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To: stockman_scott who wrote (157549)6/3/2003 5:35:34 AM
From: GST  Respond to of 164684
 
<<The CIA was established after World War II because President Truman and Congress recognized that it was imperative to have an agency to collect and analyze intelligence for the president that would be independent of the departments of State and Defense. This independence was and is essential to ensuring that analysis is not tailored to suit the views of any government policymaker.>>

This is a key point.