the cia
The CIA or Central Intelligence Agency, was formed September 18, 1947 (65 years ago) when the National Security Act of 1947 was passed succeeding the Office of Stragegic Services (OSS) which was formed during WWII to carry out espionage against the Axis Powers. the CIA is a highly ranked government agency directly under the control of Director of National Intelligence, with the responsibility of giving the national security intelligence assessment to high ranking US policy makers. The CIA mainly does non-violent/non-military information gathering missions, however at the request of the US President, they can also engage in covert activities in violent or war-torn places, as well as overseeing all covert operations taken upon by any other branches of military. However the main reason for the creation of the CIA is to carry out tactical information gathering operations, they have divisions specifically designed to carry out emergency field operations that require immediate attention, or dismantling of a weapon or a threat.