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Who We Are and What We Do
Our Mission
When people think of the CIA, they think of people lurking around in trenchcoats, sending messages in code, and using cool tools to do their job. Well, to some extent that's true, but it's not the whole story. The Central Intelligence Agency's job is to help the President, the National Security Council, and all other government officials who make and carry out US national security policy. We do this in two ways:
- We give accurate and timely intelligence (or information) on foreign threats to our security.
- We conduct counterintelligence or other special activities relating to foreign intelligence and national security when the President asks us to.
OK, that's the mission, but how do we do it? Well, first let's look at how we are asked to do a job. We call it "tasked." Just like anything in life, there is a way or procedure for how things are done; we call this the intelligence cycle. When we get tasked, we have to follow this cycle to do the job right. There are also checks and balances in place, and the Agency is subject to congressional oversight.
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