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National Security Act of 1947; Long title: An Act to promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned ...
1947 National Air and Space Intelligence Center (USAF ISR Enterprise) [12] U.S. Air Force: Defense: 1954 National Security Agency (NSA) / Central Security Service (CSS) [Note 1] Department of Defense: Defense: 1952 National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Department of Defense: Defense: 1961 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Department of Defense ...
In 1946, the service was renamed the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), and became a part of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as that organization was formed following the National Security Act of 1947. Its original mission revolved around radio and press agency monitoring, built on what was already becoming an “almost mature ...
NSA has been involved in debates about public policy, both indirectly as a behind-the-scenes adviser to other departments, and directly during and after Vice Admiral Bobby Ray Inman's directorship. NSA was a major player in the debates of the 1990s regarding the export of cryptography in the United States. Restrictions on export were reduced ...
The National Security Council was created at the start of the Cold War under the National Security Act of 1947 to coordinate defense, foreign affairs, international economic policy, and intelligence; this was part of a large reorganization that saw the creation of the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency.
At the request of the U.S. Army, those who protested against the Vietnam War were put on the NSA's "watch list". [17] 1947: The National Security Act was signed by President Truman, establishing a National Security Council. [26] [27] 1949: The Armed Forces Security Agency was established to coordinate signal operations between military branches ...
Produced at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, and distributed through PBS in the United States, the critically acclaimed program has received every major award in broadcast journalism. [1] Its investigations have helped breathe new life into terrorism cold cases, [ 2 ] freed innocent people from jail, prompted U.N. resolutions, and spurred both ...
The United States Army Security Agency (ASA) was the United States Army's signals intelligence branch from 1945 to 1977. [1] The Latin motto of the Army Security Agency was Semper Vigilis (Vigilant Always), which echoes the declaration, often mistakenly attributed to Thomas Jefferson, that "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." [2] [3]