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* In ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company|Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]'', the CIA Agent that [[The Squad]] is sent to support turns traitor and tries to get you killed.
* In ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company|Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]'', the CIA Agent that [[The Squad]] is sent to support turns traitor and tries to get you killed.
* Naked Snake of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' is a CIA agent, but is also a good guy... [[Start of Darkness|At first.]]
* Naked Snake of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' is a CIA agent, but is also a good guy... [[Start of Darkness|At first.]]
** Played completely straight in [[Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops]].
** Played completely straight in [[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]].
** Peace Walker also portrays the CIA as being one of the villains. Well, kind of: The group that was in Costa Rica, the Peace Sentinels, while technically of CIA origin, was apparently a rogue CIA group from some hints dropped in the game.
** Peace Walker also portrays the CIA as being one of the villains. Well, kind of: The group that was in Costa Rica, the Peace Sentinels, while technically of CIA origin, was apparently a rogue CIA group from some hints dropped in the game.
** Averted in Metal Gear 2, where Snake was revealed to be a former CIA agent, and besides which, one of his radio contacts, Holly White, was a CIA agent, and yet was not a bad person at all.
** Averted in Metal Gear 2, where Snake was revealed to be a former CIA agent, and besides which, one of his radio contacts, Holly White, was a CIA agent, and yet was not a bad person at all.
* Inverted in ''[[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]]'' with Mike Toreno who, while remaining extremely morally ambiguous, actually follows through on his offer to get Sweet out of prison.
* Inverted in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' with Mike Toreno who, while remaining extremely morally ambiguous, actually follows through on his offer to get Sweet out of prison.
* In ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]] 2'', the player assumes control of a soldier recruited as an undercover CIA operative who participates in a Russian airport massacre.
* In ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]] 2'', the player assumes control of a soldier recruited as an undercover CIA operative who participates in a Russian airport massacre.
* Inverted in ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' where the CIA agents are treated the same as other civilians and cannot be killed, while the FBI agents are armed and can be. In fact, it's the NSA that are depicted as villains, since they're part of [[The Conspiracy]] against the President.
* Inverted in ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' where the CIA agents are treated the same as other civilians and cannot be killed, while the FBI agents are armed and can be. In fact, it's the NSA that are depicted as villains, since they're part of [[The Conspiracy]] against the President.
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{{quote|Need a country destabilized?
{{quote|Need a country destabilized?
Look no further, we're your guys.
Look no further, we're your guys.
[[Tuxedo and Martini|We've got snazzy suits and ties.]]
[[Tuxedo and Martini|We've got snazzy suits and ties.]]
[[Signed Up for the Dental|And a better dental plan than the FBI's!]] }}
[[Signed Up for the Dental|And a better dental plan than the FBI's!]] }}


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* The [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[Mr. Magoo]]'' featured feuding FBI and CIA agents on the same case; both were portrayed as jerks.
* The [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[Mr. Magoo]]'' featured feuding FBI and CIA agents on the same case; both were portrayed as jerks.
* In ''[[The Siege (film)|The Siege]]'', Denzel Washington plays an FBI Agent trying to catch the terrorists the right way, while Annette Bening plays the CIA Agent who ''trained'' the terrorists, and is willing to cut any corner to stop them, feeling remorse for what she's done. (Both are still on the side of the angels, compared to Bruce Willis's army general.)
* In ''[[The Siege (film)|The Siege]]'', Denzel Washington plays an FBI Agent trying to catch the terrorists the right way, while Annette Bening plays the CIA Agent who ''trained'' the terrorists, and is willing to cut any corner to stop them, feeling remorse for what she's done. (Both are still on the side of the angels, compared to Bruce Willis's army general.)
* ''[[Flash Forward 2009]]'' has the CIA represented by Agent Vogel, who, while being on the good side, is not above letting friends and colleagues get killed if it advances his plans.
* ''[[FlashForward]]'' has the CIA represented by Agent Vogel, who, while being on the good side, is not above letting friends and colleagues get killed if it advances his plans.
** He also shot the man who would bring Somalia to peace.
** He also shot the man who would bring Somalia to peace.
*** One of the FBI agents is [[The Mole]] for the CIA.
*** One of the FBI agents is [[The Mole]] for the CIA.
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