Central Intelligence Agency
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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 (38,437 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 instance of is recorded as foreign intelligence service[13].
- Central Intelligence Agency's instance of is recorded as independent agency of the United States government[14].
- Central Intelligence Agency's instance of is recorded as intelligence agency[15].
- Central Intelligence Agency's founder is recorded as Dwight D. Eisenhower[16].
- Central Intelligence Agency's founder is recorded as William J. Donovan[17].
- Central Intelligence Agency's founder is recorded as Allen W. Dulles[18].
- Central Intelligence Agency's founder is recorded as Harry S. Truman[19].
- Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Langley[20].
- Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Virginia[21].
- Central Intelligence Agency's child organization or unit is recorded as Directorate of Operations[22].
- Central Intelligence Agency's child organization or unit is recorded as Directorate of Science and Technology[23].
- Central Intelligence Agency's child organization or unit is recorded as Operations Support Branch[24].
- Central Intelligence Agency's child organization or unit is recorded as Central Intelligence Agency Office of Inspector General[25].
- Central Intelligence Agency's Commons category is recorded as Central Intelligence Agency[26].
- Central Intelligence Agency's foundational text is recorded as Central Intelligence Agency Act[27].
Body
Founding
Founders include Dwight D. Eisenhower[16], William J. Donovan[17], Allen W. Dulles[18], and Harry S. Truman[19]. September 18, 1947 marks the founding of Central Intelligence Agency[28].
Leadership
Central Intelligence Agency's chairperson is recorded as John Ratcliffe[29].
Operations
Headquarters locations include Langley[20], an unincorporated community[30], in United States[31] and Virginia[21], an U.S. state[32], in United States[33], founded in 1788[34]. Parent organizations include Federal Government of the United States[35], a federal government[36], in United States[37], founded in 1789[38], headquartered in Washington, D.C.[39] and Office of the Director of National Intelligence[40], a government agency[41], in United States[42], founded in 2005[43], headquartered in McLean[44]. Subsidiaries include Directorate of Operations[22], an intelligence agency[45], in United States[46], founded in 2005[47]; Directorate of Science and Technology[23], a government agency[48], founded in 1947[49]; Operations Support Branch[24], a government agency[50], in United States[51]; and Central Intelligence Agency Office of Inspector General[25], an office of the inspector general of United States federal agency[52], in United States[53], founded in 1952[54].
Industry
Fields of work include national security[3], a type of security[55]; counterintelligence[4]; espionage[5]; regime change[6], a term[56]; colour revolution[7]; and United States and state terrorism[8], a Wikipedia overview article[57], in United States[58].
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 (38,437 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 122 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Works attributed to it include Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US[61], a government document[62]; The World Factbook[63], a series of creative works[64]; Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare[65], a written work[66]; and The Freedom Fighter's Manual[67], a written work[68].
FAQs
What awards did Central Intelligence Agency receive?
Honors received include Doublespeak Award[10].