CIA Raided Tulsi’s Office

CIA needs to be dissolved. Ratcliffe is deep state. I hated that pick

I am waiting to hear from Tulsi. APL is an unreliable narrator.

Didn't raid her office. Just got some documents which is their job.

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Didn't raid her office. Just got some documents which is their job.

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The documents that Trump has an executive order to be released. Heads need to roll.

Per their own charter, the CIA isn't allowed to do a damned thing jurisdictionally in the United States.

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Per their own charter, the CIA isn't allowed to do a damned thing jurisdictionally in the United States.

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Doesn’t mean they didn’t though either.

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Per their own charter, the CIA isn't allowed to do a damned thing jurisdictionally in the United States.

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Which should imply that APL is being histrionic and uninformed as usual and not that the CIA blatantly broke the law in such a public manner...

...if you're using logic, at least

Raided seems like dramatic wording based on the quotes in the tweet.

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wrong

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Gonna need more than a "nuh-UHHHHHHH!" and a misguided snarky emoticon to make your case, gumdrop.

Elon's robot has the following to offer on the matter:

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**No, the CIA does not have general operational jurisdiction or law enforcement authority domestically within the United States.**

Its core mission, established by the **National Security Act of 1947**, is foreign intelligence collection, analysis, and (when directed by the President) covert action abroad. The Act and subsequent laws, along with Executive Order 12333, explicitly prohibit the CIA from exercising police, subpoena, or internal security powers inside the U.S. or directing activities at U.S. persons (citizens, residents, corporations) for domestic purposes.

### Key Legal Distinctions
- **FBI vs. CIA**: The FBI handles domestic law enforcement, counterintelligence, and threats inside the U.S. The CIA focuses overseas and is barred from collecting intelligence on the domestic activities of U.S. persons.
- **Limited domestic activities**: The CIA can engage in narrow, supportive functions such as:
- Voluntary debriefings of Americans who have traveled abroad (e.g., via its National Resources Division for open-source or foreign intelligence leads).
- Cooperation with the FBI on foreign intelligence collection inside the U.S. (e.g., the FBI may lead, with CIA support for overseas aspects).
- Protecting its own facilities and personnel.
- Incidental collection of U.S. person information during authorized foreign intelligence activities, subject to strict Attorney General-approved guidelines on retention, minimization, and dissemination.

These are tightly regulated and do **not** constitute broad operational jurisdiction.

### Historical Context and Violations
In the past (e.g., Operation CHAOS in the 1960s–1970s, MKUltra, mail interception programs), the CIA conducted or supported domestic surveillance activities that violated its charter. These were exposed by investigations like the Church Committee in the mid-1970s, leading to reforms, greater oversight, and reaffirmations of the domestic prohibition.

Modern concerns (e.g., bulk data access or searches of information acquired under programs like Section 702) involve debates about compliance with rules rather than granting the CIA independent domestic operational authority. The CIA still cannot lawfully run its own domestic law enforcement or internal security operations.

In short, any CIA presence or activity inside the U.S. is limited, supportive of its foreign mission, and subject to legal restrictions and oversight by Congress, the Attorney General, and courts. The FBI (and other agencies) holds primary domestic jurisdiction.

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Seriously man, if they need it for their work, they can get what they need and there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it. Take it to the Supreme Court if need be but they won't stop it from happening. Doesn't matter what Grok, GPT or Perplexity says about it.