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The Office of Strategic Services:
Secret Intelligence Branch

With the Pearl Harbor bombing on December 7, 1941, the United States entered World War II. In June 1942, President Roosevelt created the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) â€“ the forerunner of CIA. For the first time in U.S. history, the nation had a single intelligence service engaged in basic secret activities: espionage, covert action, propaganda, and counterintelligence. This article focuses on the Secret Intelligence Branch of the OSS. more >

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November 19 - Updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. more>

November 10 - Message from Director Leon E. Panetta on Honoring Our Veterans.

November 5 -Posted new K-9 profiles on CIA K-9 Corps page of Kids' section.

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