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Other crossword clues for answer "CIA"

CIA
Org. in the news
Security org.
John Deutch's org.
KGB's cold-war counterpart
OSS successor
MI5's American counterpart
Langley org.
Org. involved with bugs and plants
{/Homeland/} org.
Edward Snowden's former employer
The Bourne Supremacy org.
Org. that the creator of "The Americans" once worked for
Major experimenter with LSD during the Cold War
Org. seen in "Homeland"
Org. that's the subject of many a conspiracy theory
Org. that collects information about non-U.S. citizens
Snowden's former org.
Spy Game org.
The World Factbook producers
Bug experts?: Abbr.
Carrie Mathison's employer on "Homeland"
Govt. grp. whose HQ is named after the 41st president
Its grounds house the unsolved puzzle sculpture "Kryptos"
Its hdqtrs. is in Langley, VA
John O. Brennan's org.
Org. in "The Informant"
Org. in many spy-fi films
Org. once led by George H. W. Bush
Org. that publishes "World Leaders"
See 29-Across
Government grp. with the George Bush Center
Gina Haspel's org.
Its headquarters houses the still-unsolved coded sculpture Kryptos
Coup instigators
Org. that helped popularize abstract art during the cold war
Government org. turning 75 this year
Project MKUltra org.
Spy agcy.
Cloak-and-dagger org.
OSS supplanter
Men in black grp.
KGB counterpart
Org. in a Clancy plot
Spy novel org.
Bush's former org.
The Company
Langley, Va., bunch
Org. in Alias
Org. collecting info
Langley-based org.
Org. in Bourne films
Org. concerned with leaks
Spy org.
Argo org.
Hush-hush US equivalent of CSIS
US counterpart to CSIS
Today's OSS
Org. depicted in 39 Down
Bush Sr. once headed it
The Natl. Security Act formed it
Org. portrayed unflatteringly in "Syriana"
Org. once headed by Bush Sr.
Org. headed by Leon Panetta
Valerie Plame's former employer
World Factbook org.
Org. that declassified the "family jewels" in 2007
Org. with the Office of Transnational Issues
Org. that issues "The World Factbook"
American equivalent of Britain's MI6
Org. in many a spy novel
Subj. for Robert Ludlum or Tom Clancy
Org. whose seal contains a compass rose
Charlie Wilson's War org.
Party in the _____ (Weird Al Yankovic parody of Miley Cyrus)
Jack Byrnes' former employer, in the "Meet the Parents" franchise
Overseer of the controversial 1950s-60s Project MKUltra: Abbr.
Mike Pompeo's org.
Their code name for Che Guevara was "AMQUACK"
Jack Byrnes' former (?) employer in "Meet the Parents"
Operative letters
Operator (and subject) of an American museum that's not accessible to the general public
Org. with black sites
Org. in the 1986 Nicaragua v. United States court case
_____ University (institution in Fairfax County, VA)
Director of the 1953 Iran coup d'état
It secretly funded Radio Free Europe until 1972
Org. that covertly organized a 1953 Iran coup d'état to reinforce the Shah's rule
Target of WikiLeaks' "Vault 7" releases
Bush's org. in 1976-77
Mole employer, maybe
Org. once headed by George Bush
USA spies
S*P*Y*S org.
Org. in many spy movies
Org. once headed by Bush
Org. once helmed by Helms
Organization in many spy novels
Snoop gp.
Spook gp.
U.S. spy gp.
The Company, for short
Covert U.S. org.
Org. for spies or chefs
Bush Sr.'s former org.
George Tenet's org.
Group based in McLean, Va.
Org. based in Langley, Va.
Org. with rats and moles
Spook-y gp.
George H.W. Bush headed it
Hush-hush DC org.
Org. led by Porter Goss
Org. once headed by G.H.W. Bush
Org. once run by George Bush
Spying org.
Clancy's Company
KGB rival
Org. based in Langley, Virginia
Men in Black gp.
KGB pursuer
McLean snoop gp.
Subj. of "The Good Shepherd"
Tenet's former org.
Jason Bourne's org.
