How did President Truman form the CIA?

How did President Truman form the CIA?

Ronald Kessler (Author of "The Terrorist Watch: Inside The Desperate Race To Stop The Next Attack") gives expert video advice on: What role did President Harry S. Truman play in the formation of the CIA?; How did President Truman form the CIA?; How did President Truman shape the CIA? and more...

Truman started the CIA in January of 1946. At that time, nobody knew what they were doing. It was a very formative period in the CIA's history, and they felt their way and tried different things. Half of them were really silly and unproductive. If you were in kindergarten, you might think of some of these things, but other methods were valuable, and slowly they evolved and became more sophisticated.