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The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States' civilian foreign-intelligence service. It collects intelligence abroad, mainly from human sources, analyses it for the President and policymakers, and carries out covert action when the President orders it.

The CIA collects foreign intelligence, mostly from people. The NSA collects signals intelligence — communications and electronic data — and protects U.S. government systems. The FBI is the domestic law-enforcement and counter-intelligence agency inside the United States.

George Tenet (1997–2004), Porter Goss (2004–2006), Michael Hayden (2006–2009), Leon Panetta (2009–2011), David Petraeus (2011–2012), John Brennan (2013–2017), Mike Pompeo (2017–2018), Gina Haspel (2018–2021), William Burns (2021–2025) and John Ratcliffe, who took office in January 2025.

Yes, in general terms. In 2001 CIA director George Tenet repeatedly warned that al Qaeda was planning major attacks and told the Senate in March 2001 that the terrorist threat was real and immediate. The warnings did not include the time, place or method of the attack.

By tracking his trusted courier for years until he led analysts to a walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. On May 2, 2011, U.S. Navy SEALs, under CIA authority, raided the compound and killed bin Laden.

From late 2021 U.S. intelligence tracked Russia's preparations. CIA director William Burns warned the Kremlin in Moscow in November 2021 and briefed Ukraine's leaders in Kyiv in January 2022. The U.S. made the unusual choice to declassify and publish its warnings before the invasion of February 24, 2022.