Org. led by Leon Panetta
Code-cracking govt. org.
KGB rival, once
Leon Panetta's org.
Org. featured in "Three Days of the Condor"
Org. known as the Company
Org. whose website has a "Break the Code" game for kids
Org. with a "World Factbook"
American Dad! org.
The Recruit org.
Gp. with moles
Hush-hush letters
Hush-hush org.
Jack Bristow's employer in "Alias"
Mole employer, maybe (abbr.)
Org. that employed Jack Ryan
Gp. whose museum features the SPY-Fi Archives
Hush-hush gp.
Operation Cyclone org.
Org. spoofed in "American Dad!"
Spooks' org.
Parent org. of the Counterterrorism Center
Petraeus's former org.
Spy gp.
Tom Clancy subj.
Cloak-and-dagger government gp.
Org. featured in "Syriana"
Org. in Clancy novels
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind gp.
Org. featured in "Zero Dark Thirty"
Covert Affairs org.
The Bourne Ultimatum org.
George H.W. Bush once headed it
Org. in your favorite spy thriller (was I right? Tell me in the comments or send me an email or something)
Chuck org.
Obama nominated Brennan to direct it: Abbr.
Undercover agcy.
Org. for 55 Down
'80s Contra-supporting gp.
George Tenet's gp.
Govt. hush-hush group
Bush org., once
Espionage letters
Covert org.
Espionage gp.
Espionage org.
9/11 Commission subj.
Porter Goss's org.
World Factbook compiler: Abbr.
Covert gp.
Langley, Va., group
Not a good place for a leak: Abbr.
The World Factbook publ.
Covert fed. group
Langley-based gp.
MI6 : U.K. :: __ : U.S.
U.S. equivalent of Britain's MI6
Hush-hush gp. based in Langley, Va.
Michael Hayden's org.
Org. created by the 1947 National Security Act
Org. in the 2008 film "Burn After Reading"
The World Factbook publisher
Covert govt. group
Mole user: Abbr.
Org. in Tom Clancy books
The Bourne Identity org.
The Company, briefly
Hush-hush fed. gp.
Hush-hush fed. org.
Operation Neptune Spear org.
Org. with covert ops
Cold War KGB rival
Cold War foe of 48-Down
Langley letters
Org. with moles
Bush led it for about a yr. in the '70s
Carrie's org. on "Homeland"
Covert ops gp.
Org. in many Tom Clancy novels
Three Days of the Condor org.
Felix Leiter's org., in Bond films
Its HQ is named for George Bush
Covert org. in "Argo"
Org. in Tom Clancy novels
Org. in many a spy thriller
The World Factbook org.
Homeland spy org.
Security briefing org.
Spy org. created under Truman
Spy-fi employer
Argo spy gp.
The Enemy Within org.
Its HQ is named for George H.W. Bush
Spy org. called "The Company"
Argo spy org.
Men in black gp., some say
Org. once led by Bush 41
Intelligence-gathering org.
Jack Ryan org.
Spy-fi org.
Homeland gp.
Chef-training sch. based in N.Y.
Intel-gathering org.
Jack Ryan's org.
U.S. spy org.
Org. for Melissa McCarthy's "Spy" character
Org. in "Argo"
Org. whose HQ is home to the unsolved puzzle sculpture Kryptos
Sch. whose alumni include Anthony Bourdain and Roy Choi
Allen Dulles' org.
Grp. once headed by Bush
Clancy org.
George Bush's '70s grp.
Espionage initials
Alias grp.
Helms once helmed it
Spies' org.
Spy group: Abbr.
Spy grp.
Spy guys org.
Undercover org.
Espionage grp.
Intelligence grp.
Its Twitter debut: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet"
Subject of lots of Clancy plots
Goss' grp.
Secretive org.
General Hayden's org.
Grp. with moles
Its seal has a 16-point star
Langley-based grp.
Bourne Identity org.
Letters on Bush 41's résumé
Snoop group
Operatives' org.
Org. in Langley, VA
Legacy of Ashes recounts its history
Panetta's org.
