In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001 , a report by the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11 , 2001 , conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence , and the report released by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States , identified serious shortcomings in the Intelligence Community 's HUMINT capabilities , ranging from the lack of qualified linguists to the lack of Community-wide information sharing . These efforts resulted in the passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act in 2004 , which created the position of the Director of National Intelligence and tasked the CIA 's Director with developing a " strategy for improving the human intelligence and other capabilities of the Agency . " In 2004 , Senator Pat Roberts , the Senate Intelligence Committee 's Chairman , drafted the 9/11 National Security Protection Act in which he proposed that the Directorate of Operations be removed from the CIA and established as an independent agency known as the National Clandestine Service . The NCS ' creation was also recommended by the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction . The Commission 's investigation found that HUMINT capabilities had been severely degraded since the end of the Cold War and were ill-suited for targeting non-state actors such as terrorist organizations . The Commission also noted that HUMINT operations were poorly coordinated between the various federal entities who conducted them and encouraged the development of better methods of validating human sources , in light of the revelations about the source known as Curveball
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Directorate of Operations (CIA)