At the president’s direction, Mr. Burns, the C.I.A. director, embarked on a mission to broker the release of more hostages, including a handful of Americans still being held.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/31/us/politics/us-israel-hamas-war.html

Eleven days later, President Richard M. Nixon met with Richard Helms, the C.I.A. director, and ordered the agency to carry out covert operations to impede Mr. Allende’s inauguration.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/world/americas/chile-coup-50-anniversary.html

He had already been interrogated 200 times in C.I.A. custody and had no reason to believe that “another American in another polo shirt” coming to question him would not hurt him.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/us/politics/guantanamo-cole-bombing.html