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Excerpt from D/CIA Statement to Senate Intel Committee
Statement for the Record
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
General Michael V. Hayden
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
(as prepared for delivery)
January 11, 2007
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Counterterrorism
Waging
a global, high-stakes war against al-Qa'ida and other terrorists that
threaten the United States remains a fundamental part of CIA's mission.
We work on our own, with other US Government agencies, and with foreign
liaison partners to target terrorist leaders and cells, disrupt their
plots, sever their financial and logistical links, and roil their
safehavens.
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CIA's
war on terror is coordinated and run from our Counterterrorism Center,
or CTC, and carried out for the most part from our stations and bases
overseas. CTC has both operational and analytic components, and the
fusion of these two is key to success. CTC, moreover, works closely
with the National Counterterrorism Center to assure protection of the
homeland.
CIA's
collection on terrorist targets—particularly human intelligence—has
been steadily improving in both quantity and quality since 9/11.
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Access
to information is a primary factor in an informant's value to us, and
penetrating secretive terrorist organizations is among our greatest
challenges.
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We
have made significant strides in this regard—though I am extremely
concerned about the damage done by rampant leaks in recent years.
Besides setting back our efforts, leaks can and have led to grave
consequences for our assets.
Terrorist
plots and groups are not broken by single reports or sources, and no
detainee knows everything about the compartmented activities of a
group. Painstaking, all-source analysis is crucial to supporting and
driving operations. The work of CTC has been crucial to identifying and
targeting terrorists, vetting assets, and supporting overseas work.
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