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The CIA Seal
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and
analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and
individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of
the U.S. Government.
Its headquarters are in the community of Langley in the McLean CDP of
Fairfax County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington,
D.C.. The CIA is part of the American Intelligence Community, which is
now led by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
From the
CIA website:
The Colors
The seal is done in the colors of our
country's flag, red, white and blue, and also has an accent of gold.
The Eagle
The bald eagle is the national bird.
When our country was being established, Benjamin Franklin, one of our
founding fathers and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, wished
the national bird to be the wild turkey. Mr. Franklin believed the
turkey was a good choice as it provided food for the early settlers. He
also thought that the turkey looked noble. However, Mr. Franklin was
outvoted by the other members of the Continental Congress who felt that
the eagle symbolized strength and alertness and that it would look much
better as our national symbol.
The Compass
The compass or star, as some call it,
has sixteen points on it. These points show our search for intelligence
data all over the world outside the United States and bringing it all
back home to our headquarters in Virginia to analyze, write a report on,
and then pass on to the policy makers. The compass rests upon a shield
which is a symbol for defence. The intelligence we gather is in defence
of the United States of America.
Other sources of information:
Wikipedia,
Federal Jobs,The
CIA Information Act, Freedom of
Information Act & the CIA
The Seal of the CIA
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