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Trump authorized the CIA to smear the Chinese government with fake social media accounts: Reuters

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping (left) and former President Donald Trump (right).
Then-President Donald Trump (right) authorized the CIA to discredit Chinese leader Xi Jinping (left) and his government with fake social media accounts, per Reuters.

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A decadelong secret partnership between the CIA and Ukraine has been critical for lethal operations against Russia: NYT

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A Ukrainian soldier runs near an anti-air missile system.
A Ukrainian soldier runs to position as the 72nd Brigade Anti-air unit prepares to fire a Strela-10 anti-air missile system.

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China is a greater threat to the US than Russia and that's why the CIA doubled its budget for it, agency chief says

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).
"While Russia may pose the most immediate challenge, China is the bigger long-term threat," CIA director William J. Burns wrote in an op-ed for Foreign Affairs.

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CIA chief says Russia's failures in the Ukraine war have sealed its fate as 'China's economic vassal'

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Vladimir Putin's war has been a failure for Russia, the director of the CIA says.

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Walking away from Ukraine would be an 'own goal' as the war hollows out the army Putin spent decades building, CIA chief says

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Ukrainian servicemen drive a T-72 tank on the frontline in eastern Ukraine on July 13, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian servicemen drive a T-72 tank on the frontline in eastern Ukraine on July 13, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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The CIA is posting videos to persuade Russians to betray their leaders — and says it's working

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A dimly-lit image of a silhouetted Russian man in a snowy driveway, viewed through a doorway and texting on his phone, with the implication he is contacting the CIA, in a new video by the agency aimed at attracting Russian informants, published January 23, 2024.
A still from the CIA's recruitment video aimed at disenchanted Russians, published January 23, 2024.

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A man exploited a glitch in the CIA's X account to redirect Russian informants to his own Telegram channel

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CIA flag made using computer binary code.
A flag of the CIA made using computer binary code.

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CIA intel about looming Hamas attacks did not reach Joe Biden — dismissed as routine

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Rocket barrages launched towards Israel from Gaza.
Rocket barrages launched towards Israel from Gaza.

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CIA planning its own ChatGPT-style tool, weeks after its tech chief urged users to treat AI like their 'crazy, drunk friend'

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The Central Intelligence Agency's logo in the Langley headquarters.

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A military panel deemed a suspected 9/11 key accomplice unfit for trial due to the CIA's 'torture program'

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The former Camp X-Ray lies in the morning mist. The first prisoners arrived here on January 11, 2002.

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