Defense Intelligence Agency Created: McNamara Builds a Spy Empire
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara ordered the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency, consolidating fragmented military intelligence operations under a single civilian-led organization. The DIA eliminated redundant collection efforts across the Army, Navy, and Air Force, giving the Pentagon a unified analytical voice during the most dangerous years of the Cold War.
August 1, 1961
65 years ago
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el emperador Constantino I convoca el Concilio de Arlés.
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