The central intelligence agency cia is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the united states, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence humint. The cia world factbook the datahub original cia world factbook packaged dbpedia provides semantic data based on wikipedia. The central intelligence agency is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal. Jeremy bash was born in arlington county, virginia on august, 1971. At the request of a reader, i am posting a link to an online conference on jfks 100th birthday on may 29. Mankind teeters on the verge of global war as everyone scrambles for answersand to find them, banks, donnelly, and weber will take a chance that could threaten their lives. Dirty wars has a somewhat different tone that scahils book on blackwater. This would become a central fact in the story of jeffrey sterling. Deep politics, the cia global drug connection, and the road to afghanistan new york. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2016 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. As first reported in may 2015 by brad hoff of the levant report, on august 12, 2012, the defense intelligence agency dia warned in a memo that.
At least one of the speakers, william law, has done fine workon the autopsy of the presidentand written a fine book about it, in the eye of history, i would like to hear the latest on laws research. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about italy 2020 should be addressed to the cia or. Cia world fact book, 2004atlantic ocean wikisource, the. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a reference resource produced by the central intelligence agency cia with almanacstyle. The central intelligence agency is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior us policymakers. In this instalment, were counting down the most fascinating and somewhat revolting facts about methamphetamine, one of the worlds deadliest recreational drugs.
Jeremy scahill is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international bestsellers blackwater. Nixons hatchetman in the cia, to let cushman know that hunt was, in fact. The cia was also instrumental in establishing intelligence services in several. Please bookmark this page add it to your favorites. The world factbook is one of the us governments most accessed publications. It is chock full of original research utilizing government documents and.
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Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. Im looking for another way to get information from the cia world factbook instead of downloading a huge package of datas. Facts alone are insufficient to destroy a conspiracy theory, of course, and in many ways a theorys appeal has more to do with the receptiveness of its. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military. The secret government rulebook for labeling you a terrorist.
He has reported from afghanistan, iraq, somalia, yemen, nigeria, the former yugoslavia, and elsewhere across the globe. I found an old java package to retrieve informations but i like a more modern way with rest or maybe an api. Is there an api for the cia world factbook or one that. New zealands full participation in a number of defense. As one of the principal members of the united states intelligence community ic. Africa gambia, the the world factbook central intelligence.
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No claims are made regarding the accuracy of sri lanka 2020 information contained here. The world almanac and book of facts is americas topselling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Jeremy bash talks about his work at the central intelligence agency and the department of defense, and recounts stories of his time in the cia. This entry includes the number of males for each female in five age groups at birth, under 15 years, 1564 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. The central intelligence agency cia provides national security intelligence to the us government and often publishes information for public use. Age, parents, siblings, family, nationality, ethnicity. Scahill has served as the national security correspondent for the nation and democracy. Amy adams, mathematician ian donnelly jeremy renner, and us army colonel weber forest whitaker. Country list world factbook home the world factbook india introduction india background.
For more than 150 years, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a reference resource produced by the central intelligence agency cia with almanacstyle information about the countries of the world. The rise of the worlds most powerful mercenary army. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
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The world factbook is an annual publication of the us central intelligence agency, summarizing information about countries and regions throughout the world. The information regarding sri lanka on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. In fact, you can find him on cable tv on any given day talking about the. By my count there are 11 countries missing from the book including japan, moldova, nauru, northern marianas, paraguay, st. It should really have the title cia world factbook 2016. It provides current data for more than 250 countries and territories, fromafghanistan to zimbabwe. The world factbook was first published in classified form in 1962, and in. Furthermore, he grew up along with his siblings in arlington throughout his early life. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about the 2009 cia world fact book should be addressed to the cia. Pages in category cia world fact book the following 200 pages are in this category, out of 263 total. Many a times, human beings come across scary facts through events, happenings and revelations so much so that suddenly, ordinary life starts seeming bizarre after such discoveries. Potomac books publishes a commercial version of the world factbook in order to extend the limited audience reached by the cias own. Despite previously meeting the criteria to join the european economic and monetary union, denmark has negotiated an optout with the eu and is not required to adopt the euro. The myth of the addicted army will contend for bestbook awards in history, sociology, and many fields of policy studies.
The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a book that contains the central intelligence agencys information about the worlds countries. Nestled in a back corner of mogadishus aden adde international airport is a sprawling walled compound run by the central intelligence. Yeah, id like you to tell the story and you, of course, write about this in the book, but at one point early on in your career at the cia. The atlantic ocean is the second largest of the worlds five oceans after the pacific ocean, but larger than the indian ocean, southern ocean, and arctic ocean. The kiel canal germany, oresund denmarksweden, bosporus turkey, strait of gibraltar moroccospain, and the saint lawrence seaway canadaus are important strategic access. The 1990 cia world factbook library of congress classification. The director of central intelligence dci serves as the chief intelligence adviser to the president of the united states.
The world factbook, produced for us policymakers and coordinated throughout the us intelligence community, presents the basic realities about the world in which we live. The information regarding italy on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. Comments off on 20 strange and unusual facts that sound too scary to be true. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The central intelligence agency cia is an independent us government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior us. He was interested in the world of politics since his childhood. Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated onto the indian subcontinent about 1500 b.
The cia is headed by a director and deputy director, only one of whom may be a military officer. The factbook provides a two to threepage summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 272 countries, dependencies, and. C their merger with the earlier dravidian inhabitants created the classical indian culture. The government in 1990 was attempting to get the budget deficit under control and, in general, to bring economic policy in line with the recommendations of the imf and the world bank. Im jeremy scahill coming to you from the offices of the intercept in new york. We share these facts with the people of all nations in the belief that knowledge of the truth underpins the functioning. Jeremy scahill is one of the three founding editors of the intercept. Emblazoned with the crests of 19 agencies, it offers the most complete and. The reports daniel jones on the ongoing fight to hold the cia. The cia world factbook with global information on geography, people, governments, economies, communications, transportation, the military, and international issues. The rise of the worlds most powerful mercenary army and dirty wars.
The gambia gained its independence from the uk in 1965. The world factbook simple english wikipedia, the free. It is an impressive book that gives a great deal of information arranged by countries of the world. The central intelligence agency cia, formally created in 1947, is the principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the u.
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