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in 1944, [[William J. Donovan]], the OSS's head, proposed a new organization directly supervised by the President: "which will procure intelligence both by overt and covert methods and will at the same time provide intelligence guidance, determine national intelligence objectives, and correlate the intelligence material collected by all government agencies." Under Donovan's plan, a powerful, centralized civilian agency would have coordinated all the intelligence services, including those run by the military. He also proposed that this agency have authority to conduct "subversive operations abroad," but "no police or law enforcement functions, either at home or abroad."  

in 1944, [[William J. Donovan]], the OSS's head, proposed a new organization directly supervised by the President: "which will procure intelligence both by overt and covert methods and will at the same time provide intelligence guidance, determine national intelligence objectives, and correlate the intelligence material collected by all government agencies." Under Donovan's plan, a powerful, centralized civilian agency would have coordinated all the intelligence services, including those run by the military. He also proposed that this agency have authority to conduct "subversive operations abroad," but "no police or law enforcement functions, either at home or abroad."  

In September 1947, the National Security Act of 1947  established both the "National Security Council" and the Central Intelligence Agency.  Americans, still mesmerized by the intelligence failure at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]], welcomed the new spy agency because it seemed to promise the nation would always stay on alert. The CIA's Ivy League intellectuals and scions of high society contrasted sharply with the Pentagon brass; an adversarial relationship was born that still sours relations between the two.  The CIA's budget was minuscule ($5 million) until NSC-68 in 1950 provided blueprints for an active Cold War.

In September 1947, the National Security Act of 1947  established both the "National Security Council" and the Central Intelligence Agency.  Americans, still mesmerized by the intelligence failure at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]], welcomed the new spy agency because it seemed to promise the nation would always stay on alert. The CIA's [[Ivy League]] intellectuals and scions of high society contrasted sharply with the Pentagon brass; an adversarial relationship was born that still sours relations between the two.  The CIA's budget was minuscule ($5 million) until NSC-68 in 1950 provided blueprints for an active [[Cold War]].

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