Hacker News with Generative AI: CIA

The CIA Book Club by Charlie English review – 'It was like fresh air' (theguardian.com)
A fascinating, exciting history of how the agency smuggled subversive books across the iron curtain
Sensitive Complex Housing CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of Properties for Sale (wired.com)
A now-deleted list containing hundreds of US government properties that the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to sell includes most of a sprawling, highly sensitive federal complex in Springfield, Virginia, that also houses a secretive Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) facility, WIRED has learned.
Chatbots Convinced Idiots They Cracked the Code on a Sculpture in CIA's Backyard (gizmodo.com)
Near the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, there is a sculpture known as Kryptos. It has been there since 1990 and contains four secret codes—three of which have been solved. The final one has gone 35 years without being decrypted. And, according to a report from Wired, the sculptor responsible wants everyone to know that you are not solving the damn thing with a chatbot.
The 'Mosaic' Method and the Value of CIA Names to U.S. Adversaries (lawfaremedia.org)
CIA reportedly offers buyouts to entire workforce in latest Trump-era purge (theguardian.com)
The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce on Tuesday, citing an aim to bring the agency in line with Donald Trump’s priorities, the Wall Street Journal and CNN have reported.
Mars Exploration: How the CIA's Project Stargate Went to Mars [pdf] (cia.gov)
Animals in Espionage (cia.gov)
At CIA, we find inspiration in all kinds of places, including nature. From robotic catfish to real-life spy birds, animals and their look-alikes have helped Agency officers perform a variety of critical duties, including eavesdropping, intelligence gathering, security, covert communications, and photo surveillance.
An Evaluation of the Remote Viewing Program: Operational Applications (1995) [pdf] (cia.gov)
Interview Learnings from Former CIA Intelligence Officer (lopespm.com)
I’ve been getting into the habit of writing down what I learned from content I consume and I’ve recently seen an interview with Andrew Bustamante, a former CIA intelligence officer on the Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett.
The CIA's 8 steps to wreck organizations (youtube.com)
Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding (2023) (kitklarenberg.com)
CIA Sent Him Deep Undercover to Spy on Islamic Radicals. It Cost Him Everything (rollingstone.com)
Signal maybe facing collapse after CIA cuts Funding (kitklarenberg.com)
How the CIA 'kidnapped' a Soviet moon probe during the space race (space.com)
When the CIA turned writers into operatives (newyorker.com)
Project AZORIAN (cia.gov)