The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, with responsibility for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers. Intelligence-gathering is performed by non-military commissioned civilian intelligence agents, many of whom are trained to avoid tactical situations.
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The low-down on the A-12 spy plane that Elon Musk and Grimes named their child after
The A-12 part of the name pays homage to the Lockheed Archangel-12, the plane that preceded the couples' favorite aircraft: ...
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Fantastic! CIA-funded Palantir is helping the NHS plan its coronavirus response
Palantir is helping the NHS build a new data platform that tracks medical staff and resources across the country in order ...
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CIA agents have been hacking China for 11 years, security firm claims
A leading Chinese security firm has accused the CIA of hacking local businesses and government agencies for the past 11 years. ...
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Algorithm blocks human rights investigator from entering US
Eyal Weizman, the director of investigative group Forensic Architecture was told he couldn't travel to the US because an algorithm ...
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Pablo Escobar's brother wins $3M website lawsuit, vows to take down Elon Musk and Apple
Escobar Inc — the company of Pablo Escobar's brother — has won a $3 million lawsuit to secure PabloEscobar.com. Now it's ...
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Ethereum 'ICO architect' arrested over alleged $12M cryptocurrency extortion
Two people, including a former advisor to Ethereum, have been arrested for their alleged role in a multi-million dollar cryptocurrency ...
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Moonday Mornings: Coinbase stored 3,420 passwords in plain text
Welcome to Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork's wrap-up of cryptocurrency and blockchain news from the past few days that you can't ...
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Satoshi Nakamoto left Bitcoin because of the CIA, a theory
A prominent Bitcoin developer announced he had been preparing to visit the CIA headquarters just days after Nakamoto said ...
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Edward Snowden used Bitcoin to buy servers for 2013 mass surveillance leak
Edward Snowden, the notorious American whistleblower, has confirmed he relied on the censorship resistance of Bitcoin to ...
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The CIA wants you to believe it traded assassinations and espionage for likes and shares
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has a bit of a reputation. Depending on what side you're on, it's either a necessary ...
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Blackmailers are posing as CIA agents to steal your Bitcoin
The Bitcoin sextortion scam has evolved: cryptocurrency fraudsters are now pretending to be the CIA in bid to fool you into ...
