President Truman's decision to establish NSA followed several studies on how best to continue this code breaking work in the post-war eraThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) can trace its foundation to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The OSS was a pre WWII, responsible for analyzing and disseminating information to various agencies and the military. After WWII, the OSS along with many other agencies, were abolished and fell under the responsibility of the State and War Department. It was not long after this, former President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, officially establishing the CIA. The CIA’s mission statement is as follows, “Preempt threats and further US national security objectives by collecting intelligence
