Central Intelligence Agency

Rule Changes

Rival to ODNI, potential beneficiary of its decline

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created in 2004 to fix the intelligence failures that allowed the 9/11 attacks. Twenty-two years later, President Trump is shrinking it to a fraction of its former size.

Updated 3 days ago

Force in Play

Authorized for lethal operations in Venezuela and Caribbean

Trump confirmed the first known U.S. land attack inside Venezuela on December 30—a drone strike on a coastal dock allegedly used by the Tren de Aragua gang, with no one present when missiles hit. The same day, a U.S. strike on a boat in the Pacific killed two more people, bringing total deaths to at least 107 since September.

Updated May 18