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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Founded 1947
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Place FoundedLangley, Virginia, United States
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence. The CIA was founded by President Harry S. Truman in 1947.