World Factbook compiler
World Factbook producer
American espionage org.
American Dad! employer
Argo employer
World Factbook publisher
75 Down employer
Affleck employer in "Argo"
Jack Ryan employer
Publisher of a World Leaders online directory
Clancy novel staple
Jason Bourne employer
Operation specialist
Org. in spy novels
Petraeus once headed it
Black-ops org.
Country Comparisons compiler
Covert-ops org.
Org. in Ludlum novels
US espionage org.
Where some moles come from
Patriot Games org.
52 Down's employer
Publisher of world-nation maps
Mole employer
Spy outfit, for short
American spy org.
Federal snoop group
Undercover grp.
MI6 counterpart
Covert "Company"
What GHWB once headed
GHWB once headed it
The Nation's first line of defense
American spy group: Abbr.
US espionage group: Abbr.
US spy group
US spy group: Abbr.
Agent's org.
Bay of Pigs org.
George Bush was once its director
Org. whose seal has a bald eagle and a compass
Creation of the National Security Act of 1947
Its seal has a 16-pointed star
Org. that Porter Goss headed
Virginia creepers?
Cuban missile crisis org.
Gen. Hayden is its director
Org. in Tom Clancy's "Red Rabbit"
Org. in the film "The Good Shepherd"
Org. that released the "family jewels" in June 2007
Plame affair org.
KGB's Cold War rival
Org. in "The Bourne Ultimatum"
Agency headed by Allen Dulles.
Allen Dulles' responsibility.
Allen Dulles heads it.
Allen Dulles' agency.
Allen Dulles' department.
Allen Dulles outfit.
Intelligence agency in Washington.
Dulles' concern.
Dulles' department.
Agency in the news.
Security group: Abbr.
Washington initials.
Government agency.
McCone's concern.
McCone's outfit.
Washington group.
Casey's org.
Secret letters?
U.S. Govt. org.
McCone's agency.
U. S. agency.
D. C. agency.
Initials in the headlines.
Helms's agency.
Spanish "co."
Washington outfit.
D.C. group
Gov't agency.
Gov't. sleuthing agency
Helms's outfit
Relative of F.B.I.
Government org.
Washington org.
Intelligence org.
Undercover group: Abbr.
Info org.
Present-day O.S.S.
Turner's org.
Adm. Turner's agcy.
Hush-hush agcy.
Spy HQ
Spy guys
Stansfield Turner's org.
Turner's agcy.
Secret agcy.
Fed. group
Org. once headed by Dulles
Bush's old org.
Secret D.C. group
Investigative org.
Govt. org. once headed by Bush
Agcy. once headed by G.H.W.B.
Casey's agcy. under Reagan
Org. headed by Allen Dulles 1953-61
What G.H.W.B. headed: 1976-77
Org. Bush once headed
Robert M. Gates's org.
Secret org.
Spooks' den
W. Webster's gp.
Bad place for a mole, for short
Org. for which Jason Bourne works in "The Bourne Identity"
Org. in "Zero Dark Thirty"
Org. with 1-Across
Rival of the 62-Down
See 59-Down
U.S. counterpart to Britain's MI6
Bush's command: 1976-77
Gates's org.
O.S.S.'s successor
Org. Robert Gates heads
K.G.B.'s nemesis
Cousin of MI6 in spy stories
George Bush once headed it
James Woolsey's org.
McLean, Va., grp.
U-2 overseers
Bush's old command
Information-gathering grp.
Spook group
Spook-y org.
Ex-employer of Aldrich Ames
Org. once headed by Allen Dulles
Org. that advises the N.S.C.
K.G.B.'s cold war foe
Harlot's Ghost subj.
Fact-gathering grp.
Iran-contra org.
Secret employer, maybe
Grp. with informants
Org. with secrets
Spooky place?: Abbr.
Bush Sr. headed it
Langley outfit
Bush Sr.'s bailiwick, 1976-77
Kind of operation
Org. in "Patriot Games"
Bug group?: Abbr.
It's based in McLean, Va.
Allen Dulles headed it for eight years under D.D.E.
