The CIA's Woke Twitter Rebrand

<p>The Central Intelligence Agency. Since its inception during the Cold War days it’s taken on the mystique as the silent hand of the US government. It’s been entwined in controversies ranging from the Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/03/archives/cia-is-criticized-over-watergate-minority-staff-in-senate-says.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> to Watergate </a>and most recently, it’s role in the universally condemned torture of detainees during the decadeslong War On Terror. But then in 2014, something happened that heralded a brand new era in the once ultra-secretive (and not very public) spy agency: It got <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vdqs1D21E" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a Twitter account</a>. Since, the CIA has been undergoing some kind of public rebranding. But why does an intelligence agency that’s whole existence is based on how good at being secret it is, need a public presence? Motherboard reporter Edward Ongweso is on the show to talk spies and tweets with me.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>