Jose Rodriguez, Former Director of the CIA National Clandestine Service, Joins National Interest Security Company

Business Wire, Oct 7, 2008

FAIRFAX, Va. -- National Interest Security Company, LLC, ("NISC") announced today that Jose Rodriguez, former Director of the CIA National Clandestine Service, has joined NISC as a Senior Vice President. Mr. Rodriguez will immediately bolster NISC's capabilities in helping the company's intelligence community, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security clients.

Mr. Rodriguez led a range of increasingly critical operations over his 30 year CIA career. After serving in a variety of field commands, Mr. Rodriguez was selected to lead the CIA's Counter-Narcotics Center, bringing together intelligence analysts and operations officers to improve performance in pursuit of complex narco-trafficking networks. In the aftermath of 9/11, Mr. Rodriguez led the CIA Counterterrorism Center's worldwide collection program against international terrorist organizations and subsequently was selected as Director of the National Clandestine Service ("NCS"). Mr. Rodriguez is a seasoned executive, deeply knowledgeable of the intelligence community and its operations, and he is well known for his leadership in managing and evolving the NCS in a new era of missions and capabilities.

Mr. Rodriguez joins NISC's Mission Services vertical as a Senior Vice President in Edge Consulting. He will shape and lead engagements that improve the current value of intelligence and create new intelligence capabilities that integrate technology into new concepts of operations. Edge Consulting is a technology and strategy consulting company within NISC Mission Services which provides analytically-based portfolio strategies and capability prototyping to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and several government agencies.

"We are thrilled to have Jose Rodriguez join our team and I am confident that his expertise will add great value as NISC continues to help our U.S. intelligence customers solve their most difficult challenges," said Andrew Maner, CEO of NISC.

Chris Whitlock, President of NISC Mission Services added, "Jose is a well-known and highly respected professional within the intelligence community and national security community. The breadth and depth of Jose's experience in the clandestine service is unsurpassed and we are honored to have him on our team."

About National Interest Security Company, LLC:

Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, NISC is a leading provider of innovative information technology, information management, and management technology consulting services and solutions in support of national interest and security initiatives for the intelligence community; the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Energy; and the Federal Health Information Technology community. NISC's expertise includes systems engineering, biometrics, document and media exploitation, systems integration, software development, enterprise architecture, cyber security, information assurance, intelligence operations, analysis support, network and critical infrastructure protection. NISC has nearly 1,000 employees, with the majority holding high-level security clearances. Additional information on NISC can be found at www.nisc-llc.com.