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An invisible government agency produces crucial national security intelligence, but is anyone listening?

  • Written by Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of Practice in International Relations, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
President Harry S Truman established the initial version of the National Intelligence Council. AP Photo

This year marks the 40th anniversary of a little-known U.S. organization that has provided crucial intelligence and analysis to presidents for all those decades: the National Intelligence Council.

Right after World War II, President Harry Truman...

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