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20. what was the context that led to the creation of the NSA?

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After WWII, the U.S. brought Nazis into the U.S. under a program, via the OSS, the intelligence agency began at that time, called Operation Paperclip.

Truman insisted that Operation Paperclip be limited to those German scientists who were not associated with the Nazis. So, the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency created fake biographies and employment histories for those scientists, in order to allow them to work in the U.S. with security clearance.

So, from the beginning, the intel "oversight" engaged in lies to do whatever they wanted because their objective was to keep information away from the USSR...even tho the USSR had been our allies in WWII and had, in fact, WON the war on the eastern front in Europe.

The U.S. moved from hating Nazis to hating commies - because, not only did Operation Paperclip bring Nazi scientists into the U.S., it also helped to hide Nazi party bigwigs in the U.S. and in South America.

And these Nazis shaped American foreign policy and fueled McCarthyism.

One of them was Klaus Barbie, called "The Butcher of Lyon," because he personally tortured prisoners.

KLAUS BARBIE WAS RECRUITED by the U.S. intel services at the time because of his anti-Marxist credentials.

Yes, the U.S. govt. moved from support for the Marxists fighting against the Nazis in Western Europe to support for Nazis in the new cold war, that again placed the U.S. to the far right, most especially in comparison to any other western democracy. But this pro-Nazi intel apparatus did align U.S. policy with the businessmen's crusade against socialist reform in the early 20th century (thos same businessmen who plotted to assassinate FDR for his New Deal policies.) Those same businessmen were supporters of fascism until it wasn't good business to admit this.

So, if you want to know about the history of the U.S. in the mid to late 20th century, you have to realize that Nazi-sympathizing intel agencies and their govt. mouthpieces made sure fascism was well supported in the U.S. (but here it's called "freedom.&quot