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| − | | name = Central Intelligence Agency | + | | name = [[Central Intelligence Agency]] |
| image = Aerial view of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, Langley, Virginia - Corrected and Cropped - Powerbase.jpg | | image = Aerial view of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, Langley, Virginia - Corrected and Cropped - Powerbase.jpg | ||
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| caption = Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia. | | caption = Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia. | ||
| + | | type = Civilian foreign-intelligence agency | ||
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| + | | founded = 1947<ref name="infobox2026_about">Central Intelligence Agency, "[https://www.cia.gov/about/ About CIA]", undated, accessed 6 November 2026.</ref> | ||
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| + | | headquarters = Langley, Virginia<ref name="infobox2026_hq">Central Intelligence Agency, "[https://www.cia.gov/legacy/headquarters Explore CIA Headquarters]", undated, accessed 6 November 2026.</ref> | ||
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| + | | area_served = United States government; worldwide foreign-intelligence remit | ||
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| + | | services = Foreign intelligence collection; all-source analysis; covert action as directed by the President<ref name="infobox2026_about"/> | ||
| + | | key_people = [[John Ratcliffe]] ([[John Ratcliffe|John L. Ratcliffe]]) — Director, sworn in 23 January 2025<ref name="infobox2026_director">Central Intelligence Agency, [https://www.cia.gov/about/director-of-cia/ Director of the CIA] (undated), accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).</ref> | ||
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| + | | website = [https://www.cia.gov/ Official website] | ||
| + | | remarks = Director reports to the [[Office of the Director of National Intelligence|Director of National Intelligence]]; not a law-enforcement organisation<ref name="infobox2026_director"/><ref name="infobox2026_about"/> | ||
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| − | The | + | The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] ([[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]) is a US intelligence agency. Its Director manages intelligence collection, analysis, covert action, counterintelligence and liaison with foreign intelligence services, and reports to the [[Office of the Director of National Intelligence|Director of National Intelligence]]. The current [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] leadership page identifies [[John Ratcliffe|John L. Ratcliffe]] as Director.<ref>Central Intelligence Agency, [https://www.cia.gov/about/director-of-cia/ Director of the CIA] (undated), accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
===War on Terror=== | ===War on Terror=== | ||
====Detention and rendition==== | ====Detention and rendition==== | ||
| − | Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the CIA began a secret detention program under which suspected | + | Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] began a secret detention program under which suspected |
| − | terrorists were held in prisons or “black sites,” outside the United States, where they were subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques” involving torture and other abuse. The CIA also began a secret programme of “extraordinary rendition,” transferring detainees to to other governments, without legal process, for detention and interrogation.<ref>[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/globalizing-torture-20120205.pdf Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition], Open Society Justice Initiative, February 2013, p5.</ref> | + | terrorists were held in prisons or “black sites,” outside the United States, where they were subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques” involving torture and other abuse. The [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] also began a secret programme of “extraordinary rendition,” transferring detainees to to other governments, without legal process, for detention and interrogation.<ref>[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/globalizing-torture-20120205.pdf Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition], Open Society Justice Initiative, February 2013, p5.</ref> |
[[File:John Brennan CIA official portrait - Powerbase.jpg|250px|right|thumb|John O. Brennan, CIA Director from 2013 to 2017.]] | [[File:John Brennan CIA official portrait - Powerbase.jpg|250px|right|thumb|John O. Brennan, CIA Director from 2013 to 2017.]] | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
| − | ===Directors === | + | ===Directors=== |
====Directors of Central Intelligence==== | ====Directors of Central Intelligence==== | ||
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*[[Sidney Souers]] - 1946 | *[[Sidney Souers]] - 1946 | ||
*[[Hoyt Vandenberg|Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg]] - 1946-7 | *[[Hoyt Vandenberg|Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg]] - 1946-7 | ||
| − | *[[Roscoe | + | *[[Roscoe Hillenkoetter|Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter]] - 1947-50 |
*[[Walter Bedell Smith]] - 1950-53 | *[[Walter Bedell Smith]] - 1950-53 | ||
*[[Allen Dulles]] - 1953-61 | *[[Allen Dulles]] - 1953-61 | ||
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*[[James Schlesinger]] - 1973 | *[[James Schlesinger]] - 1973 | ||
*[[William Colby]] - 1973-6 | *[[William Colby]] - 1973-6 | ||
| − | *[[George Herbert Walker Bush]] - 1976-7 | + | *[[George H.W. Bush|George Herbert Walker Bush]] - 1976-7 |
*[[Stansfield Turner]] - 1977-81 | *[[Stansfield Turner]] - 1977-81 | ||
*[[William Casey]] - 1981-87 | *[[William Casey]] - 1981-87 | ||
| − | *[[William H. Webster]] - 1987-91 | + | *[[William Webster|William H. Webster]] - 1987-91 |
*[[Robert Gates]] - 1991-3 | *[[Robert Gates]] - 1991-3 | ||
*[[James Woolsey]] - 1993-5 | *[[James Woolsey]] - 1993-5 | ||
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*[[Porter Goss]] - 2004-5 <ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/directors-and-deputy-directors-of-central-intelligence/directors-of-central-intelligence.html Directors of Central Intelligence - Central Intelligence Agency], accessed 27 February 2008.</ref> | *[[Porter Goss]] - 2004-5 <ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/directors-and-deputy-directors-of-central-intelligence/directors-of-central-intelligence.html Directors of Central Intelligence - Central Intelligence Agency], accessed 27 February 2008.</ref> | ||
| − | Following passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004 the [[Director of Central Intelligence]] was replaced as head of the US Intelligence community by a [[Director of National Intelligence]] outside the CIA. <ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB144/index.htm From Director of Central Intelligence to Director of National Intelligence], National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 144, edited by Jeffrey T. Richelson, December 17, 2004, accessed 27 February 2008.</ref> | + | Following passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004 the [[Director of Central Intelligence]] was replaced as head of the US Intelligence community by a [[Office of the Director of National Intelligence|Director of National Intelligence]] outside the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. <ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB144/index.htm From Director of Central Intelligence to Director of National Intelligence], National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 144, edited by Jeffrey T. Richelson, December 17, 2004, accessed 27 February 2008.</ref> |
====Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency==== | ====Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency==== | ||
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*[[David Petraeus]] 2011<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/david-h.-petraeus.html David H. Petraeus], Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 18 April 2012.</ref>-2012 | *[[David Petraeus]] 2011<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/david-h.-petraeus.html David H. Petraeus], Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 18 April 2012.</ref>-2012 | ||
*[[John O. Brennan]] — March 2013–January 2017.<ref>US National Archives / LBJ Presidential Library, [https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/an-evening-with-john-brennan An Evening with John Brennan], 24 October 2018 event, accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).</ref> | *[[John O. Brennan]] — March 2013–January 2017.<ref>US National Archives / LBJ Presidential Library, [https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/an-evening-with-john-brennan An Evening with John Brennan], 24 October 2018 event, accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).</ref> | ||
| − | *[[John Ratcliffe|John L. Ratcliffe]] — sworn in on 23 January 2025; identified as Director on the CIA page checked on 6 November 2026.<ref>Central Intelligence Agency, [https://www.cia.gov/about/director-of-cia/ Director of the CIA] (undated), accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).</ref> | + | *[[John Ratcliffe|John L. Ratcliffe]] — sworn in on 23 January 2025; identified as Director on the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] page checked on 6 November 2026.<ref>Central Intelligence Agency, [https://www.cia.gov/about/director-of-cia/ Director of the CIA] (undated), accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).</ref> |
====Deputy Directors==== | ====Deputy Directors==== | ||
| − | + | [[Kingman Douglass]] | [[Edwin Kennedy Wright]] | [[William Harding Jackson]] | [[Allen Dulles]] | [[Charles P. Cabell]] | [[Marshall Carter]] | [[Richard Helms]] | [[Rufus Taylor]] | [[Robert E. Cushman, Jr.]] | [[Vernon Walters|Vernon A. Walters]] | [[E. Henry Knoche]] | [[John F. Blke]] | |
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*[[Frank Carlucci]] 1978-81. | *[[Frank Carlucci]] 1978-81. | ||
*[[Bobby Ray Inman]] 1981-82 | *[[Bobby Ray Inman]] 1981-82 | ||
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*[[Albert Calland]] 2005-06. | *[[Albert Calland]] 2005-06. | ||
*[[Stephen Kappes]] 2006-10. | *[[Stephen Kappes]] 2006-10. | ||
| − | *[[Michael J. Morell]] 2010<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/michael-j.-morell.html Michael J. Morell], Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 27 March 2013.</ref>-2013. | + | *[[Michael Morell|Michael J. Morell]] 2010<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/michael-j.-morell.html Michael J. Morell], Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 27 March 2013.</ref>-2013. |
===Whistleblowers and former agents=== | ===Whistleblowers and former agents=== | ||
| − | * [[Philip Agee]]—Former CIA employee (1957-1968), CIA critic, and author of Inside the Company: CIA Diary (1975). | + | * [[Philip Agee]]—Former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] employee (1957-1968), [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] critic, and author of Inside the Company: [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] Diary (1975). |
| − | + | [[Robert Baer]] | [[A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard]] | [[Mary O. McCarthy]] | [[Ralph McGehee]] | [[Victor Marchetti]] | [[Lindsay Moran]] | |
| − | + | * [[David MacMichael]]—ten-year US Marine Corpt vet and former [[Central Intelligence Agency]] ([[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]) analyst. Resigned from [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in protest. | |
| − | + | * [[Raymond McGovern|Ray McGovern]]—Retired [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] analyst who had been in charge of preparing daily security briefs for President [[Ronald Reagan]], later a political activist and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] critic. | |
| − | + | [[L. Fletcher Prouty]] | [[Frank Snepp]] | [[John Stockwell]] | | |
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| − | * [[David MacMichael]]—ten-year US Marine Corpt vet and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst. Resigned from CIA in protest. | ||
| − | * [[Ray McGovern]]—Retired CIA analyst who had been in charge of preparing daily security briefs for President [[Ronald Reagan]], later a political activist and CIA critic. | ||
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==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
| − | The CIA has four main components: | + | The [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] has four main components: |
*The [[CIA Directorate of Intelligence|Directorate of Intelligence]] | *The [[CIA Directorate of Intelligence|Directorate of Intelligence]] | ||
*The [[National Clandestine Service]] | *The [[National Clandestine Service]] | ||
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===National Clandestine Service=== | ===National Clandestine Service=== | ||
| − | The National Clandestine Service, like its predecessors the [[CIA Directorate of Plans|Directorate of Plans]] 1952-1973, and the [[CIA Directorate of Operations|Directorate of Operations]] 1973-2005, is organised into a number of geographic divisions.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2007-featured-story-archive/cia-celebrates-60-years.html CIA Celebrates 60 Years], CIA, 15 March 2010.</ref> | + | The [[National Clandestine Service]], like its predecessors the [[CIA Directorate of Plans|Directorate of Plans]] 1952-1973, and the [[CIA Directorate of Operations|Directorate of Operations]] 1973-2005, is organised into a number of geographic divisions.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2007-featured-story-archive/cia-celebrates-60-years.html CIA Celebrates 60 Years], CIA, 15 March 2010.</ref> |
| − | *[[CIA | + | *[[CIA Latin American Division|Western Hemisphere Division]] later the Latin American Division. |
*Western Europe Division later the [[CIA European Division|European Division]]. | *Western Europe Division later the [[CIA European Division|European Division]]. | ||
*Soviet-East Europe Division later the [[CIA Central Eurasia Division|Central Eurasia Division]] | *Soviet-East Europe Division later the [[CIA Central Eurasia Division|Central Eurasia Division]] | ||
| − | + | [[CIA Near East and South Asia Division|Near East and South Asia Division]] | [[CIA Africa Division|Africa Division]] | |
| − | + | *Originally the [[CIA East Asia Division|Far East Division]], later the [[CIA East Asia Division|East Asia Division]] | |
| − | *Originally the [[CIA | ||
==Powerbase Resources== | ==Powerbase Resources== | ||
| − | + | [[CIA Media Operations in Chile, Jamaica, and Nicaragua]] | [[CIA operations in Angola]] | [[Congress for Cultural Freedom]] | [[Forum World Features]] | [[Forum News Service]] | [[Kern House Enterprises]] | [[Operation Mockingbird]] | | |
| − | + | ==External Resources== | |
