Russia restricts access to CIA and FBI websites for 'spreading fakes'

Roskomnadzor (the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications in Russia) has restricted access to the websites of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the State Department Justice Awards Program. Voice of America writes about it.…

During the war, Zelensky's life was attempted at least 12 times: sometimes he was saved by the CIA

The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency traveled to Kyiv ahead of Russia's war with Ukraine to warn Zelensky of an assassination threat, the Independent reported. In his forthcoming book, The Struggle of a Lifetime: Inside Joe Biden's White House, author Chris Whipple reveals…

'My father staged a coup in Greece and organized the invasion of Grenada': memoirs of the daughter of a CIA agent

Leslie Absher's father worked for the CIA. To this day, she struggles to come to terms with his complicated legacy. She has written a memoir about her life, the secrets of her family and why the facts should matter to all of us. For Leslie...

'Blinded' the US and helped Putin seize power: there could be a Russian spy in the leadership of the CIA

In the early 1980s, the CIA made a series of stunning arrests. The revelation of three prominent Russian spies - Aldrich Ames, Edward Lee Howard and Robert Hanssen - was one of the most devastating leaks the agency has ever known. However, as a former officer said…

The CIA has published instructions in Russian for those who want to contact him

The CIA has posted instructions in Russian on social media recommending safe ways to make virtual contact with the intelligence agency, Voice of America reports. The instruction is called "How to establish secure virtual contact with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)." The explanation reads:…

CIA officer killed in Somalia after US announcement of possible withdrawal

According to a former senior US presidential administration official, a CIA officer was killed in Somalia. He was injured during a special operation and later died. Writes about this CNN. The identity of the officer was not disclosed, but the source said that before working in intelligence, he served ...

Medicine or politics: a CIA officer visited Moscow and returned to the United States with a mysterious illness

During his 26 years with the CIA, Mark Polymeropoulos has spent a lot of time in harsh conditions, such as the war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. But he never received any injury until December 2017, when he ended up at the Marriott ...

CIA and State Department veterans: on protests, Trump’s chances for re-election and Russian intervention

The mass protests in the United States caused by the death of African American George Floyd had real grounds, but both local radicals and Moscow will try to use them to their advantage. This opinion is shared by the majority of American security experts from among the former military ...

Operation Aerodynamics: how the CIA looked for Ukrainians with anti-Soviet sentiments

Since the late 1950s, the CIA has been conducting Operation Aerodynamics to fuel anti-Soviet sentiment in Ukraine, the BBC says, citing The Guardian. As part of the operation, the agency was looking for Ukrainian athletes at the Olympics who wanted to flee the Soviet Union. An American helped them in this ...

'Intelligence success of the century': the CIA overheard half the world using a device created by the Russians

For many decades, the intelligence services of Germany and the United States have been collecting classified information from other states, since they had direct access to the Swiss company that manufactures encryption equipment Crypto AG, the BBC writes. This firm has supplied encryption devices to governments of 120 countries since the beginning of the Cold War ...

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