United States Army Counterintelligence

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United States Army Counterintelligence (ACI) is the component of

While conducting operations in tactical environments, Army CI/HUMINT personnel often work in small teams called HUMINT Exploitation Teams (HET). HET's are designed to not only collect and report HUMINT information but to also exploit that intelligence information by acting on it. HET's also conduct Counterintelligence activities designed to deny, detect and deceive the enemy's ability to target friendly forces.

Like their CID counterparts, ACI special agents are covered by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and may apply for LEOSA credentials to carry a personal concealed firearm in any jurisdiction in the United States or United States Territories, regardless of state or local laws, with certain exceptions.^[8]

Functions of Counterintelligence

Military and Civilian US Army Counterintelligence (CI) Special Agents receive their badge and credentials after graduation from the US Army CI Special Agent course in Fort Huachuca, Arizona. At this time, Army CI Special Agents are authorized, but not required, to attend the

Unlike the

Counterintelligence Special Agent Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes include:

The Army is planning to re-designate civilian agents from 0132^[10] to a new 1800 series federal job code. The date for this change has not yet been determined.

Selection and initial training

Department of the Army Pamphlet 611-21 requires applicants for Counterintelligence be able to:

• Obtain a Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility.
• A physical profile (PULHES) of 222221 or better.
• Be a minimum age of 21 after training for accreditation as a Special Agent.
• Be a minimum rank of E5/Sergeant after training for accreditation as a Special Agent.
• Possess an occupational specialty with a physical demands rating of medium.
• Have normal color vision.
• Have a minimum score of 101 in aptitude area ST on ASVAB tests administered on or after July 1, 2004.^[12]
• Be a
  high school graduate
  or equivalent.
• Possess good
  voice quality
  and be able to speak English without an objectionable accent or impediment.
• Never been a member of the U.S. Peace Corps.
• No adverse information in military personnel,
  Provost Marshal, intelligence, or medical records which would prevent receiving a security clearance under AR 380-67 including no record of conviction by court-martial
  , or by a civilian court for any offense other than minor traffic violations.
• Must be interviewed per DA Pam 600-8, procedure 3-33 by a qualified Counterintelligence Special Agent.
• Must be a
  U.S. citizen
  .
• Must receive a command level recommendation for initial appointment.
• Must not have immediate family members or immediate family members of the Soldier's spouse who reside in a country within whose boundaries physical or mental coercion is known to be common practice.
• Have neither commercial nor vested interest in a country within whose boundaries physical or mental coercion is known to be a common practice against persons acting in the interest of the U.S.
• Must receive a waiver for any immediate family members who are not U.S. citizens.

This occupation has recently been made an entry level Army position,[12] though many applicants are still drawn from the existing ranks. Becoming a credentialed Counterintelligence Special Agent requires successful completion of the Counterintelligence Special Agent Course (CISAC) at either Fort Huachuca, Arizona, or Camp Williams, Utah. Newly trained special agents are placed on a probationary status for the first year after graduation for active duty agents, and for the first two years after graduation for reserve/national guard agents. This allows for the removal of the Counterintelligence Special Agent MOS if the probationary Agent is deemed unfit for duty as a Special Agent.^[1]

Additional and advanced training

• Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy (JCITA): at Quantico, VA has numerous classified specialty and advanced counterintelligence courses for Special Agents of U.S. Army Counterintelligence, NCIS, OSI, and other agencies.^[13]
• Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy
  (DCITA): as with numerous other law enforcement and intelligence agencies, DCITA also trains U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agents to be cyber criminal investigators and computer forensic specialists to support various counterintelligence investigations, operations, and collections.
• Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
  (FLETC): As of 2017, U.S. Army Counterintelligence is an official partner organization with FLETC and began regularly sending agents through the Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP), the same course attended by numerous other U.S. Federal Law Enforcement Agencies.
• Joint Special Operations University (JSOU): As with other special operations support occupations, Counterintelligence Special Agents assigned to special operations units have the opportunity to attend several courses through JSOU located near US SOCOM Headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base.

Uniform and firearms

ACI Active duty Special Agents within the United States are authorized to wear civilian business attire and may carry firearms in the performance of their investigative duties. In tactical and combat environments, they are authorized to wear the Army Combat Uniform, tactical civilian attire, or attire that supports the operational security of their mission. When agents wear the Army Combat Uniform they are authorized to replace rank insignia with Department of the Army Civilian "U.S." insignia. Given the broad range of CI activities, specific assignments will dictate what clothing is appropriate, which may be civilian attire local to the area of operation. Although agents may be issued other weapons on special assignments, they are generally assigned a standard Sig Sauer M18 compact pistol. For combat environments, special agents are also typically issued the M4 carbine.

Notable U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agents

In films and television

• The 1988 movie
  Hotel Terminus, is a documentary which chronicles the life of former German SS Officer Klaus Barbie, and partially depicts his time working for CIC after World War II
  .
• In the popular 1986-87 comic book series Watchmen and its later film adaptation, a character named Forbes is an Agent of U.S. Army Intelligence.
• In the 1981 George Lucas and Steven Spielberg movie Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and his friend Marcus are briefed and sent on a mission by two CIP Special Agents to locate and recover the lost Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can find it.
• In the 1975 movie The Imposter, an ex-Army intelligence agent is hired to impersonate a rich builder who has been marked for assassination.
• From 1973 to 1979, the television show MASH featured a recurring character named Colonel Samuel Flagg, who was likely a current or former CIC Agent.
• The 1972 TV movie
  L.Q. Jones, who assigns CIC undercover agent Morgan Paull
  . The agent eventually finds the spy. This movie was a pilot for a series that was never made.
• In a 1965 episode of the television show The Lucy Show, starring Lucille Ball, titled, Lucy and the Undercover Agent, Lucy becomes convinced a mysterious person at a restaurant is an enemy spy when, in fact, he is an Army CI Agent who thinks Lucy is a spy.

See also

Other Military Department Counterintelligence Organizations

• Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
• Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI or OSI)

Additional Defense Criminal Investigative Organizations

• United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID)
• Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)

Additional Department of Defense Counterintelligence Entities (Non-Law Enforcement)

• Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
• Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
• Marine Corps Counterintelligence

Non-DoD Federal Counterintelligence Investigative Organizations

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
• Coast Guard Counterintelligence Service
  (CGCIS)

Additional Information

• Federal law enforcement in the United States
• U.S. Army Special Forces
• List of United States Army MOS
• Historical U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps
• Historical U.S. Army Corps of Intelligence Police

References