CIA History and Mission - VOA Story

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another surprise attack on September 11th, 2001. The debate over the failure to intercept that attack continues. With the end of the war the old OSS faded into history -- replaced by the CIA on September 18, 1947. The man known as "Wild Bill" -- OSS chief William Donovan -- lobbied vigorously for a post war intelligence agency to ensure that America's leaders would not make policy in ignorance. "America cannot afford to resume its prewar indifference," he said, "and here's a fact we must face ...