National Security Act of 1947 event
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Harry S. Trumanperson · 3CIAintelligence service · 3National Security Councilorganization · 1William J. Donovanperson · 1Lloyd Austinperson · 1Louis Johnsonperson · 1George C. Marshallperson · 1James Mattisperson · 1United States Department of Defenseorganization · 1
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Congress of the United States proposed
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“since the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947 200 bills have been presented in the Congress of the United States looking toward greater control and oversight…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.72
Congress of the United States proposed
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“The National Security Act adopted by the Congress in 1947…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.23
Clark M Clifford authored
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“Clark M Clifford who was one of the authors of the 1947 National Security Act that established the present legislative framework for America's intelligence activities…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.36
National Security Act of 1947 founded
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“The National Security Act of 1947 provides the Central Intelligence Agency with statutory authority for its activities…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.135
National Security Act of 1947 proposed
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“Congress did take decisive action in the National Security Act of 1947 to prevent the CIA's assuming any police law-enforcement or internal security function in the United States…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.136
Lucius Clay proposed
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“In the House Committee executive session however General Vandenburg suggested that the Director could not possibly "fully protect sources and methods" and the word "fully" was subsequently dropped.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.146
National Security Act of 1947 founded
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“The National Security Act of 1947 which created the CIA and NSC also strengthened civilian authority over military services...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.333
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“The National Security Act of 1947 ... strengthened civilian authority over military services by drawing the War and Navy Departments together under a single Secretary of Defense…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.333
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Navy Department documented
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“The National Security Act of 1947 ... strengthened civilian authority over military services by drawing the War and Navy Departments together under a single Secretary of Defense…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.333
National Security Act of 1947 founded
United States Department of Defense documented
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“The National Security Act of 1947 ... strengthened civilian authority over military services by drawing the War and Navy Departments together under a single Secretary of Defense…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.333
National Security Act of 1947 founded
Department of the Air Force documented
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“At the same time the air elements of the Army were reformed under a new Department of the Air Force with the same status as the two older service departments…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.333
Joint Committee on the Pearl Harbor Attack proposed
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“The Joint Committee on the Pearl Harbor Attack after a sweeping investigation recommended in 1946 a unified and permanent intelligence effort by the United States.concepts ultimately embodied in the basic charter for American intelligence T…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.23
National Security Act of 1947 founded
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“That act also created the Central Intelligence Agency with a prohibition against its performance of 'law enforcement or internal security functions'...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.464
National Security Act of 1947 founded
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“The principal contemporary intelligence activities statutes are the National Security Act of 1947 (61 Stat 495) and the Central Intelligence Act of 1949 (63 Stat 208) which establish the National Security Council and the Central Intelligenc…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.9
National Security Act of 1947 founded
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“Probably his position and his ideas had a lot to do with the limitations which were placed in the National Security Act of 1947 which created the CIA…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.174
CIA founded
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“as you know it, based on actual intelligence, your boss then takes your analysis and throws it in the trash can because it doesn't suit the narrative that they're wanting for the national intelligence assessment. So they're definitely not t…”
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▶ 1:30:23
as you know it, based on actual intelligence, your boss then takes your analysis and throws it in the trash can because it doesn't suit the narrative that they're wanting for the national intelligence assessment. So they're definitely not t…
▶ 1:06:45
I don't think we've gone deeply enough into it. And if you've done some of your books, correct me if I'm wrong. But at the outset of the CIA, once the OSS had to be terminated after the end of the war, they had to pass the National Security…
▶ 14:47
That was the collection at the time of information and had things like the Foreign Broadcast Information Service with a dotted line to it for our foreign propaganda. And by the time all of this happens, the intelligence group had grown to 2…
▶ 15:20
of 1947, which created the Central Intelligence Agency under the National Security Act. So it also created the National Security Council, which we know is their conduit into the executive branch and has a lot of sheet-dipped CIA people work…
▶ 1:09:41
So now it's time to set up the CIA. And Donovan tells Truman, this little watered down version of intelligence is not going to cut it. This is basically a debating society. It needs more teeth. He's arguing for the covert side of intelligen…
▶ 1:10:46
So the early months showed how poorly the Department of Defense was doing. It's no longer the Department of War. It's now the Department of Defense. So Truman fires Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson and appoints Marshall. This is a problem…