U.S. Appoints Intel Managers for Iran, North Korea

The United States yesterday announced the appointment of officials who will manage intelligence on North Korea and Iran, the New York Times reported (see GSN, Jan. 5).

National Intelligence Director John Negroponte named Joseph DeTrani, who recently left the position of special envoy to North Korea nuclear talks, the mission manager for North Korea. Leslie Ireland, a Middle East specialist, is the manager for Iran.

Ireland and DeTrani are charged with identifying and filling intelligence gaps on the two countries and leading intelligence-gathering efforts across federal agencies (Douglas Jehl, New York Times, Jan. 11).

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