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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Directorate of Operations (Central Intelligence Agency)
|OrganizationType=Intelligence Agency
|Mission=Directorate of Operations in CIA gathers global intelligence via covert human sources to protect U.S. security as directed by the President.
|ParentOrganization=Central Intelligence Agency
|TopOrganization=Central Intelligence Agency
|CreationLegislation=National Security Act of 1947
|Employees=6000
|Budget=Classified (Included within the overall CIA budget)
|OrganizationExecutive=Deputy Director for Operations
|Services=Human Intelligence Collection; Covert Operations; Counterintelligence; Recruitment of Agents
|HeadquartersLocation=38.95593, -77.1475
|HeadquartersAddress=George Bush Center for Intelligence, Langley, VA 22101
|Website=https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/cia-operations/
}}
{{Short description|US clandestine intelligence organization}}

{{Infobox government agency
| name            = Directorate of Operations
| seal            = CIA Directorate of Operations Logo.svg
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| formed          = 1951 (as Directorate of Plans)
| jurisdiction    = 
| motto           = ''Veritatem Cognoscere'' (English: "To Know the Truth")
| employees       = Classified
| budget          = Classified
| chief1_name     = David Marlowe<ref>{{cite news |title=WSJ News Exclusive {{!}} CIA Names David Marlowe to Run Espionage Operations  |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213095951/https://www.wsj.com/articles/cia-names-david-marlowe-to-run-espionage-operations-11623884898 |archive-date=2023-02-13 |url-status=live |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cia-names-david-marlowe-to-run-espionage-operations-11623884898 |last1=Strobel |first1=Warren P. }}</ref>
| chief1_position = [[Deputy Director of CIA for Operations]]
| chief2_name     = [[William J. Burns (diplomat)|William J. Burns]]
| chief2_position = [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]]
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| parent_department = [[Central Intelligence Agency]]
| website         = https://www.cia.gov/about/organization/#directorate-of-operations
}}

The '''Directorate of Operations''' ('''DO'''), less formally called the '''Clandestine Service''',<ref name="Careers & Internships">[[Central Intelligence Agency]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090805052303/https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/clandestine/index.html Careers & Internships], Retrieved: July 9, 2015.</ref> is a component of the US [[Central Intelligence Agency]].<ref name="Careers & Internships"/> It was known as the ''Directorate of Plans'' from 1951 to 1973; as the ''Directorate of Operations'' from 1973 to 2004; and as the ''National Clandestine Service'' (NCS) from 2004 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|url= https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2015-press-releases-statements/message-to-workforce-agencys-blueprint-for-the-future.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150309230914/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2015-press-releases-statements/message-to-workforce-agencys-blueprint-for-the-future.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= March 9, 2015|title=Unclassified Version of March 6, 2015 Message to the Workforce from CIA Director John Brennan: Our Agency's Blueprint for the Future|date= March 6, 2015}}</ref>

The DO "serves as the [[Clandestine operation|clandestine]] arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the national authority for the coordination, de-confliction, and evaluation of clandestine operations across the [[United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community of the United States]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission of the National Clandestine Service|url=https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/clandestine-service/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612182130/https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/clandestine-service/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2007|work=CIA Website|access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref>

{{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/cia-operations/}}