The July issue of The World Almanac E-Newsletter features an article on the 60th anniversary of the creation of the CIA. The Langley, VA headquarters is pictured below (photo: CIA).
To excerpt:
"On July 26, 1947 - 60 years ago - U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 while aboard the presidential aircraft, the Sacred Cow. The act, which created the National Security Council (NSC), the National Military Establishment (the predecessor of the Department of Defense), and the Air Force, also laid out the groundwork for the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA officially began operating on September 18, 1947, when the National Security Act took effect."
Read the whole article at: http://www.worldalmanac.com/newsletter/200707WAE-Newsletter.html#06
