Friday, March 9, 2007

Our Intelligence History


Lately, I have been focusing my issues on the CIA and US secrecy. Now i will like to expand into CIA history and open up to many more Intelligence agencies funded by our federal government. In the postwar World War II, President Roosevelt needed a central intelligence agency to coordinate information and to obtain them. The US passed many acts to create intelligence agencies to fulfill this need. There was already the FBI whom was assigned to deal with US issues and problems. Throughout 1945-7, there were many names for these intelligence groups such as OSS, CIG, NIA, NSA and many more. The history of the US intelligence agencies is very complex. To make a long story short, it was driven by the change and mysteries around the world after World War 2 especially communism. A secret society of workers whom identification is hidden opened up concerns to their information and power. In the 1980s, the US pushed an act to have a constant report from the CIA about activities and newfound data.

Personally, I believe the CIA and intelligence agencies are very important to our countries’ safety and protection. Like the information that are very sensitive like nuclear weapons and hi-tech war machines. And I still stand ground to believe our society should have a group who compose only of secrecy and powers that surpass the amendments and avoid penalty. http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/ciahist.htm

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