Central Intelligence Agency

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government agency intelligence agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States’ primary civilian foreign intelligence service, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and conducting covert operations abroad to support national security and policy decisions.

Aliases (13)

CIA ×11
George Bush Center for Intelligence ×2
Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency ×2
CIA Information Operations Center (in part) ×1
CIA Library ×1
CIA Open Source Enterprise ×1
Central Intelligence Agency (at leadership level) ×1
Central Intelligence Agency Counterintelligence Staff ×1
Central Intelligence Agency special operations elements ×1
Directorate of Operations ×1
National Clandestine Service ×1
Office of Special Activities ×1
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency → intelligence agency →
country	United States of America →
employerOf	analysts → engineers → intelligence officers → linguists → operations officers → scientists →
employs	civilian personnel →
fieldOfWork	counterterrorism → covert action → human intelligence collection → intelligence → national security → signals intelligence coordination →
hasAbbreviation	CIA →
hasLogo	Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency →
hasOrganizationalUnit	Directorate of Analysis → Directorate of Digital Innovation → Directorate of Operations → Directorate of Science and Technology → Directorate of Support → Office of the Director →
hasSeal	Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency →
headOfGovernmentBody	Director of the Central Intelligence Agency →
headquartersLocation	Fairfax County, Virginia → Langley, Virginia →
inception	1947-09-18 →
jurisdiction	foreign intelligence outside the United States →
legalBasis	National Security Act of 1947 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	United States of America → Virginia →
motto	The Work of a Nation. The Center of Intelligence. →
oversightBy	United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence → United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence →
ownedBy	United States government →
parentOrganization	United States federal government →
partOf	United States Intelligence Community →
precededBy	Office of Strategic Services →
primaryRole	counterintelligence → covert operations abroad → foreign intelligence collection → intelligence analysis → support to U.S. national security decision-making →
prohibitedActivity	law enforcement powers within the United States →
reportsTo	Director of National Intelligence →
shortName	CIA →
usesLanguage	English →
website	https://www.cia.gov →

