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  1. Special Activities Center - Wikipedia

    In an article for ABC News, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and retired CIA paramilitary officer Mick Mulroy explained that the term "covert action" is derived from Presidential Findings authorizing the …

  2. CIA Special Activities Center: The Third Option - Grey Dynamics

    Paramilitary specialists are the CIA’s subject matter experts in paramilitary operations. They often have at least 20 years of serving in special operations within the various branches of the US military.

  3. Directorate of Operations - CIA

    The Collection Management Officer, Case Officer, Paramilitary Officer, Specialized Skills Officer, Staff Operations Officer, and Targeting Officer tracks require successful completion of intensive …

  4. CIA Special Operations Group | Special Activities Division

    The Special Activities Division (SAD) is the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) covert paramilitary operations unit. They are one of America's most secretive and lowest profile special ops organizations.

  5. How to Join CIA's Special Activities Center? - SOF Prep Coach

    Apr 26, 2024 · CIA's Special Activities Center (formerly SAD) is the US Central Intelligence Agency's highest, most covert paramilitary division.

  6. CIA Paramilitary Operations - National Defense Briefing Series

    Jul 28, 2024 · After 9/11, CIA paramilitary operations officers were the first Americans into Afghanistan and, in conjunction with Army Special Forces and aided by U.S. air power, led the defeat of Al …

  7. Special Activities Center - S.A.C | Landing

    The Special Activities Center (S.A.C) is a division of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that is responsible for carrying out covert and paramilitary operations.

  8. The CIA’s Secret Army: The CIA’s Secret Army - TIME

    Feb 3, 2003 · Some longtime intelligence watchers are wondering whether a reinvigorated paramilitary wing of the CIA could be a mixed blessing for America once again. And the military itself is not too...

  9. The Global Response Staff (GRS): CIA’s Covert Paramilitary Unit

    From an ad hoc team of security personnel in the early 1990s, GRS has evolved into an indispensable element of the CIA’s foreign operations. From warzones to failed states, GRS enables the CIA to …

  10. "Soldiers Without Uniforms: CIA Paramilitary Operations in …

    The history of paramilitary operations conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been a long and controversial one. Having first been championed by William Donovan during World War II, …