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1. Central Intelligence Agency, CIAnoun

   an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council

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1. cia

   The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, 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 (HUMINT) and performing covert actions. As a principal member of the United States Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA reports to the Director of National Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the President and Cabinet of the United States. President Harry S. Truman had created the Central Intelligence Group under the direction of a Director of Central Intelligence by presidential directive on January 22, 1946, and this group was transformed into the Central Intelligence Agency by implementation of the National Security Act of 1947. Unlike the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is a domestic security service, the CIA has no law enforcement function and is officially mainly focused on overseas intelligence gathering, with only limited domestic intelligence collection. The CIA serves as the national manager for the coordination of HUMINT activities across the U.S. intelligence community. It is the only agency authorized by law to carry out and oversee covert action at the behest of the President. It exerts foreign political influence through its tactical divisions, such as the Special Activities Center. The CIA was also instrumental in establishing intelligence services in several U.S. allied countries, such as Germany's BND. It has also provided support to many foreign political groups and governments, including planning, coordinating, training in torture, and technical support. It was involved in carrying out several regime changes, terrorist attacks, and planned assassinations of foreign leaders.Since 2004 the CIA is organized under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Despite transferring some of its powers to the DNI, the CIA has grown in size as a response to the September 11 attacks. In 2013, The Washington Post reported that in the fiscal year 2010, the CIA had the largest budget of all IC agencies, exceeding previous estimates.The CIA has increasingly expanded its role, including covert paramilitary operations. One of its largest divisions, the Information Operations Center (IOC), has officially shifted focus from counter-terrorism to offensive cyber-operations.The agency has been the subject of many controversies, including human rights violations, domestic wiretapping and propaganda, and allegations of drug trafficking. It has also appeared in works of fiction, including books, films and video games.

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1. cia

   The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the U.S. federal government, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT). It achieves these goals through covert means and is used by the government for strategic decision-making, particularly in relation to national security and foreign policy.

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1. CIA

   What does CIA stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CIA acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. CIA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cia is ranked #124548 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cia surname appeared 138 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cia.
   
   45.6% or 63 total occurrences were White.
   26.8% or 37 total occurrences were Asian.
   25.3% or 35 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • United States Intelligence Agency
   • Independent Agency

Anagrams for cia »

1. ICA

2. ACI

3. Cai

4. CAI

5. Cài

How to pronounce cia?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say cia in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cia in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of cia in a Sentence

1. Mikhail Sokolov:

   On a nationwide level they are interested in who is financing Navalny's campaign. They had a theory that we are financed by the CIA.

2. Marc Polymeropoulos:

   It is incumbent that the CIA and State use the same criteria to implement Havana Act. Both for who is considered a victim, and what level of compensation one is entitled to. I remain concerned that both agencies will not follow the intent of what is now law, based on the historic USG failure to take the victims' cases seriously, remember, this law is designed to provide financial relief for victims whose careers and lives have been destroyed, and who have suffered mental, physical and financial hardships.

3. President Trump:

   As Director of the CIA, Mike has earned the praise of members in both parties by strengthening our intelligence gathering, modernizing our defensive and offensive capabilities, and building close ties with our friends and allies in the international intelligence community.

4. Philip Mudd:

   We're talking about how Americans' phones get hacked, if you're in the CIA this morning -- and I know the people who run this program -- your first question isn't just, 'What are we revealing to the adversary?' It's, 'Who did this?'.

5. Arizona Sen. John McCain:

   These are the communications within the CIA as to what happened.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cia
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cia
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html