commonly known as the CIA, regularly conduct top-secret missions whose details they typically must not share with anyone outside the agency. A career with the CIA is typically characterized by a ...

Trump's pick to be CIA director promised in his confirmation hearing to hone in on setting strong intelligence collection ...

CIA director nominee John Ratcliffe said the agency needs to focus on its mission in the face of growing challenges from ...

Former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden, author of "Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror," explains what the Central Intelligence Agency looks for in a candidate.

He began his CIA career in 1994 as a case officer trained in covert communications, surveillance detection, recruitment, and the handling and payment of assets (agents or informants), among other ...