To provide you with additional information about how we collect and use your personal data, we’ve recently updated our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Please review these pages now, as they apply to your continued use of our website.
Standing on the agency seal, President George W. Bush speaks to the media inside the CIA headquarters Thursday, March 3, 2005, as CIA Director Porter Goss listens in. White House The CIA is a US government agency authorized to monitor foreign citizens and organizations. It appeared in 1947.