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      • To protect American’s civil liberties, he made sure to clearly divide intelligence roles between domestic and foreign: FBI would handle anything domestic, while CIA was limited to foreign intelligence only. Furthermore, the Act specified that CIA would have no police, subpoena, or law enforcement powers.
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  3. www.britannica.com › topic › National-Security-ActNational Security Act | US Military & Intelligence Powers [1947]

    May 15, 2024 · National Security Act, U.S. military- and foreign-policy reform legislation, signed into law by Pres. Harry S. Truman in July 1947, which reorganized the structure of the U.S. armed forces following World War II. It created the office of Secretary of Defense to oversee the nation’s military.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › National_Security_Act_of_1947National Security Act of 1947 - Wikipedia

    The National Security Act of 1947 (Pub.L. 80-253, 61 Stat. 495, enacted July 26, 1947) was a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II.

  5. www.cia.gov › stories › storyAsk Molly: The National Security Act of 1947 - CIA

    The CIG was a bureaucratic anomaly with no independent budget, no statutory mandate, and staffers assigned from other departments of the government. America needed a peacetime, centralized intelligence agency with its own budget and mandate. That’s why Truman replaced the CIG and created the CIA.

  6. www.cia.gov › readingroom › docsThe National Security Act of 1947 – July 26, 1947 - CIA

    The National Security Act of 1947 – July 26, 1947 Public Law 253, 80th Congress; Chapter 343, 1st Session; S. 758. 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, and a

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  8. www.dni.gov › national-security-act-of-1947National Security Act of 1947 - DNI

    Annual National Security Strategy Report Sec. 108. [50 U.S.C. §404a] (a) (1) The President shall transmit to Congress each year a comprehensive report on the national security strategy of the United States (hereinafter in this section referred to as a national security strategy report”).

  9. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › truman-signsPresident Truman signs the National Security Act - HISTORY

    Nov 13, 2009 · The National Security Act formally took effect in September 1947. Since that time, the Department of Defense, NSC, Air Force and CIA have grown steadily in terms of size, budgets, and...

  10. www.cia.gov › legacy › cia-historyHistory of CIA - CIA - The World Factbook

    The National Security Act of 1947 established CIA as an independent, civilian intelligence agency within the executive branch. The Act charged CIA with coordinating the Nation’s intelligence activities and, among other duties, collecting, evaluating, and disseminating intelligence affecting national security.

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