General Diane Beckman

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General Diane Beckman is Casey's NSA boss.

General Diane Beckman is the director of the National Security Agency. Little information has been revealed on General Beckman's background prior to the start of the series. She holds her rank of Brigadier General through the United States Air Force and according to the chart on the back of his Tron poster is believed by Chuck to at one time have been romantically involved with CIA seduction specialist Roan Montgomery

She has revealed that she's spent a significant amount of time and resources over several years prior to the series hunting Orion, the Intersect's chief designer. Little other information about her personal life and service has been revealed, although Beckman maintains a close friendship with Condoleezza Rice.

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Beckman's primary role on the series is to provide "Team Bartowski" with intelligence updates on Chuck's flashes and assign their mission objectives. Most of the time these missions are the result of something Chuck flashes on in the course of his normal day. However on several occasions Beckman has issued an assignment of her own devising based on events elsewhere, to which Chuck's abilities as the Intersect are particularly well-suited. Beckman herself is seldom personally involved on these assignments and allows the team to proceed on their own. However in "Chuck Versus the Crown Vic" she benched the team when a flash by Chuck went bad, and ordered Casey locked down when his personal vendetta against his former mentor botched a mission. Beckman personally involved herself when Chuck was contacted by Orion after a rogue search and flew to Burbank to debrief the team.This was the first time since the pilot episode one of the team's supervisors met with them in-person, and also the first time they were directly involved in that episode's mission.

[edit] Trivia

• The General also seems to have a relationship with Agent Roan Montgomery.
• In season two she is the only main character not to have a place in the opening credits despite having more screen time than both Ellie and Anna
• In a season two episode, it is mentioned that one of her personal friends is former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.