CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency is one of the main intelligence services in the United States of America.

History
The CIA was founded after World War II, around the same time as S.H.I.E.L.D.

During the Cold War, Nick Fury was on a mission in Soviet Russia. When he discovered that Agent Escobar is a traitor, Fury's Russian friend Verliecki left a fake CIA identification card with Fury's name and Escobar's image near the unconscious Escobar for the Soviet police to find.

The CIA was one of the agencies that approached Stark Industries, following Tony Stark's capture and escape.

While Espinoza's men where beating up Bruce Banner Espinoza himself accused Bruce Banner of being a spy, naming the CIA as one of the potential agencies that send him into the jungle.

The CIA was one of the agencies that had intel on the "Mandarin bombings".

At least one S.H.I.E.L.D. agent was recruited by the CIA, following the exposure of that organization's infiltration by HYDRA.

After Skye hacked the NSA satellites for video on the release of the prisoners from the Fridge, Agent Grant Ward killed Agent Eric Koenig and stopped the feed to conceal his involvement. When Skye returned and asked about Koening's location, Ward told her that he was sending the info to the CIA, NATO and Interpol.

Jemma Simmons pretended to be from the CIA when she approached Audrey Nathan after S.H.I.E.L.D. was labelled a terrorist organization.

When Maria Hill was leaving a Senate hearing and discussing her feeling about it to Pepper Potts, Hill described how she would rather deal with the CIA to the Congress.

Known Members

 * Sharon Carter - Agent

Trivia

 * In the mainstream Marvel universe, Nick Fury spent several decades as a member of the CIA before he joined S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * In the promotional S.H.I.E.L.D. files for The Avengers it is said that Phil Coulson worked for the CIA before joining S.H.I.E.L.D. However, that information contradicts the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode Turn, Turn, Turn where Coulson says that he joined S.H.I.E.L.D. right after high school.