Videos

In the final days of his presidency, George H.W. Bush visited CIA headquarters in Northern Virginia to say farewell to employees and to thank them for their service. The CIA recently declassified…

This CIA film from 1985 details what the agency argued was a vast system of indoctrination in the Soviet Union which discouraged individualism and encouraged passive acceptance of Kremlin rule…

According to the CIA, this film was made for family members of those working on the U-2 spy plane to inform them about the remote location and difficulty of working at Area 51, a U.S. military installation in…

This CIA report created for President Ronald Reagan provides a general background of the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the role of Islam in the country, and status of the…

This CIA produced video is a tribute to former President George H.W. Bush created for his January 2016 visit to their headquarters to mark the fortieth anniversary of his tenure as…

A panel of CIA analysts and navy historians talked about recently declassified Cold War documents on the Soviet Navy. Co-hosted by the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Museum of the U.S. Navy…

This CIA video briefing from 1986 depicts how Soviet state-run media portrayed America. In 2011, the Central Intelligence Agency’s Information Management Services declassified over 200…

President Trump spoke to employees in the lobby of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It was his first event on his first full day as president.

John Brennan and James Clapper talked about the President’s Daily Briefing during the Nixon and Ford administrations and how that had evolved over time since then. The President’s Daily Briefings (PDBs} contain…

Journalists and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials analyzed transparency and openness in the Intelligence Community. Then Deputy CIA Director David Cohen provided closing remarks for the conference. “The Public…

Foreign intelligence chiefs of Afghanistan, Australia, and the United Kingdom talked about information sharing, combating terrorism, cybersecurity, and the impact of technology advancements of intelligence operations. Central…

Intelligence experts talked about challenges facing U.S. intelligence research and development and the private companies that conduct such work. Afterward, the president of George Washington University delivered remarks on his…

This is a preview of the program, "President’s Daily Briefings", which can be found here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?328142-1/cia-director-john-brennan-presidents-daily-briefing Historians discussed the…

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan made the opening remarks at an intelligence conference at George Washington University. He talked about challenges facing the U.S. intelligence operation. Then a panel of…

Panelists discussed of the impact of humanitarian crises on the global security landscape. Speakers included National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Deputy Director Susan Gordon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for…

Admiral William McRaven (Retired) talked about what makes up and the importance of good intelligence. The Central Intelligence Agency, Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, and the University of Texas at…

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan talked about the history of the president’s daily briefing. Following his remarks, former intelligence officers talked about the importance of the briefing.…

CIA Director John Brennan spoke to reporters about the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA’s detention and interrogation practices. He called the enhanced…

This 1972 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documentary looks as the CIA’s Corona program, which produced the world’s first spy satellites. Topics included the creation of the Corona…