The Special Activities Center (SAC) is a covert action and paramilitary operations division of the CIA, also known as the “Third Option”. The first option being diplomacy and second option military action.

The SAC is considered an active Special Missions Unit and is responsible for a range of activities, including long-range surveillance, bomb-damage assessments, prisoner snatches, material recovery, and sabotage. We are tasked with carrying out clandestine or covert operations that the U.S. government does not want to be openly associated with.