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The CIA was founded on September 18, 1947, when President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 into law. The web page traces the origins and evolution of the CIA from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to the present day, and covers its functions, structure, and controversies.
The CIA is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the U.S. government that gathers, analyzes, and acts on national security information from around the world. It was created in 1947 and reports to the director of national intelligence, while also conducting covert operations and influencing foreign politics.
William Colby was an American intelligence officer who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1973 to 1976. He had a distinguished career in the Office of Strategic Services, the CIA, and the Vietnam War, and faced congressional and media scrutiny over US intelligence activities.
Learn about the history, duties, and order of succession of the director of the CIA, the head of the U.S. intelligence agency. Find out who is the current director and how they are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
Learn about the history, location and facilities of the George Bush Center for Intelligence, the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency. The complex, also known as Langley, is located in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C.
DCI stands for director of central intelligence, the former title of the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the principal intelligence advisor to the US president and National Security Council. The position was created in 1946 and abolished in 2004, when it was replaced by the director of national intelligence (DNI) and the director of the CIA.
A 2003 book by W. Thomas Smith Jr. that covers the history of the CIA from 1947 to 2003. It includes 550 entries on topics such as operations, events, contributors, and media depictions of the agency.
Allen Dulles was the first civilian and longest serving director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the early Cold War. He oversaw covert operations, mind control programs, and the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and was involved in the Kennedy assassination investigation.