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The 13 stars and the wreath are adopted from the Department of Defense (DoD) seal and identify the Agency as a DoD organization. What is the difference between the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency? DIA and CIA are both members of the IC.

A black operation or black op is a covert or clandestine operation by a government agency, a military unit or a paramilitary organization; it can include activities by private companies or groups. Key features of a black operation are that it is secret and it is not attributable to the organization carrying it out.

• Domestic wiretapping.
• Extraordinary rendition.
• Security failures.
• Counterintelligence failures.
• Human rights concerns.
• External investigations and document releases.
• Influencing public opinion and law enforcement.
• CIA’s recruitment of Nazis.

While the CIA has certainly expanded America’s intelligence apparatus—the agency currently has some 50,000 staffers—it has not always been successful in its operations around the world. For example, declassified government records suggest that the CIA was behind the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.

Counterintelligence: Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency Counterintelligence Center (CIC) protects CIA operations from being compromised by foreign adversaries. To do this, CIC analyzes the capabilities, intentions and activities of foreign intelligence services.

Langley is often used as a metonym for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as it is home to its headquarters, the George Bush Center for Intelligence….