security-cia

By National Integration

  • appointment of coordinator of information

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints William J. Donovan as "Coordinator of Information." Donovan was a prominent lawyer who won the Congressional Medal of Honor as an Army colonel in World War I.

  • establishment of oss

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a military order establishing the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and naming William J. Donovan as its Director. Donovan remained a civilian until 24 March 1943, when he was appointed brigadier general. He advanced to the rank of major general on 10 November 1944.

  • oss abolished

    President Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9621 abolishes the OSS and transfers its functions to the State and War Departments.

  • establishment of cig

    President Truman signs a Presidential Directive establishing the Central Intelligence Group to operate under the direction of the National Intelligence Authority. Truman names the first Director of Central Intelligence, Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, USNR, who was sworn in on the following day.

  • establishment of cia

    The National Security Act of 1947 establishes the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to replace the National Intelligence Authority and the Central Intelligence Group

  • establishment of board of consultants

    President Eisenhower establishes the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities, predecessor to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.

  • invasion in cuba by cia

    Invasion of Cuba by CIA-supported Cuban exiles at Bay of Pigs.

  • cuban missile crisis and cia

    The Cuban Missile Crisis, precipitated by the CIA discovery in Cuba of Soviet-made nuclear missiles capable of reaching most of the United States.

  • creation of commission on cia activities within america

    President Gerald R. Ford signs Executive Order 11828 creating the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States. Chaired by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, the Commission submitted its report on CIA domestic activities to the President on 6 June 1975.

  • select committee on intelligence

    The House of Representatives establishes a permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Chaired by Representative Edward P. Boland (D-MA), it differs from the SSCI in that it has oversight jurisdiction over the CIA but shares with several other House committees legislative oversight authority over all other intelligence agencies.

  • acts regarding cia

    president Reagan reconstitutes the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board & names 19 distinguished citizens outside of government to serve on the Board. he signs Executive Order, which clarifies ambiguities of previous orders & sets clear goals for the Intelligence Community in order with law & regard for the rights of Americans. He signs Public Law 97-200, the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, imposing criminal penalties on those who reveal the names of covert intelligence personnel.

  • examption of cia from freedom of information act

    President Reagan signs the Central Intelligence Agency Information Act of 1984, which exempts the Agency from the search and review requirements of the Freedom of Information Act with respect to operational and other sensitive files which cannot be released because of operational or security considerations.