ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

International counter-terrorism activities of the CIA

Okay kiddo, so there is a group of people called terrorists who do bad things to hurt innocent people in different parts of the world.

The CIA, which stands for Central Intelligence Agency, is a team of people who work for the government to gather information about these terrorists and try to stop them from doing bad things.

They use a lot of secret ways to gather this information, like spying on phone calls or emails, or even sending secret agents to talk to people who might know something about the terrorists.

Once they have this information, they work with other agencies and countries to make plans to stop the terrorists from hurting innocent people.

Sometimes, they might even have to go to other countries to catch these terrorists and bring them to justice.

It's a very important job, but it's also dangerous and requires a lot of careful planning and teamwork.