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Appointed by [[George W. Bush]], '''Charles E. Allen''', of North Carolina, is the  "Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis at the [[Department of Homeland Security]]. Mr. Allen served as Special Assistant to the Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. He served with the CIA since 1958. Prior to his appointment as Special Assistant, Mr. Allen served as Assistant Director of Intelligence for Collection. He also served as Chief of Intelligence in the CIA's Counterterrorist Center. Earlier in his career, Mr. Allen was assigned overseas in an intelligence liaison capacity. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." --[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050823-2.html White House Personnel Announcement], August 23, 2005.
<ref>[http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/biography_0132.shtm Under Secretary for Intelligence & Analysis Charles E. Allen], ''Homeland Security'', December 4, 2007.</ref>

[[Richard Ben-Veniste]], attorney and a former [[9/11 Commission]]er, submitted written testimony October 19, 2005 to the U.S. [[House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]] that said the Senate should have confirmed Allen. "Under the secretary's proposed reorganization, there is no official below the level of the secretary with department-wide intelligence responsibilities who would be confirmed by, and accountable to, Congress." [http://homeland.house.gov/files/TestimonyBen-Veniste.pdf]