Events with tag - Intelligence Operations

July 26, 1947

CIA Establishment

President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act into law, establishing the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as America's premier foreign intelligence service. This pivotal legislation transformed the U.S. intelligence landscape, creating an organization that would become one of the world's most sophisticated spy agencies.

May 1, 1960

U-2 Spy Plane Incident

On May 1, 1960, Soviet forces shot down a U.S. U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over Sverdlovsk, USSR. The incident caused a major diplomatic crisis between the United States and Soviet Union, leading to the collapse of the Paris Summit.