NSB to create national intelligence officers

The new system was created following the National Intelligence Officer system of the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency, according to NSB director-general Tsai De-sheng (蔡得勝).

The newly established general-ranking national intelligence officer will be stationed overseas, while one of the three special agents currently posted abroad will be transferred back to Taiwan, Tsai said.

Tsai said the reason for creating the new post is to offer better promotion opportunities to local secret service agents.

“Currently many agents are forced to leave the national security system because of the lack of a sound promotion system.”

In the future, the NSB will further set up a three-tier “national intelligence officer” system to cultivate new blood and train qualified special agents for intelligence, he noted.

Ruling Kuomintang Legislator Lu Hsueh-chang (呂學樟) who supported the amendment bill, said yesterday its passage legalized an official promotion channel for local secret agents, which is expected boosted their morale and better serve the country.

Meanwhile, the amendment also stipulated that the NSB special agents only responsible for protecting the direct relatives of presidents and vice presidents or presidential-elect that live with the national leaders under the same roof.

The agents are not responsible for the safety of children of national heads that have already married and left their birth families until presidents have officially approved in doing so, it said.

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