intelligence agency
a government department charged with obtaining intelligence, or information, especially for use by the armed forces.
Origin of intelligence agency
1- Also called intelligence bureau, intelligence department, intelligence office.
Other words from intelligence agency
- intelligence agent, noun
Words Nearby intelligence agency
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How to use intelligence agency in a sentence
The rise of al-Qaida in 2001 transformed the counterterrorism landscape, spawning new laws and government agencies and a worldwide campaign by intelligence agencies, law enforcement and the military.
Global Right-Wing Extremism Networks Are Growing. The U.S. Is Just Now Catching Up. | by Sebastian Rotella | January 22, 2021 | ProPublicaShe successfully tracked him where every other law enforcement agency and intelligence agencies failed.
How America's ‘First Female Cryptanalyst’ Cracked the Code of Nazi Spies in World War II—and Never Lived to See the Credit | Suyin Haynes | January 11, 2021 | TimeThe suspected hackers are from Russia’s SVR, the country’s primary foreign intelligence agency.
How Russian hackers infiltrated the US government for months without being spotted | Patrick Howell ONeill | December 15, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewPichai said Google is working with other companies and intelligence agencies and is publishing transparency reports about foreign interference on its services.
Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs clash with Congress in pre-election showdown | Tony Romm, Rachel Lerman, Cat Zakrzewski, Heather Kelly, Elizabeth Dwoskin | October 28, 2020 | Washington PostDemocratic societies must place limits and controls on the surveillance powers of our police and intelligence agencies.
European countries can’t collect everyone’s Internet traffic and location data all the time, top court rules | David Meyer | October 6, 2020 | Fortune
He said the news of his appointment was not true, that it was disinformation spread by “some intelligence agency and my rivals.”
ISIS Targets Afghanistan Just as the U.S. Quits | Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWelcome to the exquisite hell of being director of the Central intelligence agency today.
John Brennan’s Tortured Defense of the CIA’s Torture Program | Shane Harris | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Central intelligence agency found bin Laden hiding in a “fortified compound” in Abbottabad, Pakistan in late 2010.
Hillary Clinton’s New Book Shows Deep Distrust of Pakistan in the Hunt for Bin Laden | Bruce Riedel | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTClapper ended his military career as the director of the Defense intelligence agency.
Spy Chief James Clapper: We Can’t Stop Another Snowden | Eli Lake | February 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTApparently, 72 percent of intelligence agency civilian workers have been deemed nonessential temporarily let go.
Seven Shutdown Winners, From the Newseum to Dollywood | Nina Strochlic | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTForeign intelligence is handled by the Central intelligence agency, and our responsibility is domestic.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyIs the Central intelligence agency continuing any investigation into this area?
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyIt wouldn't be your recommendation that you, the head of Central intelligence agency, should have that information?
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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