Government employees have received gifts worth thousands, but the CIA destroys many of the items it receives

• The State Department released a record of gifts given to government employees over the last several years.
• The gifts range from the minimum required value for reporting of $415 to over $10,000.
• The CIA's section of the record includes over a dozen items listed as "destroyed".

Foreign governments and the US officials often exchange expensive gifts as a traditional part of international relations, but not all of the gifts can be kept by the people and departments receiving them.