The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is home to a variety of secretive, black operations units that protect national ...

The CIA Special Activities Center, formerly called the Special Activities Division, is arguably the most secret special ...

With his foreign terrorist designation executive order, Donald Trump indicated he is preparing a covert action finding to ...

John Moore/Getty Images, FILE As Russian columns advanced over the border, CIA-trained HUR special forces units, operated behind the lines, sending intelligence on Russian troop movements and ...

The modern day equivalent of the Jedburgh and OG teams were, for example, the CIA and U.S. Army Special Forces teams sent to Afghanistan in late 2001, to help the Northern Alliance fighters who were ...

Special Operations Command—and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In particular, the U.S. government cannot legally acknowledge covert actions undertaken by the CIA. The failure to answer ...

The Activity was set up to gather intelligence needed to help plan and conduct special operations, so unlike the CIA, which basically serves the President, the Activity’s chief “customer” is the ...