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Andrew Bustamante spent seven years working covertly as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA recruited him while he was applying to join the Peace Corps after leaving the US Air Force. Bustamante possesses an intimate knowledge of the intelligence community's inner workings.

Microsoft made an AI model for spies that's not connected to the internet

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The CIA wants to win the global race to use generative AI in intelligence

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Former CIA officer breaks down 'duty to warn' requirement that saw the US give rival Russia a heads up before the attack in Moscow

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A flag of the CIA made using computer binary code.

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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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A flag of the CIA made using computer binary code.

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