The CIA’s Directorate of Operations (DO) is the service responsible for gathering human-source intelligence around the world. It does this primarily by recruiting HUMINT sources and by collaborating with host-country intelligence services and police services. The DO is also the CIA directorate responsible for over-seas covert action. DO sources and operations are among the most sensitive information in the intelligence community, and the DO is notoriously reluctant to share information — even within the CIA. Information comes directly to the DO headquarters from field offices, and DO personnel prepare a report about that information. Raw products that would identify a human source never leave the DO, and typically only the most senior CIA analysts see the DO report. To the extent informati
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