Central Intelligence Agency
National intelligence agency of the United States
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| 2023 | The Agency established a new Cybersecurity Center (Security Operation Center) within its Cyberspace Directorate to monitor, detect, and respond to cyber threats targeting the country's governmental digital infrastructure. |
| 2022 | The National Intelligence Service was found to have tapped the mobile phone of opposition politician Nikos Androulakis, resulting in the immediate resignation of Greece's intelligence chief and his personal office head. |
| 2021 | A former Greek intelligence officer from the Kyrenia branch admitted Greece and the Junta knew about the 1974 invasion, revealing critical intelligence details about Turkish military movements that were not acted upon. |
| May 4 2021 | The armed man from the previous day's incident died following the standoff at the CIA center. |
| May 3 2021 | An armed 31-year-old man from Jasper, Indiana attempted to drive into the CIA center, resulting in a standoff and the man being shot. |
| 2019 | The George Bush Center for Intelligence was surpassed by Germany's BND headquarters as the world's largest intelligence headquarters. |
| 2019 | EYP returned to direct oversight by the Prime Minister, ending the 23-year period of ministerial delegation of responsibility. |
| 2015 | EYP was actively involved in investigating the Greek football scandal, which involved corruption in Greek football. |
| March 6 2015 | The office of the D/CIA issued an unclassified statement titled 'Our Agency's Blueprint for the Future', announcing a comprehensive reorganization of the CIA. Key changes included establishing the Directorate of Digital Innovation, creating a Talent Development Center of Excellence, expanding CIA University, and restructuring the agency's governance to a corporate-like model. |
| May 2014 | A counterterrorism advisor to President Obama committed that the CIA would not use vaccination programs for espionage purposes. |
| 2011 | CIA used a doctor in Pakistan to set up a vaccination program in Abbottabad to obtain DNA samples from a compound suspected of housing Osama bin Laden. |
| September 30 2011 | Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni-American al-Qaeda member, was killed in a CIA and Joint Special Operations Command drone strike in Yemen. |
| May 1 2011 | President Barack Obama announced the successful CIA operation that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The raid was conducted by U.S. Navy's Naval Special Warfare Development Group and CIA paramilitary operatives, resulting in the acquisition of extensive intelligence on al-Qaeda's future attack plans. |
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