Thursday, February 05, 2026

CIA Ends Publication of CIA World Factbook Reference Tool

Close the cover on the CIA World Factbook: The spy agency announced Wednesday that after more than 60 years, it is shuttering the popular reference manual.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 10:32 AM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink

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The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away. Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data. www.cia.gov/stories/stor ...

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-- Adam Keiper (@adamkeiper.com) Feb 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM

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Can anyone think of a sane reason for this?

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-05 09:57 AM

A damn shame. A highly useful publication that had reported facts (albeit filtered by the CIA)--and facts are unnecessary for Trumpism.

#2 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-02-05 11:03 AM

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