DCI Smith Creates the Directorate for Intelligence
The end of
World War II brought many changes to American national security. In 1946, Truman created the Central Intelligence
Group (CIG), which was the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The
CIA itself was established when President Truman signed the National Security
Act of 1947. Through all this change one need became apparent: a streamlined
method to produce finished intelligence analysis to help the President and
others in our government make informed decisions about threats and opportunities
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