Central Intelligence Agency

Summary

Central Intelligence Agency is a foreign intelligence service^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of foreign_intelligence_service entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,469 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Central Intelligence Agency's field of work was national security^[3].
• Central Intelligence Agency's field of work was counterintelligence^[4].
• Central Intelligence Agency's field of work was espionage^[5].
• Central Intelligence Agency's field of work was regime change^[6].
• Central Intelligence Agency's field of work was colour revolution^[7].
• Central Intelligence Agency's field of work was United States and state terrorism^[8].
• A notable work attributed to Central Intelligence Agency is Humans of CIA^[9].
• Central Intelligence Agency received the Doublespeak Award^[10].
• Central Intelligence Agency was a member of United States Intelligence Community^[11].
• Central Intelligence Agency is in the country of United States^[12].
• Central Intelligence Agency's image is recorded as Aerial view of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, Langley, Virginia - Corrected and Cropped.jpg^[13].
• Central Intelligence Agency's instance of is recorded as foreign intelligence service^[14].
• Central Intelligence Agency's instance of is recorded as independent agency of the United States government^[15].
• Central Intelligence Agency's flag image is recorded as Flag of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.svg^[16].
• Central Intelligence Agency's coat of arms image is recorded as Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg^[17].
• Central Intelligence Agency's founder is recorded as Dwight D. Eisenhower^[18].
• Central Intelligence Agency's founder is recorded as William J. Donovan^[19].
• Central Intelligence Agency's founder is recorded as Allen W. Dulles^[20].
• Central Intelligence Agency's founder is recorded as Harry S. Truman^[21].
• Central Intelligence Agency's logo image is recorded as Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg^[22].
• Central Intelligence Agency's seal image is recorded as Seal of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.svg^[23].
• Central Intelligence Agency's seal image is recorded as Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency (B&W).svg^[24].
• Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Langley^[25].
• Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Virginia^[26].
• Central Intelligence Agency's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121701744^[27].

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Founding

Founders include Dwight D. Eisenhower^[18], William J. Donovan^[19], Allen W. Dulles^[20], and Harry S. Truman^[21]. +1947-09-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Central Intelligence Agency^[28].

Leadership

Central Intelligence Agency's chairperson is recorded as John Ratcliffe^[29]. Directors / managers include Gina Haspel^[30] and John Ratcliffe^[31].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Langley^[25], an unincorporated community^[32], in United States^[33] and Virginia^[26], an U.S. state^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1788^[36]. Parent organizations include Federal Government of the United States^[37], a federal government^[38], in United States^[39], founded in 1789^[40], headquartered in Washington, D.C.^[41] and Office of the Director of National Intelligence^[42], a government agency^[43], in United States^[44], founded in 2005^[45], headquartered in McLean^[46]. Subsidiaries include Directorate of Operations^[47], an intelligence agency^[48], in United States^[49], founded in 2005^[50]; Directorate of Science and Technology^[51], a government agency^[52], founded in 1947^[53]; Operations Support Branch^[54], a government agency^[55], in United States^[56]; and Central Intelligence Agency Office of Inspector General^[57], an office of the inspector general of United States federal agency^[58], in United States^[59], founded in 1952^[60].

Industry

Fields of work include national security^[3], a type of security^[61]; counterintelligence^[4]; espionage^[5]; regime change^[6], a term^[62]; colour revolution^[7]; and United States and state terrorism^[8], a Wikipedia overview article^[63], in United States^[64].

Recognition

Central Intelligence Agency received the Doublespeak Award^[10].

Why It Matters

Central Intelligence Agency ranks in the top 9% of foreign_intelligence_service entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,469 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[65] It is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[66]

Works attributed to it include The World Factbook^[67], a series of creative works^[68], written by it^[69]; Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare^[70], a written work^[71], written by it^[72]; Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US^[73], a government document^[74], written by it^[75]; and The Freedom Fighter's Manual^[76], a written work^[77], written by it^[78].

FAQs

What awards did Central Intelligence Agency receive?

Honors received include Doublespeak Award^[10].