1947 National Security Act book
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“So in 1946, they drafted a proposal. Thanks to Clark Clifford. Clark Clifford, the guy that eventually goes on to be involved in BCCI. That same Clark Clifford. He helps draft the intelligence legislation. Vandenberg pushed for the bill and…”
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Houston added that there was no explicit prohibition either, but they had. And that's not the way our Constitution works. If you don't have the authority, you can't do it. The examining of the language of the 1947 law, the CIA lawyer specif…
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The president spoke to Clifford several times expressing doubt, though he went ahead and did it anyway. Truman planned a reorganization of the entire military establishment, a proposal he sent to Congress in 47. Provisions for the peacetime…
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And we're still suffering as a result of that. Through the 1947 law, Truman created the National Security Council supposedly to give advice to him on defense and foreign affairs. The separate war and army departments merged into the Departm…
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Further amendments, and the answer to that was yes, worldwide. Further amendments specified responsibility for the new CIA. Essentially, Congress turned to Truman's January 46 directive, extracting from it almost the exact language the pres…
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appeared nowhere in the law and still doesn't. Nor do the terms political action, psychological warfare, propaganda, misinformation, or disinformation appear anywhere in the document. The phrase other such functions that appears in the 1947…
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asked to clarify before Congress what its meaning and intent, unquote. President Truman signed the legislation on July 26, 1947, and the National Security Act became law. Six weeks later, on September 8, the CIG became the Central Intellige…