{"id":136198,"date":"2019-04-29T21:16:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=136198"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:03:48","slug":"cia-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/cia-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Famously secretive organization joins Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram is an open network, and a visual one, too. Posts are images with text playing a very small part in the makeup of an Instagram post. You would think that this makes Instagram a hard place to keep a secret; quite the opposite, in fact. Instagram is the place you go to announce things. Your vacation, that new lipstick you\u2019re using, that old friend you\u2019ve just seen, or how amazing your breakfast looks. Instagram is about sharing information not withholding it. This is why a recent announcement is a little bemusing, to say the least.<\/p>\n

The CIA is about to launch its own Instagram account<\/h2>\n

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During a national security forum at Auburn University<\/a> in Alabama, CIA Director General Gina Haspel made the surprise announcement. She said, \u201cJust to talk a moment about transparency, of course, CIA does have a Twitter account\u2026 Our office of public affairs is getting ready to launch our Instagram account.\u201d Details about what we might expect to see on said account, however, were thin.<\/p>\n

The aforementioned CIA Twitter account<\/a> is very real and has over 2.5 million followers. Its tweets are rather mundane, however, as you might expect. Rather than sharing details about daring missions on foreign soil, it acts as more of a showcase for CIA history and is used as a way to recruit new agents. It also advises on upcoming forums like the one that Haspel dropped the Instagram news at and revels in letting everybody know when former deputy directors find themselves on TV.<\/p>\n

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A perk of working for CIA is world travel. Apparently that sometimes extends to other realms\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle birds,\u201d be on the lookout for a former deputy director of ours wandering through #Westeros<\/a> in tonight\u2019s episode of #GameOfThrones<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/DBIzIFKoju<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CIA (@CIA) April 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If we take the CIA Twitter account as our guide, we can expect photos of people receiving medals rather than secret photos taken using classified spy plane technology. There\u2019ll likely also be recruitment drives and photos of interesting items and artifacts used by various CIA personnel through the years.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, the CIA won\u2019t be the only government intelligence agency looking to share on Instagram.\u00a0The FBI is already way ahead of them<\/a> with more than 400,000\u00a0followers. If the movies are anything to go by, these two agencies have a testy relationship at the best of times, so it could be fun to see them head off against each other to see who can get the most Instagram Likes and followers.<\/p>\n

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Over the years, the #FBI seal has undergone several significant changes. In its early years, the Bureau used the Department of Justice seal. . The first official FBI seal was adopted in 1935, modifying the Department of Justice logo by adding \u201cFederal Bureau of Investigation\u201d and \u201cFidelity, Bravery, and Integrity\u201d to the outer band. . In 1940, Special Agent Leo Gauthier\u2014a draftsman, artist, and illustrator\u2014presented a new design based on an earlier Bureau flag that he had created. . Each symbol and color in the FBI seal has special significance. The dominant blue field of the seal and the scales on the shield represent justice. The endless circle of 13 stars denotes unity of purpose as exemplified by the original 13 states. The laurel leaf has, since early civilization, symbolized academic honors, distinction, and fame. There are exactly 46 leaves in the two branches, since there were 46 states in the Union when the FBI was founded in 1908. The significance of the red and white parallel stripes lies in their colors. Red traditionally stands for courage, valor, strength, while white conveys cleanliness, light, truth, and peace. As in the American flag, the red bars exceed the white by one. The motto, \u201c Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity,\u201d succinctly describes the motivating force behind the men and women of the FBI. The peaked beveled edge which circumscribes the seal symbolizes the severe challenges confronting the FBI and the ruggedness of the organization. The gold color in the seal conveys its overall value. . #fbiseal #history #fbihistory #dyk<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by FBI<\/a> (@fbi) on Mar 11, 2019 at 11:00am PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is no news yet about when the CIA will start posting on Instagram. There is an account claiming to be the \u201cOfficial Account of the CIA\u201d that links to the CIA homepage but as yet, there are no posts. Also, the page has Leviticus 20:13 in its bio, which is a Bible passage that is often used to attack same-sex relationships. We don\u2019t know what that means, but we have to believe this isn\u2019t the official account of the CIA. We\u2019ll just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n

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