Definition of Central Intelligence Agency

1. Noun. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council.


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Literary usage of Central Intelligence Agency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Worldwide Threats to National Security: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by John Warner (2000)
"... the very disturbing, indeed the tragic reports regarding a former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and also a Pentagon deputy. ..."

2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"... HR 2968, the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 1984 authorizes funds for all the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency; the Defense ..."

3. Records Relating to American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the edited by Charles E. Schamel (1997)
"RG 263 Records of the Central Intelligence Agency V.9 Sound recordings of monitored foreign broadcast materials, 1950-76 (75 ft.), consist of recordings of ..."

4. Status of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Identify Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1998)
"... for Gulf War Illnesses at the Department of Defense, Mr. Robert Walpole, Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses for the Central Intelligence Agency. ..."

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