Tom Griffin on intelligence history

Tom Griffin on intelligence history

Common Interest Network

Early 1980s grouping of organisations representing US intelligence professionals

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Tom Griffin
Jun 10, 2023
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The Common Interest Network (CIN) was an informal grouping of organisations working to defend the US intelligence community in the wake of the Congressional investigations of the mid-1970s. CIA historian Thomas Troy described the network as 'an unofficial intelligence community' (cited in ref 1, p.2).

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