The museum has an extraordinary collection of spy gadgets, weapons and espionage memorabilia from before World War II to the present—more than 28,000 items, of which 18,000 have been cataloged—and ...

Hidden from the public, the CIA operates a museum filled with artifacts tied to covert missions and intelligence history. Access is tightly restricted, and very few have ever seen what’s inside.

A woman was shot at the front gate of CIA headquarters in a “security incident,” just hours after the tragic murder of Israeli embassy staffers in front of Washington’s Jewish Museum. Security ...

Thanks to spy films and TV shows, the CIA has been famous for using nifty gadgets that may have inspired Angus MacGyver. Typical Hollywood exaggerations aside, the agency does have dedicated ...

CIA used the “Belly Buster” drill during the late 1950s and early 1960s to drill holes into masonry for implanting audio devices. After assembly, the base of the drill was held firmly against the ...