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 than TV tends to show. …
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 stated that he believed the CIA’s …
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 use in the future. …
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 by the online name “cracka,” and claims to …
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 result, the CIA makes efforts to …
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 releasing about 2,500 previously classified daily briefings …
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 domestic online databases. Together, they include more than …
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 Chennault founded an airline company to transport …
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 since the …
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 private industry. The iconic U-2 enabled …