List of CIA articles
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Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission delivers a speech at the 2018 Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17, in Munich, Germany. (Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images) Spy Chiefs Descend on Munich Confab in Record Numbers
An annual security gathering in Munich has become the new hot spot for top intelligence officials meeting in the shadows of a public event.
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MUNICH, GERMANY : National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster delivers a speech at the 2018 Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2018 in Munich, Germany. Photo by Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images Security Brief: U.S. Officials Reassure Allies in Munich; Mueller Indicts 13 Russians
Trump administration officials spent the weekend in Munich telling their European counterparts to please ignore President Donald Trump’s tweets and to focus on their more sober-minded statements.
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Illuminated portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on display amid the night skyline in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Nov. 25, 2016. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) All Eyes on North Korea
Intelligence agencies are surging resources to focus on the Korean Peninsula.
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A portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump burns during demonstration in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 11, 2017. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images) The Trump Team’s Blinkered Obsession With the Iran Deal Is Poisoning the Well
Opponents of the nuclear agreement have distorted the debate over U.S. policy in the Middle East.
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A computer monitor displays a map available on the Strava website in Washington on Jan. 29. (Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images) How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit
The debate over whether fitness trackers should be allowed in sensitive areas has dragged on for years.
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(USAF via AP/Corbis via Getty Images/AFP/Foreign Policy illustration) Edward Lansdale and America’s Vietnam Demons
A new book explores a legendary advisor who may have had the secret to success in Vietnam — and in winning today’s forever war.
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Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on Dec. 30, 2017. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Weighs Sanctions to Punish Iran Crackdown
The president offers blunt support for protesters in tweets, but a pivotal decision on the Iran nuclear deal is looming.
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Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Martin Schulz makes a phone call during a party congress on December 9, 2017 in Berlin. (John MacDougall/AFP) The Fate of Social Democracy Is Being Decided in Germany
Germany's center-left is considering another bargain with Angela Merkel, with the EU hanging in the balance — and its own survival.
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Canadian *Foreign Affairs Minister* Chrystia Freeland arrives for a meeting with the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means in Washington on Oct. 11. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The Politician Advancing a Values-Driven Alternative to Global Leadership
This year, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland warned her country not to take the liberal world order for granted.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson leaves for meetings after posing for photos for the press at the State Department on Nov. 29 in Washington. (Saul Loeb/AFPGetty Images) Rexit: Secretary of State Tillerson Could Soon Get the Boot
Reports suggest Trump is mulling replacing the embattled secretary of state with CIA head Pompeo, and putting Sen. Tom Cotton at CIA.
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In this episode of the E.R., we dive into the JFK files and what's still to be learned. (APF/Getty Images) Spies, Lies and the Murder of a President
What do the JFK releases really tell us?
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CIA director Mike Pompeo during his confirmation hearing on Jan. 12. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Mike Pompeo Could Stop Robert Mueller in His Tracks
The director of the CIA has extraordinary influence over all counterintelligence investigations — and there are reasons to distrust his intentions.
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) America Will Always Lose Russia’s Tit-for-Tat Spy Games
In the asymmetric warfare of espionage, playing fair means Moscow wins.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7. Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images) Book Talk: Spy Schools
Exploring the dark relationship between intelligence services and academia.
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CAMBRIDGE, MA - JANUARY 27: Snow falls in Harvard Yard on January 27, 2015 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Boston, and much of the Northeast, is being hit with heavy snow from Winter Storm Juno. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Harvard Caves to CIA Pressure, Revokes Chelsea Manning Title
Manning, the transgender former soldier who leaked thousands of diplomatic cables, lost her honorary title.