CIA Operations 1947-Present

By erikjr

  • The birth of CIA

    The birth of CIA
    The Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) was founded September 10, 1947 under the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947. The CIA was tasked with coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and effectively dealing with intelligence harmful to the United state's security. Prior to the CIA was the Central Intelligence Group(CIG) which was established by president Truman in replacement of the previous Office of Strategic Services.

  • operation Mockingbird

    operation Mockingbird
    in 1948 Wisner established Mockingbird, a program to influence the domestic American media.

  • CIA and Indonesia

    CIA and Indonesia
    CIA covert operations in Indonesia

  • NPIC

    NPIC
    On this day the National Photographic Interpretation Center was created! This joint project of the CIA was formed in order to provide photographic intelligence taken from aircrafts and later on Satellites.

  • Operation Mongoose

    Operation Mongoose
    President Kennedy fires CIA Director Allen Dulles after the failure of Operation Mongoose. During this operation the CIA sends 1,500 Cuban exiles to invade Castro’s Cuba and fails due to poor planning.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The CIA U-2 overflights of Cuba discover Soviet nuclear missiles capable of reaching the US, precipitating the Cuban Missile Crisis. This is important because it explains how the Cuban Missile Crisis all began. The United States and the Soviet Union would have a confrontation over the next several days about the Soviet Nuclear missiles in Cuba.

  • Operation Phoenix

    Operation Phoenix
    In attempt to gather more intelligence during the Vietnam War the CIA launches Operation Phoenix. It was meant to be a pacification and rural security program, but ended up turning into a massive program to capture and Kill the VCI with the captured being tortured to reveal more names, with the aid of US Special Forces.

  • Watergate

    Watergate
    CIA double agent is caught up with Nixon in Watergate Scandal.

  • year of the spy

    in the year of 1985 14 Americans were arrested for the conviction of being spies for enemy countries. Some of these suspects were FBI, CIA, and prior service members!

  • Gulf War

    Gulf War
    The CIA assists Hussein by providing sophisticated arms, intelligence, training and financial backing.