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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.

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Reports & Analysis

Cartoon shows a worried Statue of Liberty holding a hand over a leaking hole in a pipeline marked "USA - SECRET."

US intelligence leak: What we know so far

US intelligence leak: What we know so far

At least 50 Pentagon documents, some classified as secret, have recently surfaced online.
PoliticsApril 14, 2023
Close-ups of two computers showing the website of Israel-made Pegasus spyware

Surveillance from Watergate to Pegasus

Surveillance from Watergate to Pegasus

Surveillance methods used by governments have become more and more sophisticated — and cheaper.
PoliticsJuly 22, 2021
The CIA's headquarters in Langley, Virginia

FBI shoot armed man trying to enter CIA headquarters

FBI shoot armed man trying to enter CIA headquarters

The man has been transferred to a hospital after a failed attempt to get into the high-security building.
CrimeMay 4, 2021
The car in which Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was riding when he was killed

Iran's security apparatus under scrutiny

Iran's security apparatus under scrutiny

The assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has cast a damming light over Iran's security apparatus.
PoliticsNovember 28, 2020
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US: Ex-CIA officer charged with spying for China

US: Ex-CIA officer charged with spying for China

A former employee of the CIA and FBI has been charged with passing on secret information to China.
CrimeAugust 18, 2020
Iran | Hinrichtung | Mahmud Musavi Majd

Iran executes man convicted of spying for CIA, Mossad

Iran executes man convicted of spying for CIA, Mossad

Mahmoud Mousavi Majd was accused of spying on the late former Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani.
PoliticsJuly 20, 2020
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Herbsttreffen der Medienfrauen 2017 Ines Pohl

Putin in the White House?

Ines Pohl
Commentary
PoliticsDecember 12, 2016