Talk:National Intelligence Agency (United States)
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[edit] National Intelligence Authority
I believe this reference to a National Intelligence Agency in the US is in error. Cite sources if you believe it exists. There was a National Intelligence Authority (NIA) established by Harry Truman on 22 January 1946 to coordinate the executive branch's intelligence functions. It oversaw the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), an early centralized intelligence agency in the US. Both NIA and CIG existed briefly, supplanted by the National Security Council (NSC) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with the passage of the National Security Act of 1947. Reference: Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy (3rd ed), Mark M Lowenthal, 2006. --67.84.125.168 20:30, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I agree that the reference to the "National Intelligence Agency" is in error. For one thing, this article references the "Intelligence Reorganization Act" of 1992. This legislation (S.2198) never made it out of the Senate Intelligence Committee, let alone being enacted into law. Five hearings were held between February-April 1992; after that, the legislation died in committee. (Link to S.2198) Ironically, a substantial portion of that legislation was enacted in later years.--Cvieg (talk) 03:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
