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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), officially known as the Central Intelligence Agency, was established on September 18, 1947, under the National Security Act signed by President Harry S. Truman. Its origins trace back to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which operated during World War II and was disbanded after the war. Some of the OSS’s functions were temporarily maintained under the Strategic Services Unit (SSU) before being reorganized in 1946 into the Central Intelligence Group (