Lost Agency: CIA Must Return to Its Roots to Become Effective Once Again (Viewpoint) (Central Intelligence Agency) (Viewpoint Essay)
National Defense 2009, March, 93, 664
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In 1942, as the United States went to war with brutal and fanatical foes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the creation of the first civilian intelligence collection organization in U.S. history. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), under the brilliant direction of its first and only leader, Gen. William "Wild Bill" Donovan, performed legendary service throughout World War II from the jungles of Burma to the mountains of Norway and into the heart of the Third Reich, itself.
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