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The 29 pages that link to Central Intelligence Agency, each with the reason it gives.
Federal Bureau of InvestigationCompared with: Unlike the CIA, the FBI is a domestic law-enforcement agency with arrest powers.
National Security Act of 1947Broader topic: The act established it to centralize foreign intelligence coordination.
Edward SnowdenRelated: Snowden worked as a CIA employee before his later NSA-related contracting roles.
United States Department of StateCompared with: The CIA gathers intelligence, whereas State’s primary tools are diplomacy and consular services.
Bay of Pigs InvasionRelated: The agency trained, equipped, and directed the exile force while concealing U.S. involvement.
Covert operationRelated: The CIA became a major institution for conducting and coordinating U.S. covert action.
Cold War in Latin AmericaRelated: Its covert interventions shaped several governments and conflicts in the region.
Church CommitteeRelated: The committee investigated the CIA's domestic activities, covert actions, and plots against foreign leaders.
Jonas SavimbiRelated: U.S. covert assistance strengthened UNITA during the Cold War.
Office of Strategic ServicesBroader topic: The CIA inherited many OSS personnel and functions after the wartime agency was dissolved.
Operation Enduring FreedomRelated: CIA teams worked with Afghan allies to direct air strikes and organize resistance to the Taliban.
Allen DullesNarrower topic: Dulles directed this agency and helped expand its covert-action capacity.
BlowbackRelated: The agency's usage of the term helped establish its intelligence context.
Abadan CrisisRelated: Its role in the 1953 coup made the crisis a defining episode in covert intervention.
Carlos Castillo ArmasRelated: The CIA organized, equipped, and supported Castillo Armas’s campaign.
Manuel NoriegaRelated: Noriega maintained a paid relationship with the CIA while serving Panama’s military government.
Reagan DoctrineRelated: The CIA organized much of the doctrine’s arms, funding, and training assistance.
SAVAKRelated: The CIA helped train SAVAK during its early development.
U-2 incidentRelated: The CIA organized U-2 overflights as a way to collect intelligence inside the Soviet Union.
United States intervention in Latin AmericaRelated: The agency organized covert operations in several Latin American countries.
MossadRelated: It offers a useful comparison in mandate, foreign operations, and political oversight.
Seymour HershRelated: Hersh reported on CIA activities, including domestic surveillance disclosed in 1974.
William J. DonovanBroader topic: Donovan advocated a permanent intelligence service; the CIA was established after the OSS was dissolved.
Aldrich AmesNarrower topic: Ames exploited his CIA position and access to classified counterintelligence files.
David PetraeusRelated: Petraeus moved from military command to directing the CIA in 2011.
Oleg PenkovskyRelated: The CIA worked with British intelligence in handling information from Penkovsky.
Gary WebbRelated: The series raised questions about what the agency knew about Contra-linked drug trafficking.
Killing of Osama bin LadenRelated: The CIA developed the intelligence case and supported the operation.
William H. WebsterNarrower topic: Webster led the CIA after his FBI directorship.