Director of Central Intelligence
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- noun
- Formal
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Director de Inteligencia Central
- At his confirmation hearing, Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey described economic intelligence as "the hottest topic" among current policy issues and announced that the Clinton administration was instituting a policy review of the subject.
- former Director of Central Intelligence
Examples
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Beside her was Marcus Cabot, Director of Central Intelligence, and Ryan's immediate boss.
Fiction book (1991) -
However, two weeks before his resignation as Director of Central Intelligence, David Petraeus attended an event with Paula Broadwell.
Blog text (8) -
Why would a highly decorated general officer, a national hero and Director of Central Intelligence, lie to Congress and the American people?
Blog text (8) -
I got an e-mail from a retired DDCI deputy director of Central Intelligence, a guy that I had the greatest respect for.
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He has been Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Energy, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and Director of Central Intelligence.
Academic text (1993) -
In 1995, President Bill Clinton appointed him Director of Central Intelligence (cabinet rank in the Clinton administration).
Blog text (29) -
Former Director of Central Intelligence Robert M. Gates came directly to the point when he told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that CIA agents were willing to spy for their government but not for General Motors.
Academic text (1994) -
In September, every living former director of Central Intelligence (except Robert Gates, the current defense secretary) signed a letter to President Obama asking him to halt the special-prosecutor proceedings for the sake of the future of the agency.
Academic text (2009) -
By John Deutch. John Deutch is Institute Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former U.S. Undersecretary of Energy, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Director of Central Intelligence.
Academic text (2011) -
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Bill Casey as Director of Central Intelligence.
Synonyms
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8.0
A person who led the US intelligence community and the CIA
How Senior
- Formal
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6.5
172
5.2
- Specialized
33
3.7
50
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
director + of + central + intelligence
The title is a straightforward composition: 'director' (head) + 'of' + 'central intelligence' (the intelligence organization/activities), so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it refers to the person heading the central intelligence service. This structural pattern (director of X / head of intelligence) is common across languages, making the meaning immediately accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Director of Central Intelligence began after World War II when the United States chose one person 'in charge' of all spy work. The words director (a leader), central (over the whole) and intelligence (secret information from spies) create the image of one leader watching every spy group, so the title meant 'the top United States intelligence official'.