The article reviews publicly disclosed CIA involvement in Venezuela, including recent acknowledgements of covert action authority and a reported CIA strike, and compares those disclosures to declassified campaigns in Guatemala and Chile to show how documentation and transparency differ over time.

The former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died Jan. 5. He was 84.

When the Simes brought Ter-Ovanesyan to Mr. Wolf, the agent immediately began speaking to the Ukrainian in a regional dialect. Ter-Ovanesyan was already terrified of KGB agents posing as CIA operatives, and the dialect only frightened him more. He balked, abruptly leaving the meeting. "That was it," Sime recalled. "The CIA blew it."

The people who were familiar with the intelligence and spoke to Reuters said the CIA had described Cuba's economy in very poor terms - although their descriptions differed in degr

A former top CIA officer has revealed he suffered from the mysterious neurological illness known as Havana Syndrome — and wants the Trump administration to expose what he calls the Biden administration’s cover-up of debilitating attacks on US personnel.

The CIA has been the target of numerous rumors, spanning everything from its knowledge of UFOs to its alleged administration of covert drug trials.

The CIA has released a glossy video designed to attract Chinese spies. Unveiled on Thursday (Jan 15), the two-minute clip is narrated in Mandarin and details how would-be agents can securely contact the US intelligence service.