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2023-07-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Leading the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency may be a job no one wants – but it's an important one

[Gov't Executive] A critical role in the national security community will soon become open. Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency William Lietzau announced his plans to retire in an email announcement to staff on July 19. Lietzau says the departure will not be abrupt but hopes to give the agency adequate time to find a replacement before he makes his retirement from federal service.

It’s unclear who the next director of DCSA will be, but the DOD will likely carefully consider the right selection for the role given the current climate around security clearance process reforms in the wake of Airman Jack Teixeira’s alleged leaks of classified information, and the recent release of results of a 45-day review of the security clearance process.

The review includes a push for better training for the cleared workforce and a Joint Insider Threat Taskforce. Recommendations called for several other joint initiatives with the undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and DCSA. Those changes and initiatives come as the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) comes on board — the importance of NBIS to the personnel vetting program can’t be overstated and will have a significant impact on both DOD and the more than 100 federal agencies who use DCSA to conduct their background investigations.

Taking the helm of the nation’s largest security organization at a time of persistent threats coming from both internal and external actors may be a job no one wants — but it’s an important one. The right skills for the job include equal parts cat herder and train conductor, blending the personnel security, physical security, and technological advancement needed for a modern security agency. Overhauling technology and maintaining the workforce have been key muscle movements of Lietzau’s tenure — and will remain so in the months to come.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-21 08:35|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Notice that the leak of the entire OPM database to China from ten years ago is still unresolved.

Is the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency doing anything at all, and if not, what's the point of going in to work?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2023-07-21 12:09|| 2023-07-21 12:09|| Front Page Top

#2 If they're not going to be allowed to arrest obvious double agents like Daszak or Fauci, never mind the people who did the OPM database "oops we wuz hacked!" fiasco from ten years ago, what's the point of having one of these agencies?

What's the point of continuing with the United States and pretending it's a country?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2023-07-21 12:10|| 2023-07-21 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Who wants to be the controlled opposition? Prospects for advancement and graft are pretty slim.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-07-21 12:38|| 2023-07-21 12:38|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 I've noticed certain quarters of our ruling caste of stopped pretending. They refer to "...their precious democracy" whatever the hell that is, but I hear nothing from them on the USA unless to say how racist it is.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-07-21 12:40|| 2023-07-21 12:40|| Front Page Top

#5 What are the hours? I’m sick of working at DQ anyway?

Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-21 19:03|| 2023-07-21 19:03|| Front Page Top

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