CIA to make sweeping changes, focus more on cyber ops -agency chief

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan makes a point while he holds a rare news conference at the CIA Headquarters in Virginia December 11, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Central Intelligence Agency is launching one of the biggest reorganisations in its history, aimed in part at sharpening its focus on cyber operations and incorporating digital innovations into intelligence gathering, CIA director John Brennan said.

In a presentation to reporters this week, Brennan said he also is creating new units within the CIA, called "mission centres," intended to concentrate the agency's focus on specific challenges or geographic areas, such as weapons proliferation or Africa.