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Gina Haspel, on her appointment as head of the CIA in May 2018, and President Donald Trump. © Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

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Casa Coppelle, Rome's intimate retreat catering to intelligence diplomats

French military intelligence agency tries out fusion cells

HEAD of CIA's LGBTQ programme retires

Blocker ticks boxes for CIA role

CIA awaits Biden's marching orders on China, Saudi Arabia, and UAE

Houghton joins innovator Rebellion Defense

Moscow says State Dept. tried to interfere in referendum more than CIA

Facebook tightens security ahead of elections

Volodymyr Zelensky strengthens hold on intelligence in Kiev

Under fire, DNI provides safety net for whistleblowers

Smolenkov case triggered Kremlin security shakeup

ODNI takes over university partnerships

Power struggle in Iranian intelligence after Trump's attacks

Ex-CIA officer Will Hurd tries to bring DNI into migrant crisis

Christopher Porter, former FireEye chief, takes charge of cyber at ODNI

Congress calls for fresh US security effort in Ukraine

CIA to appoint new Paris station chief

Democrats want to make climate an intelligence priority

Congress keen to appoint intelligence director at DHS

Donald Trump greenlights career reform for cyber-experts

CIA now seeks paid informers on strategic issues

CIA's new director of operations has friends in Paris

CIA caught between White House, Intelligence collected and Pyongyang

Donald Trump places anti-Iran watchmen in Gulf embassies

CIA's Iran experts head for the door

New CIA No.2 Vaughn Bishop will woo British intelligence

DIA clandestine service has a chance to prove himself on North Korea, under the watchful eye of the CIA

CIA lifer Haspel, a true insider

Haspel could reassure the agency

Mike Pompeo bears cross at the CIA

George Floyd: US diplomacy goes into damage-limitation mode

Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House

Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

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