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What is the Indian equivalent of CIA?
The Intelligence Bureau (IB)
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) is India’s domestic intelligence, internal security and counter-intelligence agency.
What is difference between raw and ISI?
The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is the primary foreign intelligence agency of India. The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is an intelligence agency in Pakistan.
What Department oversees the CIA?
Director of National Intelligence
As a principal member of the United States Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA reports to the Director of National Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the President and Cabinet of the United States….Central Intelligence Agency.
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Do RAW really exist?
RAW, at any given point of time, is not answerable to the parliament of India on any issue. In fact, RAW is only answerable to the Prime Minister of the country, and the Joint Intelligence Committee. The head of RAW is called the “Secretary”(research) in the cabinet secretariat.
How did the CIA expand its data collection?
In addition, the CIA expanded its searches on names and subjects greatly expanding the number of files and tripling the volume of the collection. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Name Files and Subject Files compiled by the CIA in response to the Disclosure Acts.
What are the CIA name files and subject files?
CIA Name Files and Subject Files compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency in response to the Disclosure Acts. These files are comprised of documentation from several CIA filing systems and are organized under the names of approximately 1100 individuals and subjects.
Is the CIA’s release of Secret Records newsworthy?
The CIA’s release of these records is welcome and newsworthy. Absent the Disclosure Act, it is highly unlikely that many of these records would have been declassified and opened for many years. Some still sensitive information has been redacted in accordance with the exemptions in the Act.
Are there any records that have been declassified or redacted?
Absent the Disclosure Act, it is highly unlikely that many of these records would have been declassified and opened for many years. Some still sensitive information has been redacted in accordance with the exemptions in the Act. The CIA has permitted cleared members of the IWG staff and staff historians to review these redactions.