NY Times, Sept 13, 1995. For the outawork: C.I.A.'s Chief Calls Covert Action a Must Washington, Sept. 12 -- The Central Intelligence Agency will maintain, and perhaps increase, its covert operations abroad and continue to hire informers from terrorist cells, military regimes and drug syndicates, the new Director of Central Intelligence said today. The Director, John M. Deutch, called espionage "the core mission of the Central Intelligence Agency." That mission has been questioned by critics of the C.I.A. in Congress and the foreign-policy establishment, who wonder whether the rewards of secret information are worth the risks of undertaking covert operations and recruiting murderous and corrupt foreign agents. -----