The spies who are not shy of being known: China Daily editorial chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-09-09 20:15

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202609/09/WS6aa14dd8e4b06d4aa055d2ef.html The Central Intelligence Agency is not known for being a publicity seeker. Its first tweet, in 2014, was a masterpiece of tongue-in-cheek institutional coyness: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet." Interesting then that Michael Ellis, the agency's deputy director, seems more willing to stick his head above this self-constructed parapet.