CIA director’s changed role During the Cold War, the director of central intelligence had autonomy to conduct these covert actions with limited oversight. The position was extremely powerful at ...

The U.S. Senate formally confirmed John Ratcliffe as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ... had met multiple times throughout the war, but such encounters were typically kept ...

I’ve never heard Pompeo claim to be a Gulf War veteran. But his friends in high places sure did on his behalf. In January 2017, arguing for Pompeo’s confirmation as CIA director, Sen.