The Central Intelligence Agency coordinated the covert distribution of Western books to readers across the communist bloc for more than three decades, supplying everything from George Orwell’s political fiction to Agatha Christie’s
Editor’s Note: This column is based on excerpts from a speech by Chase Hughes, a behavioral science expert, author, and former U.S. Navy officer. Hughes has spent over two decades studying human
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with senior European Union officials last week in a bid to strengthen transatlantic intelligence cooperation, Politico reported, citing sources familiar with the discussions. Ratcliffe’s meetings included EU
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by Nil John Lisle’s “Project Mind Control” is a chilling exposé of America’s descent into moral ambiguity, cloaked in the language of national security. Through the enigmatic and unsettling figure of Sidney
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The CIA has appointed a veteran clandestine officer currently serving as a station chief in the Middle East to lead its global covert operations, according to a report by the Financial Times.
More The Trump administration is moving ahead with sweeping reductions to the U.S. intelligence workforce, including the elimination of approximately 1,200 positions at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in a move that has
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This essay is produced by CIAGate, a volunteer group of investigative journalists, and is shared in collaboration and with permission. – Editors We’re diving deeper into our investigation of CIA actions that
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In one of the more sensational entries from the archives of Cold War lore, a newly resurfaced declassified CIA document recounts a bizarre story from the late 1980s: that Soviet soldiers allegedly
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by Nil Douglas Waller’s The Determined Spy is an incisive, meticulously researched, and moving portrait of Frank G. Wisner, a pivotal figure in the early years of the CIA. While the subtitle
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Newly analyzed CIA documents reveal that U.S. intelligence officials continued to investigate the possibility that Adolf Hitler survived World War II and escaped to South America, pursuing leads for more than a
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A trove of newly declassified documents released by the National Archives and posted by the National Security Archive provides a rare and dramatic glimpse into the inner workings of the CIA’s global
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Elon Musk has been invited to CIA headquarters in Langley for a meeting with agency director John Ratcliffe to discuss government efficiency and cost-cutting measures, reports indicate. The meeting, scheduled for Monday,
More Recently declassified files related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy have unveiled a secret CIA operation in the early 1960s aimed at sabotaging a Soviet-bound sugar shipment. According to the documents,
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In a striking revelation this week, anonymous sources informed major U.S. outlets that the CIA has been operating MQ-9 Reaper drones over Mexico to monitor drug cartels. This move, billed as part
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by CIAGate To put it briefly, our records show that throughout his entire career, Liam Daniel Hayden carried out undercover operations across a wide range of locations. His secret missions took place
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A group of 200 former CIA officers has ignited a firestorm of controversy with a bold protest against what they perceive as an unjust attack on their careers. These veterans, part of
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