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I wouldn't even know - and I spent three years in the CIA - I wouldn't even know how you'd start a covert action program in a place like Iran. It would be extraordinarily difficult.
Frank Carlucci

Meaning of "CIA" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES CIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is one of the principal intelligence-gathering agencies of the United States federal government. The CIA's headquarters is in Langley, Virginia, a few miles west of Washington, D.C. Its employees operate from U.S. embassies and many other locations around the world. The only independent U.S. intelligence agency, it reports to the Director of National Intelligence. The CIA has three traditional principal activities, which are gathering information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals; analyzing that information, along with intelligence gathered by other U.S. intelligence agencies, in order to provide national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers; and, upon the request of the President of the United States, carrying out or overseeing covert activities and some tactical operations by its own employees, by members of the U.S. military, or by other partners. It can, for example, exert foreign political influence through its tactical divisions, such as the Special Activities Division.

Definition of CIA in the English dictionary

The definition of CIA in the dictionary is Central Intelligence Agency; a federal US bureau created in 1947 to coordinate and conduct espionage and intelligence activities.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIA

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CIA

AIA
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सीआईए
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ЦРУ
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The term «CIA» is very widely used and occupies the 7.716 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about CIA

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10 QUOTES WITH «CIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word CIA.
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Aldrich Ames
I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union.
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Scott Anderson
As a journalist, I try to avoid talking to American diplomats, because I am stunned again and again by just how little grasp they have of what people are really feeling in a country. Especially CIA guys. Maybe they're just really good at playing stupid, but I don't think so.
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John O. Brennan
The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
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Stephen Cambone
The office has oversight of people who do analysis and oversight of people who do operations, but it is not charged with doing either. That is an important point to make. Those functions are performed by the CIA, DIA and other agencies.
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Tucker Carlson
The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.
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Frank Carlucci
I wouldn't even know - and I spent three years in the CIA - I wouldn't even know how you'd start a covert action program in a place like Iran. It would be extraordinarily difficult.
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John Sherman Cooper
The original judgment of the FBI, the Secret Service, and the CIA was that there were three shots. I don't think that convinced us except as a statement by people, many of them who were familiar with ballistics. This question troubled me greatly.
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John Sherman Cooper
I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas.
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Stanley Crouch
Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIA»

Discover the use of CIA in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to CIA and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Tim Weiner, 2008
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Inside the CIA
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Ronald Kessler, 2012
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Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs, and the Press
Describes CIA involvement in drug trafficking.
Alexander Cockburn, 1998
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Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of Lsd : The Cia, ...
Provides a social history of how the CIA used the psychedelic drug LSD as a tool of espionage during the early 1950s and tested it on U.S. citizens before it spread into popular culture, in particular the counterculture as represented by ...
Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain, 1992
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and ...
The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeada's evolution.
Steve Coll, 2005
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Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World ...
Each chapter of the book covers a year in which the author takes one particular country case and tells the story - and each case throws light on particular US tactics of intervention.
William Blum, 2003
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CIA
A look at the CIA examines the agency's role in national security, its covert operations, its agents, and its history
Brian Freemantle, 1984
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The CIA in Guatemala: The Foreign Policy of Intervention
Recounts the American backed overthrow of the Castillo Armas government of Guatemala in 1954
Richard H. Immerman, 1982
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Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved ...
Traces a leading CIA counter-terrorist's unlikely journey from a law student and CIA recruit to a top American spy, addressing questions related to his political views and controversial decision to destroy tapes of CIA interrogations.
Jose A. Rodriguez, 2013
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Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most ...
Argo by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio - the declassified CIA story behind the Oscar-winning film WINNER OF 'BEST PICTURE' AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS, THE BAFTAS AND THE GOLDEN GLOBES Tehran, November 1979.
Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIA»

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The true story of the Soviet engineer who became a CIA spy and …
In 1979, the US Air Force estimated that Soviet engineer Adolf Tolkachev had saved Uncle Sam about as much–in just his first year as a CIA ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
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How To Break Into the CIA's Cloud on Amazon
How To Break Into the CIA's Cloud on Amazon ... to provide cloud services and data storage to the CIA and the broader intelligence community, ... «Defense One, Jul 15»
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How To Not Know about the CIA's Targeted Killing Program
The CIA operates armed drones to engage in targeted killing operations in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. That is known. But, to borrow from ... «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»
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US refuses to give Scots cops CIA torture report
US authorities have still not agreed to hand over an uncensored report into CIA torture to help the police investigation into the use of Scottish ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
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Christie: Rand Paul, not FBI or CIA, should be called to testify if …
Chris Christie is starting his presidential bid in a tough spot. The race already features too many candidates like him, who are polling higher ... «AMERICAblog, Jul 15»
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Former CIA leader: Heightened security "the new normal"
Morell, the former deputy director of the CIA, said that officials were on alert for three reasons over the holiday weekend: The large number of ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
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CIA predictions for life in 2015 missed global financial crisis and the …
But, although CIA agents recognized that there could be some bumps in the road, they massively underestimate the extent to which financial ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Report: After Spying Operation in Germany, CIA Outed Suspected …
In the summer of 2011, the CIA station chief in Berlin asked one of the most powerful intelligence officials in Germany to go on a private walk ... «The Intercept - First Look Media, Jul 15»
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The CIA's Creation of “Islamic Terrorism” on American Soil
Under the CIA's directions, a host of other paramilitary camps were ... Based on the history of the CIA's involvement in the creation of these ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
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CIA has paid millions to a consulting firm to help with reorganization
John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2013, during his Senate nomination hearing to be director of the CIA. The White ... «Stars and Stripes, Jul 15»

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