Central Intelligence Agency
National intelligence agency of the United States
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| February 10 2025 | Michael Ellis became the Deputy Director of the CIA. |
| 2024 | Sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering convictions. |
| 2024 | Edward B. Johnson passed away at the age of 81, after retiring and becoming a successful photographer. |
| 2023 | Pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and money laundering related to fraudulent COVID-19 relief loan applications. |
| 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 | Charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for offering unregistered securities and misleading investors about the DeFi Money Market platform. Settled charges and paid over $12.8 million in disgorgement and penalties. |
| 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. |
| January 20 2021 | David S. Cohen returned as Deputy Director of the CIA, serving under President Joe Biden. |
| 2019 | Antonio J. Mendez dies at age 78 after retiring and becoming a successful artist. |
| 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. |
| December 31 2018 | Authority for the Public Interest Declassification Board was extended until this date. |
| August 1 2018 | Vaughn Bishop took on the role of Deputy Director of the CIA. |
| February 2 2017 | Gina Haspel became the Deputy Director of the CIA, serving under President Donald Trump. |
| 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. |
| February 9 2015 | David S. Cohen assumed the position of Deputy Director of the CIA. |
| 2014 | Requirement established for full financial audits of major intelligence agencies including Office of DNI, CIA, DIA, NSA, NRO, and NGA beginning with their FY2014 financial statements. |
| 2014 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 was enacted, establishing new provisions for intelligence agencies including enhanced whistleblower protections, financial audit requirements, and oversight mechanisms for targeted lethal force. |
| May 2014 | A counterterrorism advisor to President Obama committed that the CIA would not use vaccination programs for espionage purposes. |
| November 12 2013 | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reported a summary of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, based on the Congressional Budget Office report. |
| August 9 2013 | Avril Haines became the Deputy Director of the CIA. |
| 2012 | The film Argo, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, was released, depicting the rescue mission that Johnson was instrumental in planning and executing. |
| 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. |
| May 7 2010 | Michael Morell took on the role of Deputy Director of the CIA, serving under President Barack Obama. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, Intelligence Star, History of the Central Intelligence Agency, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Bush Center for Intelligence & National Intelligence Service (Greece), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.