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Image courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Photography …
Image courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Photography credit: Joel Benjamin.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Image courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Photography credit: Joel Benjamin.

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.