Referenced by (227)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert D. Wheelon → Allen Dulles → Charles Pearre Cabell → David Petraeus → Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → Director of Central Intelligence → Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → E. Howard Hunt → Edward Snowden → Francis Gary Powers → Frank Wisner → James Jesus Angleton → John M. Deutch → Luis Posada Carriles → Michael V. Hayden → Richard Helms → Robert M. Gates → Stan Smith → Walter Bedell Smith → William Colby → William J. Casey →	employer
Bureau of Intelligence and Research → Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center → DOS → FBI Counterterrorism Division → FBI Directorate of Intelligence → I&A → National Counterintelligence Executive → National Counterintelligence and Security Center → National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center → National Counterterrorism Center → National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency → National Reconnaissance Office → National Security Agency → Office of Intelligence and Analysis (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) → Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (U.S. Department of Energy) → intelligence elements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation →	collaboratesWith
CIA Museum → CIA Special Activities Division → Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → Directorate of Analysis → Directorate of Digital Innovation → Directorate of Digital Innovation → Directorate of Science and Technology → Directorate of Support → James Jesus Angleton ("Central Intelligence Agency Counterintelligence Staff") → Office of Policy Coordination → Office of Policy Coordination → Office of the Director (CIA) →	partOf
CIA Security Protective Service → CIA Special Activities Division → Directorate of Analysis → Directorate of Digital Innovation → Directorate of Digital Innovation → Directorate of Science and Technology → Office of Policy Coordination → Office of Policy Coordination → Office of SIGINT Operations →	parentOrganization
1000 Colonial Farm Road → CIA Special Activities Division → Directorate of Analysis → Directorate of Science and Technology → Langley Headquarters → Office of SIGINT Operations → Original Headquarters Building →	operatedBy
Director of National Intelligence → Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ("National Clandestine Service") → Office of the Director of National Intelligence → Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community → Senate Select Committee on Intelligence → United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence → United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence →	oversees
OSS → Office of Special Operations → Office of Strategic Services → Secret Intelligence Branch → Special Operations Branch ("Central Intelligence Agency special operations elements") → Strategic Services Unit →	successor
2001 fall of Kabul ("U.S. Central Intelligence Agency") → Batista government forces → Manuel Artime → Northern Alliance → Pepe San Román → Soviet–Afghan War ("CIA") →	supportedBy
CIA Auditorium → CIA Headquarters → CIA Museum → Lockheed U-2 → Operation Cyclone →	operator
Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security → Mission Integration Directorate → National Counterterrorism Center Director → National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency → National Reconnaissance Office →	worksWith
Public Law 81-110 → The Good Shepherd → The Looming Tower → Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987 →	subject
Jason Bourne → Richard Helms → Walter Bedell Smith →	affiliation
1000 Colonial Farm Road → 1973 Chilean coup d'état → GWOT →	associatedWith
Defense Intelligence Agency → Diplomatic Security Service → Office of Naval Intelligence →	cooperatesWith
Annual Threat Assessment → Joint Intelligence Task Force – Combating Terrorism → NCTC →	coordinatesWith
80th United States Congress → National Security Act of 1947 → Public Law 80-253 →	created
CIA Headquarters ("CIA Library") → Directorate of Digital Innovation ("CIA Open Source Enterprise") → Directorate of Science and Technology ("Office of Special Activities") →	hasPart
Director of Central Intelligence → Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → Director of the Central Intelligence Agency →	headOf
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi → Argo → Zero Dark Thirty →	portraysOrganization
1000 Colonial Farm Road → AGM-114 Hellfire → CIA Auditorium →	usedBy
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 → Executive Order 12333 →	appliesTo
Directorate of Digital Innovation → Directorate of Science and Technology →	foundedBy
Directorate of Support → Langley Headquarters →	governingBody
Director of Central Intelligence → Director of National Intelligence →	hasAuthorityOver
United States Intelligence Community → United States Intelligence Community →	hasMember
Directorate of Digital Innovation ("George Bush Center for Intelligence") → Directorate of Science and Technology ("George Bush Center for Intelligence") →	headquartersLocation
NSC 10/2 directive → National Counterterrorism Strategy of the United States →	implementedBy
Anglo-American intelligence cooperation → Anglo-American intelligence cooperation ("CIA") →	includesOrganization
Office of Strategic Services → William J. Donovan →	influenced
Office of SIGINT Operations → Subcommittee on Central Intelligence Agency →	jurisdiction
Bitter Fruit → The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames →	mainSubject
CIA Memorial Wall → CIA Museum →	maintainedBy
CIA Museum → Original Headquarters Building →	ownedBy
Bitter Fruit →	aboutOrganization
Office of Special Operations →	absorbedBy
National Industrial Security Program →	administeredBy
IRTPA →	affectedAgency
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 →	affectsAgency
U-2 incident of 1960 →	aircraftOperator
The Bourne Ultimatum ("CIA") →	antagonistOrganization
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency →	appliesToOrganization
U.S. intelligence authorization and appropriations acts →	applyTo
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed →	arrestedBy
NSC 10/2 directive →	assignedTo
Juanita Castro →	collaboratedWith
United States national security apparatus →	component
executive branch of the United States →	contains
Strategic Services Unit →	contributedToFormationOf
Operation Moses →	coordinatedWith
Liberty Crossing →	coordinateWith
Harry S. Truman →	createdOrganization
Lockheed U-2 →	developedFor
Michael V. Hayden →	directorOf
Research and Analysis Branch →	dissolutionFollowedBy
Alias ("CIA") →	featuresOrganization
9/11 Commission Report →	focusesOnOrganization
Office of Special Operations →	functionsTransferredTo
Office of the Director (CIA) ("Central Intelligence Agency (at leadership level)") →	governingBodyOf
Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") →	hasAbbreviation
National Military Establishment →	hasComponent
Langley Falls, Virginia ("CIA") →	hasGovernmentAgencyPresence
Office of the Director (CIA) →	hasJurisdiction
Central Intelligence Agency ("Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency") →	hasLogo
McLean →	hasNotableEmployer
Langley Falls, Virginia →	hasOrganization
Central Intelligence Agency ("Directorate of Operations") →	hasOrganizationalUnit
Directorate of Support →	hasParentOrganization
Operation Zapata →	hasParticipant
Paris Summit of 1960 →	hasRelatedOrganization
Central Intelligence Agency ("Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency") →	hasSeal
Homeland ("CIA") →	hasSetting
Langley Headquarters →	hasTenant
Alfred W. McCoy →	hasWrittenAbout
National Intelligence Program →	includes
Powers incident →	intelligenceAgencyInvolved
killing of Osama bin Laden ("CIA") →	intelligenceLedBy
Church Committee →	investigated
Laotian Civil War →	involvedOrganization
Public Law 81-110 →	legalBasisFor
The Bourne Identity ("CIA") →	mainCharacterAffiliation
Frank Wisner →	memberOf
Director of National Intelligence →	notCommanderOf
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency →	officeHeldByHeadOfGovernmentOrganization
Operation Zapata →	organisedBy
Bay of Pigs Invasion →	organizer
killing of Osama bin Laden →	oversightAgency
Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 →	oversightOf
Operation Neptune Spear →	plannedBy
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency →	positionHeldInOrganization
OSS →	predecessorOf
Lockheed U-2 →	primaryUser
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 →	providesAppropriationsFor
National Security Act Amendments of 1949 →	refinedRoleOf
Public Law 108-458 →	reformsAgency
OSS Society →	relatedTo
Directorate of Digital Innovation ("CIA Information Operations Center (in part)") →	replaces
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community →	scopeOfOversight
Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") →	shortName
Brigade 2506 →	sponsoredBy
Office of Policy Coordination →	subordinateTo
United States Army Intelligence and Security Command →	supports
Original Headquarters Building →	tenant
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed →	torturedBy
Luis Posada Carriles →	trainedBy
CIA Memorial Wall →	unveiledBy
Manuel Noriega →	workedFor
Edward Snowden →	workedForAgency
Charly Baltimore ("CIA") →	worksFor