CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency, the United States’ principal foreign intelligence service. The claims describe its covert operations and programs throughout the Cold War and beyond, including operations against Soviet agriculture, foreign governments, and media influence campaigns.

Claims that use this term

• The CIA narrowly avoided being shut down in the 1970s.
• The CIA planned biological attacks against Soviet crops using spores.
• The CIA treated foreign nations as laboratories for experimentation.
• The CIA recommended media campaigns against unfavorable books.
• The CIA aimed to disrupt Albania’s economy under Project BGFIEND.
• The CIA decommissioned the CREST kiosk on January 26, 2017.