The World Factbook’s website drew millions of views each year, according to the CIA. It’s seen here in an archived version from last month. CIA World Factbook via Internet Archive/ Screenshot by NPR
CIA World Factbook via Internet Archive/ Screenshot by NPR
When one of the world’s most secretive and far-reaching organizations offers to share how it sees the world, it’s worth taking a peek.
That’s the thought I had when I dove into the CIA World Factbook for the first time as a young editor at CNN International in the early 2000s. If journalists aim to write the first