CIA headquarters

Spook central command

The CIA headquarters is the main facility of the Central Intelligence Agency, located in Langley, Virginia.

Often called simply Langley, the compound serves as shorthand for the agency itself in news and fiction: The report went straight to Langley.

The building's location was once classified but is now widely known and appears on maps.

Opposites
intelligence vs. military operations

CIA headquartersFort Bragg

Major Army installation, Carolina

military bases · Department of Defense · Joint Chiefs of Staff · West Point

allied vs. adversary intelligence

CIA headquartersthe Kremlin

Moscow's fortified government seat

secrecy vs. transparency

CIA headquartersLibrary of Congress

U.S. national repository of knowledge

public records office · open government

Family

headquarters, headquarter, head, heads, headed, heading, headship, quarter, quarters

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG