Headquarters Tour — Central Intelligence Agency

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You'll see sights such as our Memorial Wall, the Bubble, our Presidents' and Directors' galleries, and more. It's a unique opportunity to learn more about us. Come inside.</p> <ul><li><a title="Visit the Headquarters Virtual tour" href="/web/20081209235510/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/virtual-tour/virtual-tour-flash/index.html">Visit the Headquarters Virtual tour</a></li></ul> <p> </p> <p>On the tour, you'll find out about "Kryptos," a sculpture that continues to be a source of pleasure and mystery for Agency employees. Learn more about this infamous sculpture and try to break the code.</p> <ul><li> <p><a title="Kryptos" href="/web/20081209235510/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/virtual-tour/kryptos/index.html">Kryptos</a></p> </li></ul> <p> </p> </div> <div class="relatedItems"> </div> <div class="visualClear"></div> <div class="documentActions"> </div> <div class="reviewHistory" id="review-history"> </div> <div class="documentByLine"> <br/> <div> </div> <div> Posted: Apr 26, 2007 03:13 PM<br/> </div> <div> Last Updated: Jun 02, 2008 09:36 AM<br/> </div> <div> Last Reviewed: Apr 26, 2007 03:13 PM<br/> </div> <br/> </div> <span id="contentBottomLeft"></span> <span id="contentBottomRight"></span> </div> </div> </td> <td id="portal-column-two"> <div class="visualPadding"> <div id="portletwrapper-706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f434941676f760a72696768745f636f6c756d6e5f636f6e74656e74" class="portletWrapper kssattr-portlethash-706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f434941676f760a72696768745f636f6c756d6e5f636f6e74656e74"><div id="portletRightColumnContent"> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="managePortletsLink"> </div>   </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div>  <hr class="netscape4"/> <div id="footerBlockContainer"> <div id="footerBlock"> <div class="footerBlockBGR"> <div class="footerBlockBGC"> <ul id="footerLinks-L"> <li><a title="Site Policies" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081209235510/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/index.html#privacy-notice">Privacy</a></li> <li><a title="Site Policies" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081209235510/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/index.html#copy">Copyright</a></li> <li><a title="Site Policies" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081209235510/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/index.html">Site Policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081209235510/http://www.usa.gov/">USA.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081209235510/http://www.foia.cia.gov/">FOIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081209235510/http://www.dni.gov/">DNI.gov</a></li> <li><a title="No FEAR Act" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081209235510/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/no-fear-act/index.html">NoFEAR Act</a></li></ul> <ul id="portal-siteactions"> <li id="siteaction-contact"><a href="/web/20081209235510/https://www.cia.gov/contact-cia/index.html" accesskey="9" title="Contact CIA">Contact CIA</a></li> <li id="siteaction-sitemap"><a href="/web/20081209235510/https://www.cia.gov/sitemap.html" accesskey="3" title="Site Map">Site Map</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br/> <div id="portal-footer2"> <div id="colL"></div> <div id="colR"></div> </div>  </td> <td id="mnBGR"><div id="mnBGRStripe"></div></td> </tr> </table>  <div class="visualClear"></div>  <div id="kss-spinner"><img alt="" src="/web/20081209235510im_/https://www.cia.gov/images/spinner.gif"/></div> </body> </html>

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