History Of The CIA

“The most important innovation of the NSA, the National Security Council, was a special source of concern for President Truman, who worried that it would become a ‘‘second cabinet.’’ (Stuart 2003) The National Security Council was made up of The President of the United States, The Secretary of the State, The Secretary of Defense, The Secretary of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and The Chairman of National Security Resources Board. The NSC responsibilities were to “advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security so as to enable the military services and the other departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate more effectively in matters involving the national security.” (“National Security Act of 1947" 2009) Another important agency that came out of the National Security Act was the Central Intelligence

Also to reorganize the nation's military and national security system with the National Security Act in 1947 which unified the Army, Navy, and Air Force under a National Military Establishment lead by the Secretary of Defense. The National Security Act also created the Central Intelligence Agency, the nation’s major department of intelligence. The Act established the National Security Council to enlighten the President on issues mostly related to American foreign policy as well. Though the National Security Council had many improvements to make, it was able to grow in power and prestige through the involvement in the Korean War. And through the past decades it has become of great use to American foreign policy (“Foreign Affairs”).

The importance of democracy took a backseat to economics and national pride when the CIA orchestrated an elaborate coup to overthrow the government of Dr. Mohammad Mosaddeq. In the beginning of the Cold War, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddeq, passed the oil nationalization agreement, which nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) and its holdings in Iran. The CIA, with assistance of MI6, planned, funded and implemented Operation TPAJAX, a covert CIA operation. CIA collaborated with Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, to overthrow Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq and the elected government of Iran. The TPAJAX plan consisted of two components a political and a military element. The political component of TPAJAX created an artificial campaign of destabilization to accumulate, in a sanctuary, by clergy-led crowds inside the Majles enceinte where a censor motion and bribing of deputies would cause the fall of Mosaddeq through parliamentary procedures. The military component of TPAJAX was only a contingency to maintain the desired outcome against resistance by Tudeh or Mosaddeq supporters. The CIA orchestrated the 1953 Coup of Iran to overthrow Mosaddeq; primarily to maintain existing western control of Iranian oil, thus preventing the collapse of Great Britain’s economic system and alleviating the risk of an Iranian government strongly influenced by the Soviet Union.

The CIA, otherwise known as the Central Intelligence Agency, is a federal agency that is independent and has the responsibilities of providing the country of the United States with national security intelligence. The CIA is in charge of gathering information that is going on from other countries in order to help our own national security to become stronger, and to be able to protect the citizens of the United States better. However, what happens when the CIA tries to protect it’s citizens by screwing over other countries? What happens when the CIA is responsible for destroying other countries’ governments or placing leaders where we do not belong as a country to try and control politics that we should not even be involving ourselves in. While the CIA is meant to have good intentions for providing our country with national security, a lot of times the United States is responsible for meddling in affairs we never belonged in which cause harm, devastation, or death to the countries we force ourselves upon.

This act created a single Department of Defense, and created the Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA. These two new agencies acted as the first step in atomic warfare management.

It replaced the Central Intelligence Group, which had been established in 1946 to coordinate the intelligence gathering actives of various military branches and departments of state. Prior to the creation of the CIA there were only small post war intelligence organizations and the office of strategic affairs. The CIA first served as the primary civilian intelligence gathering organization in the government. In later time the DIA was formed to take sole responsible as the main Military intelligence body. The roles established by the Act of 1947 for the new CIA would be an independent agency under the supervision of the NSC and would conduct both analysis and clandestine activates, but have no role in policy making and no law enforcement powers. The DCI would be confirmed by the Sensate and could be wither civilian or an officer on detail from his home service. The CIA also was to be much more- it was a separate agency designed not only to gather intelligence but also to carry out Covert operation in foreign

On the gloomy Friday night of June 19, 1953, a man named Julius Rosenberg was led into a room containing an electric chair; he was strapped in and then executed. After his body was removed, his wife suffered the same fate. This marked the end of one of the biggest espionage cases from World War II and the Cold War. This fascinating and complex couple were double agents, who worked for both the American and Russian governments. During the mid 20th century, it was not uncommon for American and British citizens to become enamored and sympathetic with communist ideals. However, only a few wanted them so badly that they turned against their own countries. Some of the most famous spies during this time included, the Rosenbergs, David Greenglass, and the Cambridge Five. Each decided to undermine the democratic and capitalist ideals of their countries and work for the Soviet Union. A spy’s role during World War II and throughout the Cold War was to gather information from the opposing side, and during this time, that information mostly related to weapon developments. Initially, the United States used people to spy and gather information, similar to the Russians. However as the Cold War progressed, the United States decided to go a step further and use technology to carry out their espionage. Spying played a critical role in the nuclear arms race which took place throughout World War II and the Cold War. The actions of American and British double agents contributed to tensions and

