Historically, the CIA has a very poor track record of success in organizing and leading paramilitary campaigns, often relying on military special operations support. Other forms of covert action ...

covert paramilitary activities, and keeping secrets from Congress. To find scandals involving the CIA and contentious operations of the spy agency, 24/7 Wall St. poured over historical and media ...

WASHINGTON — The CIA and the Defense Department have rejected a call by the independent 9-11 commission to consolidate secret U.S. paramilitary operations within the Pentagon, including those in ...

The official said the unit is drawing personnel from the CIA's existing paramilitary force, which is a part of the agency's Special Activities Division, which conducts covert operations.

The CIA and the Defense Department are two of the U.S. government's largest agencies that carry out secret paramilitary and military operations around the world. Michael Vickers had a key role in ...

The job of a case officer, or more specifically, a paramilitary operations officer or operations officer, can lead to beefy paychecks but working for the CIA purely for money will likely keep you ...

Sponsor Message But Blanton says the CIA's covert paramilitary operations, like the many attempts aimed at Castro, "have driven up the possibilities of war and confrontation." While the CIA museum ...

Tony Yang watched the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 as if it were a flashback. Nearly 50 years earlier, after helping the Americans in another war, it was him and his father who were ...