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CIA's Lost Magic Manual Resurfaces...here a few weeks ago: In the infamous Operation Midnight Climax, unwitting clients at CIA brothels in New York and San Francisco were slipped LSD and then monitored through one-way mirrors to see how they reacted. They even killed an... In this article: Central Intelligence Agency, E mail, Jasper Maskelyne, World War II, The Boston Globe, Harry Houdini, and Suez Canal |
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San Diego Union-Tribune | November 07, 2009
U-T Editorial: Heed CIA chief; don't pity Nunez
...7, 2009 at 1:57 a.m. • By far the most insightful speech we've heard of late from an Obama administration official came recently when CIA Director Leon Panetta addressed the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. Panetta warned that if the...
In this article: Fabian Nunez, Leon Panetta, CIA, Barack Obama, Revenue, University of Central Florida, Michael Jordan, and Louis Vuitton
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bizjournals: Local Business News | 3 days ago
Culinary Institute names 2010 Vintners Hall of Fame inductees
...Business Times - by Chris Rauber The CIA also said that Wine Institute founder Leon Adams will be inducted as a "pioneer," a category recognizing California wine giants who died prior to March 1989. Adams is best known for his 1973 book...
In this article: The CIA, St. Helena, Business Times, Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio, Texas., and Hyde Park, New York
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Wired Top Stories | November 05, 2009
Inside the Army's Far-Out Acid Tests
...about it today. " Who knows where the massive supply went? Certainly the CIA had something of an obsession with LSD, at one point believing it was an effective truth drug. In the infamous Operation Midnight Climax, unwitting clients at...
In this article: CIA, Jeff Bridges, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Wired.com, Psychoactive drug, Narcotic, Truth drug, and Jon Ronson
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San Francisco Chronicle | October 27, 2009
Court to reconsider CIA torture flight ruling
...San Francisco had reinstated a suit in April by five men who accused the company, Jeppesen Dataplan of San Jose, of taking part in the CIA's so-called extraordinary rendition program that led to their imprisonment and torture. The 3-0 ruling...
In this article: CIA, Jeppesen, Plaintiff, James Ware, Justice Department, and San Francisco
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washingtonpost.com | May 28, 2009
Pelosi as Political Liability?
...regarding the CIA was a major mistake and, therefore, an real electoral opportunity. "Accusing the CIA of criminal activity might make Nancy Pelosi popular with her San Francisco constituents, but it also makes her a liability in swing...
In this article: Nancy Pelosi, CIA, Frank Kratovil, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, GOP, Allegation, and Chrysler
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Film.com Movie Blog | October 08, 2009
Eric's Bad Movies: Leonard Part 6 (1987)
...is a reminder of his limitations as an actor. Cosby plays Leonard Parker, a CIA agent who retired seven years ago and now runs the most successful swanky restaurant in San Francisco. Like most retired government employees, he is a...
In this article: CIA, Bill Cosby, Joe Don Baker, and Leonard Part 6
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boston.com - Latest news | January 07, 2009
Vets sue CIA, Defense over military experiments
...EASY PRINTING SAN FRANCISCO-Six veterans who claim they were unwittingly exposed to dangerous chemicals and germs during government-sponsored Cold War experiments have sued the CIA, Department of Defense and other agencies. The vets...
In this article: Department of Defense, CIA, E-mail, San Francisco, All rights reserved, Boston.com, and Associated Press
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SignOnSanDiego.com RSS Feeds State | June 13, 2009
Obama administration attempts to block CIA suit
...to block CIA suit SAN FRANCISCO The Obama administration is asking a federal appeals court to reverse its ruling that foreign prisoners can sue a company accused of helping plan secret CIA torture flights. The U.S. Justice...
In this article: CIA, San Francisco, Plaintiff, San Francisco Chronicle, Boeing Co., U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and San Jose
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L.A. Times - Politics | July 13, 2009
Clamor grows over CIA secrets
...during the Bush administration. Congressional Democrats -- in particular, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco -- have accused the CIA of misleading Capitol Hill about key elements of its now-canceled harsh interrogation program,...
In this article: CIA, Dick Cheney, Richard J. Durbin, Leon E. Panetta, Dianne Feinstein, Eric H. Holder Jr., and Allegation
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government.
It is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior United States policymakers.
It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the United States military. The 1947 National Security Act established the CIA, affording it "no police or law enforcement functions, either at home or abroad". One year later, this mandate was expanded to include "sabotage, anti-sabotage, demolition and evacuation measures...subversion [and] assistance to underground resistance movements, guerrillas and refugee liberation movements, and support of indigenous anti-communist elements in threatened countries of the free world".
Today, the CIA still has a number of functions in common with other countries' intelligence agencies; see Relationships with foreign intelligence agencies. The CIA's headquarters is in Langley in McLean, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, a few miles west of Washington, DC along the Potomac River.
Sometimes, the CIA is referred to euphemistically in government and military parlance as Other Government Agencies (OGA), particularly when its operations in a particular area are an open secret. Other terms include The Company. and The Agency.
- Name:
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Also Known As:
- CIA
- Headquarters:
- Langley, McLean, Virginia United States
- Founding Date:
- September 18, 1947
- Head:
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- Stephen Kappes
- Scott White
- Leon Panetta
- No. of Employees:
- Classified
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