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For Immediate Release
March
15, 2001
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Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
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Counterintelligence
Board of Directors
On December 28,
2000, Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) - 75 was enacted
to improve the national counterintelligence organization
and capability of the United States. Under PDD-75, FBI Director
Louis J. Freeh serves as Chairman of the newly established
Counterintelligence (CI) Board of Directors. The CI Board
of Directors also includes the Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence (DCI), the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and
a Department of Justice official representing the Attorney
General. The central feature of PDD-75 is the establishment
of the Office of the Counterintelligence Executive which
will be headed by a national CI Executive. The CI Executive
will serve as the substantive leader of national level counterintelligence
in the United States and will be responsible and report
to the Counterintelligence Board of Directors.
Director Freeh
stated: "I am pleased to announce that senior FBI Special
Agent David W. Szady has been selected by the CI Board of
Directors, with the concurrence of the Attorney General,
the DCI, and the Secretary of Defense, to be the new CI
Executive." Mr. Szady, who currently serves as the
Special-Agent-in Charge of the FBI's Portland Field Office,
is a 28-year FBI veteran with 25 years of counterespionage
and counterintelligence investigative experience. Mr. Szady
has served as the Chief of the CIA's Counterintelligence
Center, Counterespionage Group, and has been assigned to
counterintelligence matters at FBIHQ and in the FBI's San
Francisco and Washington Field Offices. Director Freeh added:
"I, along with the other members of the CI Board of
Directors, believe that Mr. Szady's extensive counterespionage,
counterintelligence, and managerial experience makes him
the right candidate for this important and challenging assignment.
He is a widely respected member of the intelligence community
and has a track record of both leadership and accomplishment.
Mr. Szady, and his staff of the Office of the CI Executive,
will be well positioned to develop a national strategy for
the protection of the nation's most sensitive national security
information in coordination with the United States counterintelligence
community."
Additionally,
Director Freeh stated: "I wish to thank the White House
and Department of Justice for their continued approval and
support of this important counterintelligence initiative.
I also wish to thank the House Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
for their input, deliberations, and recommendations regarding
and unwavering support of this initiative. Early consultations
with these committees about improving the Nation's counterintelligence
effort was a major factor in the development of CI-21."
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