The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has made a recruitment pitch to potential informants in Iran to contact the U.S. spy agency as President Donald Trump continues to threaten strikes against the ruling regime.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Friday said he was directing the agency to retract or substantively edit 19 intelligence reports that President Donald Trump's political appointees "failed to be independent of political consideration.

The Central Intelligence Agency in recent weeks assessed that the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a result of U.S. military operations could lead to hardliners from the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or another faction in the country taking power,

The CIA invited Iranians with "sensitive information" or "unique skills" to contact it.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe has ordered the retraction or “substantive revision” of 19 of the agency’s intelligence products after a review determined they failed to meet standards for analytic tradecraft and political independence,

Fox News senior correspondent Benjamin Hall details U.S. intelligence efforts tracking Iranian leaders, including the Ayatollah, leading to preemptive strikes on 'Fox Report.'

Shortly before the United States and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the CIA zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has posted on social media new Farsi-language instructions for Iranians wishing to securely contact the spy service. The CIA recruitment effort comes amid a massive buildup of U.