Christian Pea

Mr. Nicholas Clark

Social Studies
August 29
th
, 2013
The Famous CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of many other institutions that gather
intelligence. The CIA is based on 3 main concepts which are gathering information about foreign
government affairs, institutions and people they analyze this information with other U.S.
intelligence agencies to give assessment to senior United States policymakers, in part to the U.S.
President as well.
President Harry Truman signed the national Security Act in 1947 establishing the CIA
and essentially its main purpose was with coordinating the nations intelligence activities and
correlating, evaluating and disseminating intelligence affecting national security.
The CIA has many ways to approach to a problem but the first thing they do is identify
problem regarding the security of the U.S. government, such as what types of activities terrorist
organizations are planning, or how countries that have chemical weapons plan to use these
weapons, then they look for a way to collect information about the problem. There are several
ways to collecting this information. Translating foreign newspaper and magazine articles and
radio and television broadcasts provides an abroad source of intelligence. Imagery satellites take
pictures from space, and imagery analysts write reports about what they. Signals analysts work to
decrypt messages sent by other countries. Operations officers recruit foreigners to give
information about their countries, After all this information is collected, intelligence analysts pull
together the relevant information from all available sources and assess what is happening, why it
is happening, what might occur next, and what it means for US interests.
The CIA consists of various inside components which are four; The National Clandestine
Service (NCS), the Directorate of Intelligence (DI), the Directorate of Science and Technology
(DS&T), and the Directorate of Support (DS) and all these facilities are located in Langley,
Virginia a few miles apart from Washington D.C. The NCS is responsible is responsible for
collecting foreign intelligence secretly especially human source intelligence. The DI is in charge
of analyzing all types of intelligence and make reports, briefings and papers on foreign
intelligence problems. They use different types of method like satellite photography and foreign
media to ensure national security. While the DS&T on the other hand is in charge of collecting
and exploiting information to expedite the execution of the agencys mission by employing
innovative technical solution to the most demanding intelligence problem. The last but not least
is the DS that is in charge of providing support to the CIAs mission. They also provide a full
range support that includes; facility services, financial management, medical services and
logistics.
The United States fund the CIA program, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
is elected by the president with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate. The Director manages
the operations, personnel, and budget of the Central Intelligence Agency.
In conclusion the CIA is one of the most well known institutions around the world, and is
always looking for new recruits. They are always analyzing information regarding U.S.
government security. In 2013 the CIAs budget was estimated to be $14.7 Billion, and it is
estimated because the government had disclosed a total figure since 2007.
Work Cited:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency

https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/history-of-the-cia

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_started_the_CIA

https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/todays-cia/who-we-are

https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/todays-cia/what-we-do

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency