Charles E. Allen
Charles E. Allen
Charles E. Allen
Former Under Secretary of Homeland
Security for Intelligence and Analysis
Department of Homeland Security
In office
2005 – 2009
Alma mater University of North Carolina
U.S. Air Force Air War College
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DHS Charles E. Allen
Charles E. Allen (born 1936) is an Amer-
ican public servant, notable for his roles at
the United States Department of Homeland
Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis
and, before that, the Central Intelligence
Agency.
Department of Homeland
Security
In August 2005, President George W. Bush
appointed Charles E. Allen, to the dual role of
Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis
at the Department of Homeland Security as
well as the DHS Chief of Intelligence.[1] Ef-
fective November 2007, Charles Allen’s posi-
tion was elevated to Under Secretary for the
renamed Office of Intelligence and Analysis
at DHS, an office he held until January 20,
2009. Prior to his appointment to DHS, Allen
served as Special Assistant to the Director of
the Central Intelligence Agency.
Career highlights Cent-
ral Intelligence Agency
• Served with the CIA since 1958, holding a
variety of positions of increasing
responsibility, both analytic and
managerial.
• CIA’s national intelligence officer for
counterterrorism (1985)[2]
• Chairman of the National Security
Council’s Hostage Location Task Force
(1985)
• National Intelligence Officer for Warning
(1986)[3]
• Served as Assistant Director of Central
Intelligence [ADCI] for Collection, June
1998 until June 2005. In that capacity, he
was in charge of coordinating all the
community spy systems and chaired the
National Intelligence Collection Board,
which ensures that collection is integrated
and coordinated across the intelligence
community.
"Appointed as Assistant Director of
Central Intelligence (ADCI) for
Collection, coordinating the entire
intelligence community intelligence
collection system, was Charles Allen, a
thirty year veteran operations officer. He
will oversee the decisions of the various
committ