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Always puzzled by the fact that the US intelligence community largely is believed to have started after WW2, but a 10% of the US's federal budget from very earl
by wonderous 9y ago
Always puzzled by the fact that the US intelligence community largely is believed to have started after WW2, but a 10% of the US's federal budget from very earlier in its founding was used for spying [1] and Washington himself was a spy [2].
[1] https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/6-12th-grade/operation-history/history-of-american-intelligence.html https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/6-12th-grade/operation-history...
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culper_Ring https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culper_Ring
- yeukhon 9y agoThanks, did not know, although I knew many of the founders were spying / giving up British's move during the war, the same way how the Chinese Communist Party crippled the Nationalist's force so quickly (many of the most trusted military officials were Communists the whole time) and took over mainland China. Here is CIA's own official acknowledgment of Washington as the first Chief of Intelligence: [1]: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/the-founding-fathers-of-american-intelligence/art-1.html https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intellig...
- wonderous 9y agoHere's more detail on Washington's role: https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/6-12th-grade/operation-history/history-of-american-intelligence.html https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/6-12th-grade/operation-history...