The CIA’s scandal is closely related to President Nixon’s Watergate scandal. “On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested during a bungled break-in at the Democratic campaign headquarters at the Watergate hotel-apartment complex in Washington, D.C.” In June President Nixon and his Chief of Staff, Haldeman, were recorded on tape agreeing to order the CIA to disrupt the FBI’s investigation into the break-in at the Democratic National Committee. The following month the presidential tapes were made aware by the testimony of Alexander Butterfield. After these tapes were released the Watergate scandal was brought to a whole new level because now the white house was officially involved.(Zivich)This made people start to really question the government itself.

The CIA has been a part of a government for decades and has been viewed as one of the most controversial agencies by people due to the numerous news headlines about conspiracies, but the department plays a very important role in our government when it comes to assisting other departments in the protection of our country. The CIA’s primary mission is to collect, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to assist the President and senior US government policymakers in making decisions relating to national security. A lot people about don't know this much about the CIA, its characterized by many as this mysterious group of unknown people that work in the shadows, but thats not the case at all. The CIA has a significance in our

Providing for the common defense means that the United States government must preserve the rights, freedom, and safety of the nation as a whole. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) fulfills this goal, as the agency collects, analyzes, and processes information at an international level and utilizes the data to further bolster our nation’s intelligence and security against foreign countries. Without the CIA, we would not be able to be one of the strongest nations on the planet.

     The CIA is one of the U.S. foreign inteligency agencies, responsible for getting and analyzing information about foreign government, corporations, individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. government. The State Department's Bureau or inteligence and reserch and theDefense Department'sdefense inteligence agency comprise the other two. Its headquarters is inLangley, Virginia, across the Potomac River from D.C. The Agency, created in 1947 by President Harry S. Trueman, is a descendant of the Office of stratigic Services(OSS) of World War 2. The OSS was dissolved in October 1945 but

Gathering of intelligence and espionage has been a fundamental part of American security since the earliest days of the United States. Shortly after President George Washington took office in 1789, he petitioned Congress to allocate a "secret fund" in the State Department budget for the purpose of gathering foreign intelligence. By George Washington's third year in office, the "secret fund" was 12 percent of the federal budget. The first permanent intelligence organization the United States established was the Office of Naval Intelligence in 1882. This organization's task was to gather information about the military forces of foreign countries. Two years after World War II ended (1945) congress passed the National Security Act. This gave birth to the modern intelligence apparatus. After being signed into law by President Harry Truman, the U.S. Department of Defense (made up of all the U.S. Armed Forces) and the CIA was created. This was created to inform the president on issues of national security. Over the years, information gathering has become more and more common. Recently, Edward Snowden showed the world how frequently it was actually happening. Although many people consider Edward Snowden to be a hero, he is one of the biggest traitors in American history.

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) was established in November 1952 to provide a cryptologic organization for the civilian and military leaders of the United States and to provide them with timely information. The National Security Agency (NSA) coordinates, directs, and performs highly specialized activities to produce foreign intelligence information and protect United States information systems through two main missions, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA). The Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) mission uses cryptologic machines to break foreign codes to find out what they know and what they are doing. The biggest accomplishment publicly

The most common question an undergraduate student will get asked is “What are your plans after college?” I am currently an international relations major hoping to minor in psychology or possibly Arabic. My dream occupation after graduating college would be to become a CIA agent or work in the white house, something along those lines. Ever since I was in high school I’ve always wanted to work in that kind of field whether it was for the FBI, CIA, or homeland security. I have been doing everything I can to create a great resume such as attempting to become fluent in Arabic since the competition is fierce when applying for these types of jobs. “In 1947, The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created along with Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) with the signing of the National Security Act by President Harry S. Truman ” (Central Intelligence Agency, n.d.). The function of the Central Intelligence Agency is to assist the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in carrying out the responsibilities which include: “collecting intelligence through human sources and by other appropriate means, correlating and evaluating intelligence related to the national security and providing appropriate dissemination of such intelligence, providing overall direction for and coordination of the collection of national intelligence outside the United States through human sources by elements of the Intelligence Community authorized to

The CIA's original job was primarily intelligence gathering, but when Communism started to spread, the National Security Council directed that the agency take part in political, covert, paramilitary, and economic operations. When the Korean War broke out, the CIA performed these operations, it also had additional requirements to support the combat forces.