What is Central Intelligence Agency?
The '''Central Intelligence Agency''' ('''CIA''') is a department of the [[United States government]] that is [[Intelligence agency|responsible for intelligence]]. Its [[headquarters]] are at the [[George Bush Center for Intelligence]] in [[Langley, Virginia|Langley]], [[Virginia]]. {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Central Intelligence Agency | motto = <small>(Official):</small> ''The Work of a Nation. The Center of Intelligence.''<br /><small>(Unofficial):</small> And ye shall know the truth and [[Veritas vos liberabit|the truth shall make you free]]. ({{bibleverse|John|8:32|KJV}})<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/ohb-50th-anniversary.html |title=CIA Observes 50th Anniversary of Original Headquarters Building Cornerstone Laying |website=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=September 18, 2012 |archive-date=March 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324152925/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/ohb-50th-anniversary.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | picture = Aerial view of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, Langley, Virginia - Corrected and Cropped.jpg | picture_width = | picture_caption = [[George Bush Center for Intelligence]] in [[Langley, Virginia]] | logo = Flag of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.svg | logo_width = 200 | logo_caption = Flag of the Central Intelligence Agency | seal = Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg | seal_width = 200 | seal_caption = Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency | formed = {{Start date and age|1947|9|18}} | agency_type = [[Independent agencies of the United States government|Independent]] (component of the [[United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]]) | preceding1 = [[Office of Strategic Services]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/history-of-the-cia/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2