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In 1994, Hanssen expressed interest in a transfer to the new National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), which coordinated counterintelligence activities.
This misnames the 1994 organization. The center created in 1994 was the National Counterintelligence Center; the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) was not established until December 2014.
Full reasoning
This sentence is an anachronism. Contemporary White House records from May 1994 say President Clinton directed the creation of a National Counterintelligence Center. Separately, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's official history states that the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) was established on December 1, 2014 by combining earlier entities. So a 1994 transfer could not have been to the NCSC; the article is using the later organization's modern name for a center that, at the time, had a different name.
The distinction matters because the NCSC is a separate entity created two decades later, after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence existed. In 1994, the relevant body was the National Counterintelligence Center.
2 sources
- White House statement on U.S. Counterintelligence Effectiveness (May 4, 1994)
The President has directed the creation of a new National Counterintelligence Center, initially to be led by a senior executive of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- History of NCSC
On 1 December 2014, the DNI established the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) to effectively integrate and align counterintelligence and security mission areas...