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[[File:CIA New HQ Entrance.jpg|thumb|[[George Bush Center for Intelligence|CIA headquarters]]]] | [[File:CIA New HQ Entrance.jpg|thumb|[[George Bush Center for Intelligence|CIA headquarters]]]] | ||
The '''Central Intelligence Agency''' ('''CIA''') is part of the [[US federal government]] and is located at the [[George Bush Center for Intelligence]] in [[Langley, Virginia|Langley]], [[Virginia]]. The agency was formed in 1947 after [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |title=History of the CIA |url=https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/history-of-the-cia#:~:text=The%20CIA%20was%20created%20under,September%2018%20that%20same%20year.&text=Hillenkoetter%20as%20the%20first%20Director,CIA's%20personnel%20were%20OSS%20veterans. |work=CIA's Family Tree |date=2007-04-10 |access-date=2020-10-27}}</ref> Many of the people who started the CIA had been in the Office of Strategic Services, the main American spy agency during the war. General [[John K. Singlaub]] was one of the people who created the CIA. | The '''Central Intelligence Agency''' ('''CIA''') is part of the [[US federal government]] and is located at the [[George Bush Center for Intelligence]] in [[Langley, Virginia|Langley]], [[Virginia]]. The agency was formed in 1947 after [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |title=History of the CIA |url=https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/history-of-the-cia#:~:text=The%20CIA%20was%20created%20under,September%2018%20that%20same%20year.&text=Hillenkoetter%20as%20the%20first%20Director,CIA's%20personnel%20were%20OSS%20veterans. |work=CIA's Family Tree |date=2007-04-10 |access-date=2020-10-27 |archive-date=2020-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028035145/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/history-of-the-cia#:~:text=The%20CIA%20was%20created%20under,September%2018%20that%20same%20year.&text=Hillenkoetter%20as%20the%20first%20Director,CIA's%20personnel%20were%20OSS%20veterans. |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many of the people who started the CIA had been in the Office of Strategic Services, the main American spy agency during the war. General [[John K. Singlaub]] was one of the people who created the CIA. | ||
The [[United States]] has a history in intelligence services dating back to its origins. During the [[American Revolution]], [[George Washington]] and other [[Founding Fathers of the United States]] such as [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Robert Morris]], and [[Patrick Henry]] used espionage networks. <ref> Cazorla, Frank, G. Baena, Polo, David, Reder Gadow, Marion (2019) The Governor Louis de Unzaga (1717-1793) Pioneer in the birth of the United States. Foundation. Malaga. pp. 77-84 </ref> | The [[United States]] has a history in intelligence services dating back to its origins. During the [[American Revolution]], [[George Washington]] and other [[Founding Fathers of the United States]] such as [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Robert Morris]], and [[Patrick Henry]] used espionage networks. <ref> Cazorla, Frank, G. Baena, Polo, David, Reder Gadow, Marion (2019) The Governor Louis de Unzaga (1717-1793) Pioneer in the birth of the United States. Foundation. Malaga. pp. 77-84 </ref> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.cia.gov/ Central Intelligence Agency website] | * [http://www.cia.gov/ Central Intelligence Agency website] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Central Intelligence Agency| ]] | ||