Ci The Most Secretive Government Agency - 1863 Words

What’s the most secretive government agency in the world? You guessed right, it’s the Central Intelligence Agency. The Agency as the insiders like to call it, is one of the greatest intelligence agencies in the world. I’m going to talk about several aspects of the CIA which will include the history, roles, responsibilities, and other various tidbits of information that are pertinent to the Agency. The CIA has a history that is shrouded in mystery. The Agency’s history is rich with patriotic acts that rival the likes of the GRU (Russian Intelligence), MI6 (British Intelligence), and Mossad (Israeli Intelligence). These agencies are some of the top Intelligence Agencies in the world, yet the CIA is constantly topping the list by being the†¦show more content†¦President Bush then created the D(CIA) position, which isn’t much different from the previous positions. While creating this act, he also created the NCTC and DNI position. The present D(CIA) is John O. Brennan, he reports to the Director of National Intelligence, was nominated by the President and selected by the Senate. He primarily manages operations, personnel, and the agencies budget. The CIA’s headquarters is in Langley, Virginia. The Agency has been involved in several different historic wars, the most recent being the â€Å"War on Terrorism†. They were involved in Operation Neptune Spear which is arguably the most important operation that the CIA was ever involved in. Neptune Spear was where the CIA and the Navy Seals worked in a joint operation together to assassinate Osama Bin Laden. There are several different roles and responsibilities that the CIA, these roles and responsibilities range from intelligence gathering to covert operations designated by the President. The Agencies roles include collecting, analyzing, evaluating and disseminating foreign intelligence. They also assist the President, senior government officials and policy maker s in making decisions relating to national security. However, the CIA does not make policy, they follow the policy designated by the President and various other senior officials. When the POTUS receives intelligence from his officials, he in turn tells the D(CIA) that the agency