It has moles: Abbr.
Provision of the Natl. Security Act, 1947
The World Factbook publisher: Abbr.
The elder Geo. Bush once headed it
Info supplier for a natl. security briefing
Org. formerly headed by Porter Goss
Org. with operations
Subj. of many conspiracy theories
Org. in "The Good Shepherd"
Org. in the 2006 film "The Good Shepherd"
Org. once led by George Bush
Snooper's org.
Grp. known as the Company
Org. at the center of the 2007 memoir "At the Center of the Storm"
Org. in "The Bourne Identity"
Subj. of the 2006 film "The Good Shepherd"
Org. in the 1982 film "Enigma"
Org. in the Bourne series
Alias org.
Employer of 10-Downs: Abbr.
Org. in "Burn After Reading"
Subj. of Stansfield Turner's "Burn Before Reading"
Subj. of the 2005 Pulitzer-winning book "Ghost Wars"
World Factbook publisher, in brief
The Good Shepherd org.
MI6 : Britain :: ___ : U.S.
Org. in Robert Ludlum novels
Zero Dark Thirty org.
Possible coup instigator, for short
Surveillance org.
The sculpture "Kryptos" sits outside its hdqrs.
Burn Notice grp.
Profiles in Leadership publisher, briefly
Grp. with many operations
Grp. with the Office of Iraq Analysis
Lead-in to a 2000s "-gate"
Decoder ring, for short?
K.G.B. adversary
Org. in "Homeland"
Snoop group, in brief
The Company, in govt. lingo
World Factbook publisher, for short
Employer whose workers don't discuss their jobs much, in short
Stan's employer on "American Dad!"
Fact-gathering org.
George Tenet's "At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the ___"
Spooky grp.?
Grp. that once plotted against Fidel Castro
Org. in 2007's "Charlie Wilson's War"
Org. with many operations
Spook grp.
Where a mole shouldn't be, in brief
Org. behind the Bay of Pigs invasion
Org. concerned with bugs and plants
Org. where one needs a security clearance to work
Its HQ contains a sculpture with a still-unsolved coded message
Org. in Showtime's "Homeland"
Org. with a classified budget
Org. with code-named programs
Publisher of the World Factbook, in brief
Valerie Plame's org. in 2003's Plame affair
Actual employer of some "government consultants," in brief
Org. with many overseas workers
Snoopy grp.
Langley-based spy grp.
Org. in many spy novels
Bourne's employer in "The Bourne Identity," in brief
Employer of Carrie Mathison on "Homeland," for short
Jack Ryan's org. in "The Hunt for Red October"
Snoopy group, for short
Subject of the 2007 book "Sabotage"
Fair Game org.
Cold War foe of the 45-Down
Valerie Plame scandal gp.
Security grp.
Org. with operatives
Employer of spies: Abbr.
Adm. Stansfield Turner ran it under Carter
Harold Nicholson once worked there
Letters associated with Tenet
Tenet's domain
Grp. that's not supposed to spy domestically
Gina Haspel's old org.
Clandestine org.
Grp. concerned with bugs
Harold Nicholson's former employers
Subject of many conspiracy theories
Carns' org.
Allen W. Dulles once headed it
It has fired four employees for participating in a secret chat room hidden in its computers
Org. once headed by a Bush
They briefed Bush on the world situation
The World Factbook publisher, briefly
Org. that once funded the Museum of Modern Art, _Partisan Review_ , and _The Paris Review_
Government org. whose hacking tools were made public in a 2017 WikiLeaks dump
Grp. with bug experts?
Org. headquartered in Langley, Virginia
Org. where William J. Burns replaced Gina Haspel as director, in 2021
Agent Cody Banks org.
Party in the ___ (Weird Al song with the lyric "Tappin' the phones like yeah")
Espionage org. based in Langley, Virginia
Org. with undercover operatives overseas
Subj. of the 2007 book "Legacy of Ashes"
Grp. of spies
Subject for Tom Clancy
It's known for its intelligence
Jack Ryan's employer (Abbr.)
