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Pages in category "People of the Central Intelligence Agency" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 380 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
External Intelligence. Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Defence Intelligence. Air Intelligence (AI) Military Intelligence (MI) Naval Intelligence (NI) Internal Intelligence. Intelligence Bureau (IB) Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Special Branch (Pakistan)
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 ...
The station chief, also called chief of station (COS), is the top U.S. Central Intelligence Agency official stationed in a foreign country, equivalent to a KGB Resident. Often the COS has an office in the American Embassy. The station chief is the senior U.S. intelligence representative with his or her respective foreign government. [1]
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 ]
Central Intelligence Agency. Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Bhola Nath Mullik: 1950–1964 India: Intelligence Bureau: Donald Nichols: 1951 United States: 6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron: Manuel Piñeiro: 1961–1964 Cuba: Dirección de Inteligencia: Allan Pinkerton: 1855–1861 United States: Union Intelligence Service Wang ...
Alongside funding proxy wars in Somalia, the CIA has also financed a secret prison in Mogadishu, run by the Somali National Security Agency (now the National Intelligence and Security Agency), but entirely reliant on the United States. According to Somali government officials, American agents operate unilaterally in the country. [12]
Before April 21, 2005, the director of central intelligence (DCI) headed both the Intelligence Community and the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition, DCI served as an advisor to the president of the United States on intelligence matters and was the statutory intelligence advisor to the National Security Council (NSC). On April 21, 2005 ...