Intel reorganization

The CIA unveils a radically new org chart

The CIA unveiled a radically altered org chart on Thursday, formally unveiling the first new directorate in 50 years, completing a sweeping realignment of its ranks of spies and analysts, and unleashing an avalanche of new acronyms.

The changes are part of a reorganization that CIA Director John Brennan began mapping last year, one that will largely replicate the structure of the agency’s Counterterrorism Center across other categories of espionage and analysis.

But Thursday marked the formal launch date of more than a dozen new—or at least newly named—entities, all outlined on the CIA’s Twitter feed and Facebook page in social media posts that reflect the cultural forces reshaping the once-secret spy service.