intelligence agency

noun

a government department charged with obtaining intelligence, or information, especially for use by the armed forces.

First recorded in 1895–1900

He said the news of his appointment was not true, that it was disinformation spread by “some intelligence agency and my rivals.”

Welcome to the exquisite hell of being director of the Central Intelligence Agency today.

The Central Intelligence Agency found bin Laden hiding in a “fortified compound” in Abbottabad, Pakistan in late 2010.

Clapper ended his military career as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Apparently, 72 percent of intelligence agency civilian workers have been deemed nonessential temporarily let go.

Foreign intelligence is handled by the Central Intelligence Agency, and our responsibility is domestic.

Is the Central Intelligence Agency continuing any investigation into this area?

It wouldn't be your recommendation that you, the head of Central Intelligence Agency, should have that information?

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