At 75, the CIA is back where it started - countering the Kremlin
As the CIA's marks its 75th anniversary, Russia's war in Ukraine is giving the spy agency a new direction after dark periods during the U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
At its creation in July 1947, the CIA delivered briefings to President Harry Truman that would still sound current in today's news feeds.
The many examples include American citizens who couldn't get exit visas to leave the Soviet Union. Moscow's financial and trade disputes with Europe. And intrigue over Soviet dealings with Iran.
Here's CIA Director William Burns just last week at the Aspen Security Forum:
- "These are awful and shameful steps, (for Russia) to hold American citizens for political leverage."
- Russian leader Vladimir Putin's "bet is that winter's coming, so he
