History glossary
CIA
the U.S. foreign intelligence agency involved in reconnaissance, analysis and covert action during the Cold War.
- Category
- Intelligence agency
- Region
- United States
- Date range
- Founded 1947
What it means
The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States' foreign intelligence service. During the Cuban crisis story it appears both as the agency behind U-2 intelligence analysis and as the organization that trained Cuban exiles for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
