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Operation Absolute Resolve

NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 5: Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/GC Images)

CIA’s Michael Ellis says cyber intelligence is changing how the agency operates

The deputy director cited Operation Absolute Resolve as evidence that cyber teams have become central to CIA missions.
The silhouette of a man is seen with the city of Caracas in the background on January 9, 2026. Experts say that while President Donald Trump says that cyber weapons were used to plunge Caracas into darkness, multiple military elements were used in the operation. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)

The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation

A “precision cyber strike” makes for a clean narrative. The available evidence in the wake of the operation suggests something harder to label – and harder to…
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