12040 Tags
signa society
2 Articles
![Inside SIGNA: A look at CIA’s secret society of (not-so-retired) officers Part 2](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/10/05/SIGNA_gok05vc.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Inside SIGNA: A look at CIA’s secret society of (not-so-retired) officers Part 2
It’s clear that despite SIGNA Society’s charter reportedly asserting that it has “no relationship whatsoever with its former employer,” such a relationship was ongoing for many years. The Central Intelligence Agency could not only count on these retired security officers to be “on-call” and to aid with recruitment or participate in clandestine live drops, but to proselytize CIA’s word with corporations and the rest of the U.S. Government.
![Inside SIGNA: A look at CIA’s secret society of (not-so-retired) officers Part 1](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/10/05/SIGNA_7mqurUo.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Inside SIGNA: A look at CIA’s secret society of (not-so-retired) officers Part 1
The SIGNA Society, whose name means “written seal” and whose motto translates as “To have Served is the Greatest Virtue,” is the Central Intelligence Agency’s barely acknowledged secret society of retired security officers. Also, its members are - according to CIA files - not entirely retired.