CIA Director Emphasizes Leadership Diversity as a Way to Help Intelligence...
CIA Director John Brennan issued a statement on June 30, 2015 to describe his efforts to improve diversity in the senior leadership of the agency. Brennan pointed out that “excellence in foreign...
View ArticleThe CIA Outed a German Senior Official for Leaking Information to the Press
A secret conversation between the CIA station chief in Berlin and one of the most powerful intelligence officials in Germany in 2011 just became public. Der Spiegel detailed the contents of this...
View ArticleThe CIA’s Predictions From 2000 on the Situation of the World in 2015
Right before George W. Bush became president in 2000, the CIA published a 70-page report on what the world would be like in 2015, and they were correct about a number of things. Business Insider...
View ArticleDeath of Former European CIA Division Director Who Had Disputed Bush
Former high-level CIA official Tyler S. Drumheller died on August 2, 2015 of pancreatic cancer in Virginia. Heller was 63 and renown for his assertions that George W. Bush had knowingly hyped...
View ArticleThe Accidental Flight of the First U-2 at Area 51
While Area 51 has long been a favorite topic for conspiracy discussions of aliens, the site has a long and storied history in top-secret aviation development pioneered by the CIA, the Air Force, and...
View ArticleJulia Child’s OSS Work on Shark Repellant
The media was in a frenzy about shark attacks at the height of World War II, and the newly formed OSS was called into action to develop a shark repellant. Sharks had attacked at least 20 naval officers...
View ArticleThe CIA’s Foray Into Commercial Aviation
In the late 1940s, China was in the grip of civil war between the Nationalist government and Maoist insurgents. In 1946, the legendary retired commanding general of the US Fourteenth Air Force Claire...
View ArticleWhere CIA Spies Go When They Need to Conduct Research
CIA spooks that need background research can often find it at the agency’s library. Located at its headquarters in Langley, Virginia the CIA’s library offers access to more than 200 foreign and...
View ArticleThe CIA Released Declassified Daily Briefings from the JFK and LBJ...
The turbulent times of the 1960s have long intrigued historians and the people who lived through that era. On September 16, 2015, the CIA released windows into intelligence efforts from that time by...
View ArticleShopping Catalogues Used to Recruit Locals to CIA Operations
In war zones, it can be difficult for the CIA to put agents on the ground to gather intelligence. Locals are inherently more suspicious of non-native operatives and less willing to cooperate. As a...
View ArticleCIA Responds to Hacked Email Account at Annual Conference
In an annual conference held at the George Washington University, CIA Director John Brennan shared his thoughts on his personal AOL email account being hacked earlier in October 2015. The hacker goes...
View ArticleCIA Directors Speak Out on Torture and Its Role in Intelligence Gathering
A revelatory documentary will air at the end of this month on Showtime featuring interviews from every living CIA director discussing the use of torture by the CIA in the past and their opinions on its...
View ArticleDirector Brennan Delivers on Diversity Creating Pipeline for Black Students
Last December, CIA Director John O. Brennan made a commitment to promote the hiring of minorities in the CIA after years of failure on the part of previous directors to diversify the CIA. Brennan...
View Article5 Times the CIA’s Twitter Account was Way Too Cool
Television and movie depictions of CIA agents typically show them as black-clad, stern faced, and secretive. While that is certainly the case some of the time, the CIA is capable of a bit more levity...
View ArticleSpouse of CIA Whistleblower Submits Petition for His Release
Even since her husband, ex-CIA agent and whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, was handed to a 42-month prison sentence for sharing information regarding CIA’s covert Operation Merlin, Holly Sterling was...
View ArticleFormer CIA Agent Reveals the Key to Life as a Spy
American culture has always had a strong fascination with spies. Often the notion of undercover agents often conjures images of famous spies like Sherlock Homes, James Bonds or characters from the...
View ArticleAn Inside Look at the Life of a Young CIA Agent
Douglas Laux was studying to become an eye doctor when 9/11 happened. Like many Americans, the terrorist attack changed Doug’s life, but for him, it was much more than a shift in perspective....
View ArticleFormer CIA Agent Brings Spy Training to Vegas
Though the name “Spy Escape & Evasion” hints at learning to be the next 007, former CIA Agent Jason Hanson’s seminar is more than fun and games. Hanson, who boasts a six-year career within the CIA,...
View ArticleFormer CIA Director Speaks of Importance of Culture Immersion
Staff and faculty of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, CA were recently visited by former director of the Central Intelligence Agency National Clandestine Service,...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Female CIA Agent Remembered for Her Extraordinary Service
Doris Bohrer, a former CIA agent died this past August at the age of 93 in Greensboro, North Carolina. She spent 27 years working at what was then known as the Office of Strategic Services, a World War...
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