CIA Director John Ratcliffe plans to apply ... could allow for expanded intelligence operations and potential covert action, though former officials warn it could be perceived as a precursor ...

Of all the Trump administration’s mistakes over its first three weeks, the one that could endanger the United States most is the purge at intelligence agencies — at the very moment the administration ...

But a foreign terrorist designation might enable covert action against cartels under any existing findings, he said. The CIA has a long, secretive role in the fight against narcotics trafficking ...

According to Jefferson Morley, a leading expert on the assassination, the new documents could include files on George Joannides, who was chief of covert action at the CIA's station in Miami in 1963.

But the more recent flights were communicated to Congress by the Trump administration using a particular notification reserved for new or updated covert programs that the CIA intends either to ...

The CIA is developing plans to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign pledges to get tough on Mexico’s drug cartels, but critics warn of a backlash.