You are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

bopper ago

From the article. "Second, the CIA has no role in domestic intelligence-gathering — in fact, it’s prohibited." LOLOL.

equineluvr ago

"it's prohbited" -- That was the case years ago. It used to drive me nuts to hear people confuse the CIA's and the FBI's respective roles.

While I won't find an acknowledgement of the birth year of the Siamese twin beast, it appears that in 1940 the CIA began taking over some of the FBI's roles.

https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/6-12th-grade/operation-history/history-of-the-cia.html

RweSure ago

it appears that in 1940 the CIA began taking over some of the FBI's roles.

Did you finish reading that page, because that was not the CIA, in fact that was two organizations prior to the CIA existing?

Under the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, the National Security Council (NSC) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were created. The Act charged the CIA with coordinating the nation’s intelligence activities and correlating, evaluating, and disseminating intelligence that affects national security. The Agency also was tasked to perform other duties and functions related to intelligence that the NSC might direct.

The Act created a Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) as head of the Intelligence Community, head of the CIA, and principal intelligence adviser to the president, with the additional responsibility of safeguarding intelligence sources and methods.

The 1947 Act also prohibited the CIA from engaging in law enforcement activity and restricted its internal security functions. The CIA carries out its responsibilities subject to various directives and controls by the president and the NSC.