Nation: When It's in the News, It's in Trouble

THE C.I.A.

Nestled in the hills near Langley, Va., is an eight-story building on a site that covers 140 acres. This, next jail, will be the new headquarters of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and will house more than 10,000 of its employees. With thousands of others posted around the world, they comprise a unique arm of the U.S. Government. CIA's duties are prescribed by Congress, but in the most guarded terms. It is CIA's business to stay out of the news—yet sometimes it fails in that aim with spectacular results. Last week, with CIA bearing heavy responsibility for the Cuban fiasco,...

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