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  2. Poland–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    Since 1989, Polish–American relations have been strong and Poland is one of the chief European allies of the United States, being part of both NATO and the European Union. There is a strong cultural appreciation between the two nations (Polonophilia). According to the US Department of State, Poland remains a "stalwart ally" and "one of ...

  3. Foreign relations of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Poland is a Central European country and member of the European Union and NATO, among others. Poland wields considerable influence in Central and Eastern Europe and is a middle power in international affairs. The foreign policy of Poland is based on four basic commitments: to Atlantic co-operation, to European integration, to ...

  4. Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA / ˌ s iː. aɪ ˈ eɪ /), known informally as the Agency, [6] metonymously as Langley [7] and historically as the Company, [8] is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human ...

  5. Former Polish president admits CIA black site after years of ...

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    By RYAN GORMAN Poland has admitted hosting one of the secret CIA prisons referred to as "black sites." Former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski admitted Tuesday to a Warsaw radio station ...

  6. Operation Simoom - Wikipedia

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    Operation Simoom. Operation Simoom[1] (Polish: Operacja Samum) was a top secret Polish intelligence operation conducted in Iraq in 1990. In 1990 the CIA asked European intelligence agencies to assist in the withdrawal of six American operatives (a mix of CIA and DIA officers) investigating Iraqi troops movements in Iraq before the Gulf War. [2]

  7. History of the Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia

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    The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) dates from September 18, 1947, when President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 into law. A major impetus that has been cited over the years [citation needed] for the creation of the CIA was the unforeseen attack on Pearl Harbor, [1] but whatever Pearl Harbor's role, at ...

  8. Foreign Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia

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    Col. Anetta Maciejewska [1], Deputy Head. Website. https://aw.gov.pl/. The Foreign Intelligence Agency (Polish: Agencja Wywiadu (Polish pronunciation: [aˈɡɛnt͡sja vɨˈvʲadu]; or AW) is a Polish intelligence agency tasked with the gathering of public and secret information abroad for the Republic of Poland. [2]

  9. Containment - Wikipedia

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    Containment. Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II. The name was loosely related to the term cordon sanitaire, which was containment of the Soviet Union in the interwar period.