OSS follower
FBI ally
Org. whose seal contains a bald eagle and a compass
Its seal has a star with 16 points
Org. featured in "The Good Shepherd"
Org. that deals with rats and moles
U.S. spy agency
U.S. undercover outfit
M16's American counterpart
U.S. espionage gp.
Clandestine government org.
OSS replacer
Operative's employer
The Firm, to agents
Org. based in Langley, Virg.
Successor of the OSS
Certain spy org.
Government spy org.
OSS replacement
Secretive government agency
Big-time spy grp.
Org. once headed by Leon Panetta
Secretive government org.
Secret agent org.
Spy org. in Virginia
Supersecretive U.S. org.
Gp. with spies
It has moles
Moles of Virginia
U.S. snooper grp.
Grp. that can declassify documents
MI6 : U.K. :: ___ : U.S.
Org. hidden in "special ops"
Org. with agents
Top-secret org.
KGB adversary, once
Org. that tweets spot-the-difference puzzles
Shadowy org.
Cyber ops grp.
Operation Acoustic Kitty org.
Its HQ is in Langley, Va.
Operative Carrie Mathison's org. in "Homeland"
Spy org. in Tom Clancy novels
Org. headquartered in Langley
Org. in TV's "Alias"
Spy org. in "Argo"
MI6's U.S. counterpart
Org. with many secrets
OSS now
Org. a.k.a. The Company
G. Bush once ran it
The Company: abbr.
Bush-headed org. once
Spook initials
Successor to 43 Across
Bay of Pigs grp.
Federal agcy.
Spooks' grp.
Former OSS
Agcy. once headed by a Bush
Bush once headed it
Org. based in McLean, Va.
G.H.W.B.'s bailiwick, 1976-1977
Intel-gathering group
Langley, Va. grp.
Bad place to have a leak, briefly
Spy novel org., sometimes
Valerie Plame scandal org.
Information-gathering org.
Org. once headed by George Tenet
Org. with Virginia creepers?
Org. for spies
Bourne org.
Employer of some operatives
Intel-gathering grp.
Org. in Jason Bourne movies
Snoop grp.
KGB counterpart, once
Org. headed by Bush 41
Org. with HQ named for George Bush
Org. with black ops
Org. hunting Jason Bourne
Agent Sydney Bristow's employer on "Alias"
Alma mater of Anthony Bourdain
School with Baking and Pastry Arts degrees, for short
Spy org. that trained Dan Freeman
Org. behind some black ops
Org. whose "I" stands for "Intelligence"
Spy org. in "The Man Who Cried I Am"
Spy org. linked to abstract expressionism
Intelligence org. in the Susan Williams book "White Malice"
Bridge of Spies org.
Spy org. in "Alias"
Spook org.
79 Across's domain
Langley gp.
Goss's org.
Langley initials
Onetime Bush org.
Its first tweet was "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet"
Operation Mongoose org.
Org. in "Body of Lies"
Party in the ___ (Weird Al song with the lyric "Tapping the phones like yeah / Shredding the files like yeah")
Org. in David E. Hoffman's book "The Billion Dollar Spy"
Secretive Langley org.
E. Howard Hunt's org.
Org. headed by 68-Across in 1976
Org. headed by George Tenet
Org. involved in the Bay of Pigs
Org. headed by George Bush in 1976
The Good Shepherd subject
Gen. Hayden's org.
Org. whose headquarters is named for George Bush
American counterpart of Britain's MI6
Counterpart of MI6 and Mossad
Org. based in Langley
Org. headed by John Brennan
Org. in many spy thrillers
Bourne's former employer
GHWB once ran it
Target of 2017 WikiLeaks dump
George Bush Center org.
Org. headed by Gina Haspel
George Bush Ctr. group
The Report org.
Gina Haspel is its dir.
Org. in Clancy books
Org. in many Tom Clancy books
Org. that does undercover work
Govt. spy organization
William J. Burns is its director
George Bush Ctr. org.
Org. in the Jason Bourne films
Subject of Tim Weiner's "Legacy of Ashes"
Snoop group, briefly
Successor of 47-Down