| − | + | *[http://cia-spotters.blogspot.co.uk/ Central Intell Agency] - Blog on [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] personnel. | |
| − | + | *[https://archive.org/details/CIA-Covert-Activities-Doolittle-Report Report on the Covert Activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (September 1954)], archived at the [[Internet Archive]]. | |
| − | + | *[http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1991_hr/s910911-cia.htm Chronology of CIA's Senior Management Structure], 1991, [[Federation of American Scientists]]. | |
| − | + | *[[C.J. Chivers]] and [[Eric Schmitt]], [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/middleeast/arms-airlift-to-syrian-rebels-expands-with-cia-aid.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hp Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With Aid From C.I.A.], ''[[New York Times]]'', 24 March 2013. | |
| − | *[[ | + | *Mark Mazetti, [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/world/asia/origins-of-cias-not-so-secret-drone-war-in-pakistan.html?_r=0 A Secret Deal on Drones, Sealed in Blood], ''[[New York Times]]'', 6 April 2013. |
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| + | ==Historical descriptions and sources== | ||
| + | ===Earlier description=== | ||
| + | The following historical wording records the earlier description and its cited sources. References to incumbents or organisational structures apply to that earlier account, not to November 2026. Assertions without a citation have not been independently verified; the dated updates elsewhere on this page distinguish subsequent changes. | ||
| − | + | :The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] is the US government overseas intelligence agency. | |
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| − | + | *[[John O. Brennan]] 2013-<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/john-o-brennan.html John O. Brennan], Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 27 March 2013.</ref> | |
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 23:32, 6 November 2026
| Central Intelligence Agency
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| Logo | Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia. |
| Type | Civilian foreign-intelligence agency |
| Founded | 1947[1] |
| Headquarters | Langley, Virginia[2] |
| Area served | United States government; worldwide foreign-intelligence remit |
| Services | Foreign intelligence collection; all-source analysis; covert action as directed by the President[1] |
| Key people | John Ratcliffe (John L. Ratcliffe) — Director, sworn in 23 January 2025[3] |
| Website | Official website |
| Remarks | Director reports to the Director of National Intelligence; not a law-enforcement organisation[3][1] |
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a US intelligence agency. Its Director manages intelligence collection, analysis, covert action, counterintelligence and liaison with foreign intelligence services, and reports to the Director of National Intelligence. The current CIA leadership page identifies John L. Ratcliffe as Director.[4]
History
War on Terror
Detention and rendition
Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the CIA began a secret detention program under which suspected terrorists were held in prisons or “black sites,” outside the United States, where they were subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques” involving torture and other abuse. The CIA also began a secret programme of “extraordinary rendition,” transferring detainees to to other governments, without legal process, for detention and interrogation.[5]
People
Directors
Directors of Central Intelligence
- Sidney Souers - 1946
- Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg - 1946-7
- Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter - 1947-50
- Walter Bedell Smith - 1950-53
- Allen Dulles - 1953-61
- John McCone - 1961-65
- William Francis Raborn, Jr. - 1965-66
- Richard Helms - 1966-73
- James Schlesinger - 1973
- William Colby - 1973-6
- George Herbert Walker Bush - 1976-7
- Stansfield Turner - 1977-81
- William Casey - 1981-87
- William H. Webster - 1987-91
- Robert Gates - 1991-3
- James Woolsey - 1993-5
- John M. Deutch - 1995-6
- George Tenet - 1997-2004
- Porter Goss - 2004-5 [6]
Following passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004 the Director of Central Intelligence was replaced as head of the US Intelligence community by a Director of National Intelligence outside the CIA. [7]
Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Porter Goss - 2005-6
- Michael Hayden - 2006[8]-2009
- Leon E. Panetta 2009-2011
- David Petraeus 2011[9]-2012
- John O. Brennan — March 2013–January 2017.[10]
- John L. Ratcliffe — sworn in on 23 January 2025; identified as Director on the CIA page checked on 6 November 2026.[11]
Deputy Directors
Kingman Douglass | Edwin Kennedy Wright | William Harding Jackson | Allen Dulles | Charles P. Cabell | Marshall Carter | Richard Helms | Rufus Taylor | Robert E. Cushman, Jr. | Vernon A. Walters | E. Henry Knoche | John F. Blke
- Frank Carlucci 1978-81.
