The CIA: America's Secret Force

When you imagine a secret inteligence service you might imagine James Bond, an agent who gathers information in an exciting way with cool futuristic gadgets. But it isnt always like that, the CIA or the Central Inteligence Agency is a organization by the Uninted States of America. The CIA is focused on Avancing the Nations Inteligence by Gathering Inteligence (or Information) from sources around the world. During WW2 the united states Inteligence operations were undertaken by the Office of Strategic Services or the OSS. Many of the future CIA officers including four directors served in the OSS . After the Second World (1945) war President Truman signed and executive act which dissolved the OSS and by october of the same year its functions have been split with the Department of State and Department of War, yet the Division only lasted for a couple Months. Then on July 26, 1947 when President Truman signed the National Security act into law a major dividing force for the creation of the agency was growing with the tenstions with the USSR. After that Lawrence Houston, head of the SSU,CIG and later the CIA established the Central Inteligence Agency.

Now the CIA doe the following Jobs:

1. Gathering Inteligence – Gathering information abroad through Human Sources (Spies, Agents, Informants). This practice is callet HUMINT (or Human Inteligence) and this distinguishes the CIA from the NSA which uses intercepted communications or signals inteligence.
2. Analysis – Analysis of raw inteligence from various sources assements for polivymakers including the President's Daily Brief. This covers Technological, Political and Military Developments around the World
3. Covert Action – Cunduct secret operations abroad on behalf of the United States Government authorized by the presedential "findings". Historical examples include supporting coups, funding opposition groups, paramilitary operations, and drone strikes in some eras.
4. Counter Inteligence – Detecting and countering espionage by foreign inteligence services that stand against the US government.

In Conclusion the CIA gathers Inteligence unlike popular belief that it carries out missions in law inforcement as both agencies (so the CIA adn FBI) are federal which means that this can be a common misconception. This means the CIA gathers information to imporve national security.