By Jack Phillips The United States has sent or redirected much more than 15,000 military personnel to the Middle East since the Israel–Hamas conflict began on Oct. 7, officials recently confirmed. While the United States has stated that it has deployed about 1,200 new troops to the region since early October, about 10,000 sailors are […]
Tag: Central Intelligence Agency (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 conducting covert action. 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.
