WASHINGTON, May 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has plans to relocate its domestic division from the agency's headquarters in Langley, just outside Washington, to Denver, the capital city of the central-west state of Colorado, The Washington Post reported Friday.

    The move was designed to promote innovation, and about 20 million US dollars have been tentatively budgeted to relocate employees of the CIA's National Resources Division, which is responsible for operations and recruitment in the United States, intelligence and law enforcement officials were quoted as saying.

    The Denver relocation reflected the desire of CIA Director Porter J. Goss to develop new ways to operate under cover, including setting up more front corporations and working closer with established international firms, officials said.

    The move was also in keeping with Goss's desire to stop the growth of CIA headquarters and headquarter-based group-think, something he criticized frequently when he was chairman of the Intelligence Committee in the House of Representatives, the report quoted associates of Goss as saying.

    The main function of the domestic division, which has stations in many major US cities, is to conduct voluntary debriefings of UScitizens who travel overseas for work or to visit relatives, and to recruit foreign students, diplomats and business people to become CIA assets when they return to their countries, according to the report.

    The Denver move is tentatively scheduled for next year, but has not been finalized, the report said. Enditem