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Central Intelligence Agency, CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a foreign intelligence service of the US Government. It is focused on overseas intelligence gathering and analyzing security information.

Since it was formed in 1947 it has increasingly expanded its role to now include covert paramilitary operations. Here you find an automatic compilation of all DW content referring to the CIA.

Saudi-Arabien | Kronprinz Mohammed bin Salman

Opinion: Saudi crown prince has blood on his hands 27.02.2021

Washington has made a U-turn in its relations with Saudi Arabia after a CIA report made it very clear what role the crown prince played in journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in 2018, says DW's Rainer Sollich.
Iran I Mord an Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

Fakhrizadeh killing: Iran's security apparatus under scrutiny 28.11.2020

Nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was one of the best-protected people in Iran. His assassination has cast a damming light over the country's security apparatus.
Symbolbild - CIA

US: Former CIA officer charged with spying for China 18.08.2020

A former employee of the CIA and FBI has been charged with passing on secret information to China. There has been a spate of such cases in recent years.
Iran | Hinrichtung | Mahmud Musavi Majd

Iran executes man convicted of spying for CIA, Mossad 20.07.2020

Mahmoud Mousavi Majd had been found guilty of spying on the late Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani. He had worked as an English and Arabic language translator in Syria.

Protest in Iran After US Airstrike Kills Iranian Commander

Iran to execute man accused of helping US spy on slain general Qassem Soleimani 09.06.2020

The Iranian man is accused of passing on information about the whereabouts of top Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani to the US and Israel. Iran later said the information was not tied to Soleimani's death.
Russland Scorpions 1989

'Wind of Change': The Scorpions and the CIA 25.05.2020

Did the US intelligence agency, and not the German rock band Scorpions, compose the power ballad "Wind of Change" to help topple the Communist Bloc? A podcast by New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe looks into it.
Rolf Hochhuth nennt Pius XII. satanischen Feigling Vatikan III. Reich Hitler

The ratlines: What did the Vatican know about Nazi escape routes? 01.03.2020

After World War II, thousands of Nazis fled to South America along so-called ratlines — often with the help of Catholic clergy. The Vatican is now opening its archives from the time. Will it be a moment of truth?
Symbolbild | Geheimdienst

How the US's CIA and Germany's BND spied on world leaders 12.02.2020

In 2013, Edward Snowden exposed the extent of the US's surveillance on global telecommunications. Starting in the 1970s, Germany's BND and the US's CIA used a Swiss front company to spy on world leaders for decades.
Schweiz Logo Crypto AG in Steinhausen

Report: US, Germany spied on countries for decades via Swiss encryption firm 11.02.2020

Western intelligence acquired top secret information on global governments through their hidden control of an encryption firm, Crypto AG, according to media reports. Swiss authorities are investigating the allegations.
Iran Vorbereitung öffentlicher Hinrichtung

Iran sentences alleged CIA spy to death 04.02.2020

A spokesman for Iran's judiciary has said one man was to be executed as a US spy. Two other suspects were given jail sentences.
Iran Teheran | Pro-Regierungsdemonstrastion

Khamenei says 'deep' conspiracy behind Iran unrest 27.11.2019

Thousands of people were arrested after deadly riots in Iran, according to one lawmaker. The government claims some of the detainees received "CIA-funded training" under the cover of becoming citizen-journalists.
CIA Officer pleaded guilty Jerry Chun Shing Lee

Ex-CIA officer jailed for 19 years for spying for China 23.11.2019

US investigators said the former agent 'betrayed' his country by sharing sources of covert intelligence with China over a period of three years. After retiring, he was found in possession of 'top secret' information.
Unruhen in Afghanistan

CIA-trained Afghan forces 'committed war crimes,' report 31.10.2019

Afghan security units backed by the CIA have carried out extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, indiscriminate air strikes and other human rights abuses and should be dissolved, says Human Rights Watch.
Symbolbild Kündigung Atomabkommen mit Iran durch USA

Iran sentences suspect to death for spying for CIA 01.10.2019

Courts in Iran have sentenced a person to death and jailed two others on charges of spying for the US. Ties between Tehran and Washington have deteriorated dramatically since the US withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal.

London Assange Auslieferungsverfahren verschoben

Spanish security firm spied on Julian Assange for CIA — report 27.09.2019

The London Ecuadorian Embassy's security firm has been accused of spying on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on behalf of the CIA. The report by newspaper El Pais triggered an investigation by Spain's National Court.
Russland Flaggen an der amerikanischen Botschaft in Moskau

Russia says alleged US spy declared missing 24.09.2019

Moscow said ex-Kremlin official Oleg Smolenkov, alleged to be a CIA spy, has officially been declared missing. Smolenkov reportedly had access to Vladimir Putin and was extracted in 2017 to avoid media exposure.
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