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The CIA exerts foreign political influence through its paramilitary operations units, including its [[Special Activities Center]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tom |title=Paraguay in a spin about Bush's alleged 100,000 acre hideaway |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/23/mainsection.tomphillips |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=October 23, 2006 |access-date=April 18, 2011 |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624222140/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/oct/23/mainsection.tomphillips |url-status=live }}</ref> The CIA was instrumental in establishing intelligence services in many countries, such as [[Germany]]'s [[Federal Intelligence Service]]. It has also provided support to several foreign political groups and governments, including planning, coordinating, [[Enhanced interrogation techniques|training in torture]], and technical support. It was involved in many [[United States involvement in regime change|regime changes]] and carrying out [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]] and planned assassinations of foreign leaders.<ref>[[Greg Grandin]] (2011). ''[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo11643711.html The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729004206/http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo11643711.html |date=July 29, 2019 }}''. [[University of Chicago Press]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6FivSpNY2fkC&pg=PA75 p. 75] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031145308/https://books.google.com/books?id=6FivSpNY2fkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA75 |date=October 31, 2019 }}. {{ISBN|9780226306902}}.</ref><ref name="wp20130829"/> | The CIA exerts foreign political influence through its paramilitary operations units, including its [[Special Activities Center]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tom |title=Paraguay in a spin about Bush's alleged 100,000 acre hideaway |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/23/mainsection.tomphillips |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=October 23, 2006 |access-date=April 18, 2011 |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624222140/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/oct/23/mainsection.tomphillips |url-status=live }}</ref> The CIA was instrumental in establishing intelligence services in many countries, such as [[Germany]]'s [[Federal Intelligence Service]]. It has also provided support to several foreign political groups and governments, including planning, coordinating, [[Enhanced interrogation techniques|training in torture]], and technical support. It was involved in many [[United States involvement in regime change|regime changes]] and carrying out [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]] and planned assassinations of foreign leaders.<ref>[[Greg Grandin]] (2011). ''[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo11643711.html The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729004206/http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo11643711.html |date=July 29, 2019 }}''. [[University of Chicago Press]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6FivSpNY2fkC&pg=PA75 p. 75] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031145308/https://books.google.com/books?id=6FivSpNY2fkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA75 |date=October 31, 2019 }}. {{ISBN|9780226306902}}.</ref><ref name="wp20130829"/> | ||
Since 2004, the CIA is organized under the Office of the [[Director of National Intelligence]] (ODNI). Despite having had some of its powers transferred to the DNI, the CIA has grown in size following the September 11 attacks. In 2013, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that in the | Since 2004, the CIA is organized under the Office of the [[Director of National Intelligence]] (ODNI). Despite having had some of its powers transferred to the DNI, the CIA has grown in size following the September 11 attacks. In 2013, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that in the fiscal year 2010, the CIA had the [[United States intelligence budget|largest budget]] of all intelligence community agencies, exceeding prior estimates.<ref name="wp20130829"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-INTELLIGENCE/content-detail.html |title=Preparing for the 21st Century: An Appraisal of U.S. Intelligence. Chapter 13 – The Cost of Intelligence |author=Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community |date=March 1, 1996 |access-date=November 21, 2013 |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212104613/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-INTELLIGENCE/content-detail.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
The CIA's role has expanded since its creation, now including covert [[paramilitary]] operations.<ref name="wp20130829"/> One of its largest divisions, the Information Operations Center (IOC), has shifted from [[counter-terrorism|counterterrorism]] to offensive [[Cyberwarfare in the United States|cyber operations]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-agencies-mounted-231-offensive-cyber-operations-in-2011-documents-show/2013/08/30/d090a6ae-119e-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html |title=U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show |first1=Barton |last1=Gellman |first2=Ellen |last2=Nakashima |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 3, 2013 |access-date=May 19, 2018 |archive-date=January 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106031521/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-agencies-mounted-231-offensive-cyber-operations-in-2011-documents-show/2013/08/30/d090a6ae-119e-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story_3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | The CIA's role has expanded since its creation, now including covert [[paramilitary]] operations.<ref name="wp20130829"/> One of its largest divisions, the Information Operations Center (IOC), has shifted from [[counter-terrorism|counterterrorism]] to offensive [[Cyberwarfare in the United States|cyber operations]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-agencies-mounted-231-offensive-cyber-operations-in-2011-documents-show/2013/08/30/d090a6ae-119e-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html |title=U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show |first1=Barton |last1=Gellman |first2=Ellen |last2=Nakashima |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 3, 2013 |access-date=May 19, 2018 |archive-date=January 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106031521/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-agencies-mounted-231-offensive-cyber-operations-in-2011-documents-show/2013/08/30/d090a6ae-119e-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story_3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||