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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Central Intelligence Agency
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- initialism Central Intelligence Agency
- initialism Cleveland Institute of Art
- initialism Culinary Institute of America
- initialism Circuit Interactive Analyzer
- initialism Concept Illustration and Animation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Death Squad Leader Was Top Cia Agent - Sunday Herald 2009
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One person who assisted CiA Inspector General John Helgerson with his probe was Mary O. McCarthy, who alleged CIA officials lied to members of Congress during an intelligence briefing when they said the agency did not violate treaties that bar, cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of detainees during interrogations, according to a May 14, 2006, front-page story in The Washington Post.
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The guys sent from Sweden to cIA prison in Egypt got electrity into private part from Egyptians working for CIA.
legitgov 2009
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 cia, criminals in action: spies like US & algerian rape jailed cia spy enlisted oregonian son to collect from russian agents from washington times: Even after becoming the highest-ranking CIA agent ever convicted of espionage, Harold James Nicholson continued running spy games, prosecutors say.
media monarchy 2009
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According to Evan Thomas's recent The Very Best Men, an account of Desmond Fitzgerald, Richard Bissell, and other leaders of early CIA covert operations, his flight was "aided by the CIA .
The Dalai Lama and the CIA Wikler, Daniel 1999
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Without regret, he used that proximity to his family to continue contact with the foreign country for which he was previously convicted of spying. "cia chief in algeria accused of rape from dpa: The CIA station chief in Algeria is under investigation for allegedly drugging and raping at least two Muslim women, ABC News reported Wednesday, citing US law enforcement sources.
media monarchy 2009
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I need to check on NSA but the CIA is an “independent agency” that is not part of any federal Department of the Executive Branch.
Matthew Yglesias » Podesta: Let Obama Keep His Blackberry 2009
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Anderson says: there are real questions as to whether — as a matter of policy, not law — the CIA is the right agency to conduct a parallel conventional war using drones in Pakistan
The Volokh Conspiracy » Clandestine Military Operations 2010
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On another hand, there are real questions as to whether — as a matter of policy, not law — the CIA is the right agency to conduct what increasingly looks to amount to a parallel conventional war using drones in Pakistan, not in a pure counterterrorism strategy, but really in support of the conventional war by Pakistan against the Pakistan Taliban.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Clandestine Military Operations 2010
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We all know the CIA is a very liberal organization.
Think Progress » ‘Left-leaning’ Washington Post op-ed page features mostly right wingers. 2010
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