Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a department of the United States government that is responsible for intelligence. Its headquarters are at the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia.
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| Formed | September 18, 1947 |
| Preceding agency | Office of Strategic Services[1] |
| Headquarters | George Bush Center for Intelligence, Langley, Virginia, U.S. |
| Employees | 21,575 (estimate)[2] |
| Annual budget | $15 billion (as of 2013[update])[2][3][4] |
| Agency executives | John Ratcliffe, Director Michael Ellis, Deputy Director Vacant, General Counsel |
| Parent agency | Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
| Child agencies | Directorate of Operations Directorate of Science and Technology Operations Support Branch |
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History
The United States has a history in intelligence services dating back to its origins. During the American Revolution, George Washington and other Founding Fathers of the United States such as Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, and Patrick Henry used espionage networks. [5]
The CIA was formed in 1947, after World War II.[6] Many of the people who started the CIA, including General John K. Singlaub, had been part of the Office of Strategic Services. This was the United States' main spy agency during the war.
In 1992, Saddam Hussein tried to kill former United States President George H. W. Bush, who was once Director of the CIA, during a visit to Kuwait. The assassination plot failed. President Bill Clinton reacted by firing cruise missiles at Iraq's main intelligence headquarters. However, the missiles were fired at night, so the people who had planned the assassination were not killed; the building's cleaners were.
Since March 19, 2021, William Joseph Burns has been Director of the CIA.
Operations
CIA has many clandestine, (secret) operations. Some CIA employees have been killed during their work. Their names are on a CIA memorial with a star for them, but some of the names are still secret. The number of stars is deliberately inaccurate.
The CIA also uses open sources to gather information. Analysts read foreign newspapers and watch foreign news broadcasts to learn information, which can be pieced together to make a conclusion.
The CIA used to report to the President. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, a reorganization made the CIA and other intelligence agencies report to a Director of National Intelligence.
Portrayals
The CIA has been featured in many television and film productions, including:
- The American television show "The Agency"
- The American television mini-series "The Company"
- The film "Spy Game" (starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt)
- "Night Flight to Moscow" (starring Yul Brenner)
- "Scorpio" (starring Burt Lancaster)
- "Clear and Present Danger" (starring Harrison Ford)
- "The Recruit" (starring Colin Farrell and Al Pacino)
- "Ice Station Zebra"
- Several James Bond films (featuring the CIA agent Felix Leiter)
References
- ↑ "History of the CIA". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on June 12, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gellman, Barton; Miller, Greg (August 29, 2013). U.S. spy network's successes, failures and objectives detailed in 'black budget' summary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/black-budget-summary-details-us-spy-networks-successes-failures-and-objectives/2013/08/29/7e57bb78-10ab-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
- ↑ Kopel, Dave (July 28, 1997). "CIA Budget: An Unnecessary Secret". Cato Institute. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
- ↑ Cloak Over the CIA Budget. November 29, 1999. https://fas.org/sgp/news/1999/11/wp112999.html. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
- ↑ Cazorla, Frank, G. Baena, Polo, David, Reder Gadow, Marion (2019) The Governor Louis de Unzaga (1717-1793) Pioneer in the birth of the United States. Foundation. Malaga. pp. 77-84
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Central Intelligence Agency Media
The organization of the Central Intelligence Agency
The 140 stars on the CIA Memorial Wall in the CIA headquarters, each representing a CIA officer killed in action
CIA director Allen Dulles on the cover of Time magazine in 1953
The CIA aided the British in overthrowing Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953
When democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz attempted a modest redistribution of land in Guatemala, he was overthrown in the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
President John F. Kennedy presenting the National Security Medal to Allen Dulles on November 28, 1961
Sam Giancana (pictured), Santo Trafficante, and others, who were recruited by the CIA to assassinate Fidel Castro in Cuba
President Gerald Ford meeting with CIA Director–designate George H. W. Bush, December 17, 1975
President Barack Obama and CIA Director John Brennan at the GCC-U.S. Summit in Riyadh in April 2016. Saudi Arabia was involved in the CIA-led Timber Sycamore covert operation.
"History of the CIA". CIA's Family Tree. 2007-04-10. https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/history-of-the-cia#:~:text=The%20CIA%20was%20created%20under,September%2018%20that%20same%20year.&text=Hillenkoetter%20as%20the%20first%20Director,CIA's%20personnel%20were%20OSS%20veterans.. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
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