The following is the Jan. 23, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Defense Primer: Intelligence Support to Military ...

Part one : The Central Intelligence Group and the Central Intelligence Agency, 1946-52 -- Part two : The Dulles era, 1953-61 -- Part three : Change and routinization, 1961-70 -- Part four : The ...

In an era where information is power and diplomacy goes hand in hand with espionage, the world's most powerful intelligence agencies represent some of the strongest institutions at work behind the ...

The meeting place of facts, ego, ignorance and politics typically is a messy arena as Tim Weiner illustrates over and over in this powerful account of the Central Intelligence Agency actions since ...

Intelligence in the nuclear age : introductory -- The nature of intelligence -- United States intelligence : historical background -- The Central Intelligence Agency : basic functions -- The ...

The State Department’s internal intelligence agency cast doubt earlier this year on the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin was prepared to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, ...

Tim Weiner likens the Central Intelligence Agency to a fortified medieval city, where locked castles contain vast libraries. “If you had the keys,” he writes, “a billion secrets were at your ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractors who designed enhanced interrogation techniques do not fall under the jurisdiction of ...