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The last function – operations – would of course be the
most sensitive and difficult part to create and bring under
the NCTC, Chidambaram said, adding "but I am clear in my mind
that, without 'operations', NCTC and the security architecture
that is needed will be incomplete. It is the proposed
'operations' wing of the NCTC that will give an edge – now
absent – to our plans to counter terrorism."

Chidambaram said that the positioning of Research and
Analysis Wing, Aviation Research centre and the Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) would have to be re-examined and a way
would have to be found to place them under the oversight of
NCTC to the extent that they deal with terrorism.
The Home Minister said the new organisation could be led
by a police officer or a military officer who must be one who
has impeccable professional credentials and the capacity to
oversee intelligence, investigation and operations.
While the head of the NCTC will be the single person
accountable to the country on all matters relating to internal
security, the organisation would be at the command and control
of Ministry of Home Affairs, he said. PTI ACB
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