National Intelligence Authority (United States)

The National Intelligence Authority (NIA) was the United States Government authority responsible for monitoring the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), the successor intelligence agency of the Office of Strategic Services established by President Harry S. Truman's Executive Letter of 22 January 1946 in the aftermath of World War Two. The National Intelligence Authority and Central Intelligence Group were both replaced respectively by the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency under the National Security Act of 1947 implemented on the 18 September 1947.[1]

History

Despite opposition from the military establishment, the United States Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), President Truman established the National Intelligence Authority[2] in January 1946.[3] The National Intelligence Authority and its operational extension, the Central Intelligence Group, (CIG) was an interim entity established under Presidential authority which was disestablished after twenty months.[4] The disestablishment of the NIA and CIG came with the National Security Act of 1947 which established the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council.[5][6]

Membership

The NIA was composed of the Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, and the Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Central Intelligence Agency The Creation of the Intelligence Community: Founding Documents
  2. ↑ "The Role of Intelligence" (1965). Congress and the Nation 1945-1964: a review of government and politics in the postwar years. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Service. p.306.
  3. ↑ Warner, Michael. "The Creation of the Central Intelligence Group" (PDF). cia.gov. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  4. ↑ "CIA - History". fas.org.
  5. ↑ Warner, Michael (2001). "Central Intelligence: Origin and Evolution". Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency.
  6. ↑ Leary, William (1984). The Central Intelligence Agency. The University of Alabama Press.
  7. ↑ Immerman, Richard (January 2008). "Intelligence and Strategy: Historicizing Psychology, Policy, and Politics". Diplomatic History. 32: 1–23. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00675.x.
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