Do all CIA agents carry guns?

Answer 1

For the most part; no, they are not armed. Unlike in the movies, the CIA is not a law enforcement agency like, say, the FBI. The CIA is primarily dedicated to collecting foreign intelligence. The CIA also, unlike the FBI or in the movies, does not have agents. There is a branch of the CIA called the clandestine service, and they have what are known as Operations Officers ("Spies", if you will). CIA officers are deployed all over the world and they collect intelligence by recruiting people in other countries to give them information. They do this through trust, bribery, blackmailing, etc. Unlike in the movies, the average CIA officer overseas is not dressed in all black tactical gear rappeling through the skylight of a military complex at night and sneaking up on the guards, slitting their throats, and then hacking into the mainframe and downloading Intel and escaping undetected. Instead, in real life, the average CIA officer works a full-time job (as a cover) and will spend the rest of the time trying to befriend people of interest that will eventually, hopefully, give up information. All CIA officer, nonetheless, do go through extensive training prior to being deployed which includes a variety of weapons training, demolition, evasive driving, clandestine surveillance, interrogation techniques, parachuting, and defensive tactics. How much the average CIA officer actually uses any of these skills is probably by far the minority of their overseas career.

However, this is not to say that the CIA doesn't do its share of military-style operations. They also have what are called Specialized Skills Operations Officers. These are often the guys more like what you'll see in the movies. They often have former military special operations experience, foreign language proficiency, and other skills and the CIA will deploy them around the world in their areas of expertise to conduct a variety of covert operations - which can include assassination of a target, demolition, raids and searches, capturing suspected terrorists, and working alongside military special operations units to conduct highly classified intelligence missions that require military tactics.

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Answer 2

No.. and in the CIA, they are not called Agents... they are called Officers.

Answer 3

Some Agents do. Depending on the role of the Agent, about 95% will

most feild agents will

Answer 4

No

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

Then it should be called the Central Intelligence Office.