May 5, 1998

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES L. BRITT SNIDER AS INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

                              THE WHITE HOUSE

                       Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release                                      May 5, 1998

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES L. BRITT SNIDER AS INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CENTRAL
                            INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

     The President today announced his intent to nominate L. Britt Snider
as Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency.

     Mr. L. Britt Snider, of McLean, Virginia, is currently Special Counsel
to CIA Director George Tenet.  He has been a Visiting Senior Fellow at the
Center for the Study of Intelligence at the CIA, and a Visiting Mellon
Scholar in American History at Cambridge University.  Mr. Snider has had an
extensive career in the intelligence community, having served as Assistant
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (Counterintelligence and
Security), Minority Counsel for the Select Committee on Intelligence for
the U.S. Senate, and General Counsel for the Select Committee on
Intelligence for the U.S. Senate.  In 1995, Mr. Snider became Staff
Director of the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U.S.
Intelligence Community, and was responsible for oversight of the
Commission?s final report ?Preparing for the 21st Century:  An Appraisal of
U.S. Intelligence?, which was issued on March 1, 1996.

     Mr. Snider received a B.A. from Davidson College and a J.D. from the
University of Virginia School of Law.

     The Office of Inspector General at the Central Intelligence Agency is
responsible for managing audits, inspections, evaluations and
investigations.  The Office is also responsible for overseeing the Agency?s
programs and resources.

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