations and working
more closely with established
international companies.
Associates of Goss said
Thursday that the move also was in
keeping with his desire to stop the
growth of CIA headquarters and
headquarters- based group-think,
something he criticized frequently when
he was chairman of the House intelligence
committee.
Other CIA veterans said such
a relocation would make no sense, given
Denver's distance from major corporate
centers.
"Why would you go so
far away?" one asked. "They
will get disconnected."
The main function of the
domestic division, which has stations in
many major U.S. cities, is to conduct
voluntary debriefings of U.S. citizens
who travel overseas for work or to visit
relatives, and to recruit foreign
students, diplomats and businesspeople to
become CIA assets when they return to
their countries.
It was unclear how many CIA
employees would relocate to Denver under
the plan.
Spokespeople for U.S. Sens.
Wayne Allard, R-Colo., and Ken Salazar,
D-Colo., said they had not heard of the
CIA's plans. State House Speaker Andrew
Romanoff, D-Denver, said state leaders
have worked hard to bring more jobs to
Colorado, but "we just never thought
to ask the CIA."
"I've always thought
that Colorado is the center of
intelligence," Romanoff said.
"I'm glad the feds finally realized
the same."
Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer said
he had heard that a branch of the CIA was
moving to the region, but he had no
information about where it would be
located or which division would move
here.
"I think it's
fabulous," Tauer said. "It
would be great for the entire region. It
would bring quality jobs and the
contractors and businesses that come with
them."
Denver Mayor John
Hickenlooper was out of town and couldn't
be reached for comment. Gov. Bill Owens
declined to comment on the report.
Although collecting
information on U.S. citizens under
suspicion
for terrorist links is primarily an FBI
function, the CIA also may collect
information on citizens under limited
circumstances, according to a 1981
executive order. The exact guidelines for
those operations are spelled out in a
classified document signed by the CIA
director and approved by the U.S.
attorney general.
It is unclear how a move to Denver would
increase the effectiveness of the
domestic division's operations, said
several former intelligence officials.
Colorado has become a major
intelligence hub since the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks.
Aurora is home to the
little- known Aerospace Data Facility.
Located at Buckley Air Force Base, it has
become the major U.S.-based technical
downlink for intelligence satellites
operated by the military, the National
Security Agency and the National
Reconnaissance Office, according to
military and government documents
obtained by William Arkin, author of
"Code Names," a book about
secret military plans and programs.
About 70 miles south of
Denver, the U.S. Northern Command, based
at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado
Springs, is tasked with homeland defense
and has been increasing its domestic
intelligence work.
It's not known if the CIA's
Denver plans are linked to the presence
of either facility.
The Denver move, which is
tentatively scheduled for next year but
has not been finalized, coincides with
several other developments related to the
CIA's domestic intelligence work.
Last week, the CIA and FBI
agreed to a new "memorandum of
understanding" on domestic and
foreign operations, the first change in
decades. The negotiations surrounding the
memo were contentious, with the FBI
saying that it should control and approve
the CIA's domestic activities.
But the FBI is having
significant problems developing its own
domestic intelligence branch, and the CIA
is generally viewed across the
intelligence community as more
experienced and skilled at handling
foreign informants.
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