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  2. George Bush Center for Intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Before its current name, the CIA headquarters was formally unnamed. [3] On April 26, 1999, [4] the complex was officially named in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 for George H. W. Bush, [2] who had served as the Director of Central Intelligence for 357 days (between January 30, 1976, and January 20, 1977) and later as the 41st president of the United States.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Who Are Langley's Favorite Candidates? (opinion) - AOL

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    ZIP code 22101 is home to a lot of very powerful people. For one, it encompasses Langley, Virginia, home to the CIA's headquarters. But it's not just the CIA. The ZIP code also includes the nearby ...

  5. Organizational structure of the Central Intelligence Agency

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    The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a United States intelligence agency that "provides objective intelligence on foreign countries." [1] The CIA is also informally known as the Agency, or historically informally referred to simply as "the Company". [2] The CIA is part of the United States Intelligence Community, is

  6. CIA Museum - Wikipedia

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    As of 2017, The CIA Museum maintains three exhibits of important historical intelligence artifacts at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia.Dedicated in June 2002 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Office of Strategic Services, the CIA Museum's North Gallery houses an exhibit devoted to preserving the legacy CIA inherited from the OSS.

  7. CIA Memorial Wall - Wikipedia

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    The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. [1] The wall is located in the Original Headquarters Building lobby on the north wall. There are 140 stars [2] carved into the white Alabama marble wall, [3] each one representing an employee who died in the line of service. [1]

  8. Special Activities Center - Wikipedia

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    He is the most recent star added to the memorial wall at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. At the time of the attack, the U.S. had around 700 troops in Somalia, assisting local forces to defeat al-Shabaab, the burgeoning al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group with an estimated 9,000 fighters throughout the region. The terrorist organization ...

  9. Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology

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    On December 31, 1948, the CIA formed the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) by merging the Scientific Branch in the Office of Reports and Estimates with the Nuclear Energy Group of the Office of Special Operations. [2] In 1962, the CIA formed the Deputy Directorate of Research (DDR), headed by Herbert Scoville. Under it was the newly ...