The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should not be adding more agencies to its already oversized department, especially the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA was created in 1947 as an overseas intelligence gathering service that would not have police or law enforcement powers or internal security duties in the United States (Office of the Director of National Intelligence, n.d.). These functions were left to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and local law enforcement agencies to perform these duties from within the United States. Since 9/11 and the formation of the DHS, we have created another source for intelligence gathering in the United States. I believe that he CIA should remain its own entity and continue to operate