- Bobby Ray Inman 1981-82
- John N. McMahon 1982-1986.
- Robert Gates 1986-89.
- Richard J. Kerr 1991-92.
- William O. Studeman 1992-1995.
- George Tenet 1995-97.
- John A. Gordon 1997-2000.
- John E. McLaughlin 2000-04.
- Albert Calland 2005-06.
- Stephen Kappes 2006-10.
- Michael J. Morell 2010[12]-2013.
Whistleblowers and former agents
- Philip Agee—Former CIA employee (1957-1968), CIA critic, and author of Inside the Company: CIA Diary (1975).
Robert Baer | A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard | Mary O. McCarthy | Ralph McGehee | Victor Marchetti | Lindsay Moran
- David MacMichael—ten-year US Marine Corpt vet and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst. Resigned from CIA in protest.
- Ray McGovern—Retired CIA analyst who had been in charge of preparing daily security briefs for President Ronald Reagan, later a political activist and CIA critic.
L. Fletcher Prouty | Frank Snepp | John Stockwell |
Structure
The CIA has four main components:
- The Directorate of Intelligence
- The National Clandestine Service
- The Directorate of Science & Technology
- The Directorate of Support[13]
National Clandestine Service
The National Clandestine Service, like its predecessors the Directorate of Plans 1952-1973, and the Directorate of Operations 1973-2005, is organised into a number of geographic divisions.[14]
- Western Hemisphere Division later the Latin American Division.
- Western Europe Division later the European Division.
- Soviet-East Europe Division later the Central Eurasia Division
Near East and South Asia Division | Africa Division
- Originally the Far East Division, later the East Asia Division
Powerbase Resources
CIA Media Operations in Chile, Jamaica, and Nicaragua | CIA operations in Angola | Congress for Cultural Freedom | Forum World Features | Forum News Service | Kern House Enterprises | Operation Mockingbird |
External Resources
- Central Intell Agency - Blog on CIA personnel.
- Report on the Covert Activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (September 1954), archived at the Internet Archive.
- Chronology of CIA's Senior Management Structure, 1991, Federation of American Scientists.
- C.J. Chivers and Eric Schmitt, Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With Aid From C.I.A., New York Times, 24 March 2013.
- Mark Mazetti, A Secret Deal on Drones, Sealed in Blood, New York Times, 6 April 2013.
Historical descriptions and sources
Earlier description
The following historical wording records the earlier description and its cited sources. References to incumbents or organisational structures apply to that earlier account, not to November 2026. Assertions without a citation have not been independently verified; the dated updates elsewhere on this page distinguish subsequent changes.
- The Central Intelligence Agency is the US government overseas intelligence agency.
- John O. Brennan 2013-[15]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Central Intelligence Agency, "About CIA", undated, accessed 6 November 2026.
- ↑ Central Intelligence Agency, "Explore CIA Headquarters", undated, accessed 6 November 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Central Intelligence Agency, Director of the CIA (undated), accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).
- ↑ Central Intelligence Agency, Director of the CIA (undated), accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).
- ↑ Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition, Open Society Justice Initiative, February 2013, p5.
- ↑ Directors of Central Intelligence - Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 27 February 2008.
- ↑ From Director of Central Intelligence to Director of National Intelligence, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 144, edited by Jeffrey T. Richelson, December 17, 2004, accessed 27 February 2008.
- ↑ Leadership - Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 27 February 2008.
- ↑ David H. Petraeus, Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 18 April 2012.
- ↑ US National Archives / LBJ Presidential Library, An Evening with John Brennan, 24 October 2018 event, accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).
- ↑ Central Intelligence Agency, Director of the CIA (undated), accessed 6 November 2026 (Europe/London, GMT).
- ↑ Michael J. Morell, Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 27 March 2013.
- ↑ Offices of CIA, CIA, accessed 15 March 2010.
- ↑ CIA Celebrates 60 Years, CIA, 15 March 2010.
- ↑ John O. Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency, accessed 27 March 2013.