Central Intelligence Agency
Events (1798)
- July 26, 1947: President Truman Signs National Security Act of 1947 1947-07-26
- August 19, 1953: Iranian Government Overthrown by Rebels and CIA 1953-08-19
- April 2, 1969: Nixon Begins Secret Political Intelligence Operations 1969-04-02
- September 29, 1969: Army Refuses to Prosecute Green Berets for Murder; Ellsberg Begins Copying ‘Pentagon Papers’ for Release to Press 1969-09-29
- June 5, 1970: Nixon Focuses on Domestic Intelligence Gathering 1970-06-05
- July 14, 1970: Nixon Approves ‘Huston Plan’ for Domestic Surveillance 1970-07-14
- July 26-27, 1970: Nixon Rejects Huston Plan 1970-07-26
- June 15, 1971: Nixon Demands Injunction to Stop Publication of Pentagon Papers, Orders Investigation 1971-06-15
- July 7, 1971: Nixon Aides Bring Hunt into White House 1971-07-07
- September 9, 1971: ’Plumbers’ Burglarize Psychiatrist Office 1971-09-09
- June 17, 1972: Lead Burglar Cleans out Watergate Listening Post, Alerts Lawyer to Arrests 1972-06-17
- June 17, 1972: Five ‘Plumbers’ Arraigned for Watergate Burglary 1972-06-17
- June 17, 1972: White House, Nixon Campaign Mobilizes in Response to Watergate Burglary 1972-06-17
- 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972: Five ‘Plumbers’ Caught Burglarizing Democratic Offices in Watergate Hotel 1972-06-17
- June 20, 1972: Colson: Blame CIA for Watergate 1972-06-20
- June 23, 1972: Nixon Orders CIA to Stop FBI Watergate Investigation 1972-06-23
- June 26-29, 1972: Dean Asks CIA for Money for Burglars, Is Rebuffed; Nixon Campaign Provides Money Instead 1972-06-26
- June 28-29, 1972: FBI Director Tells Bureau Not to Interview Watergate Suspects Due to ‘National Security Considerations’ 1972-06-28
- July 6, 1972: Gray Tries to Warn Nixon of Aides’ Interference with Watergate Investigation 1972-07-06
- November 20, 1972: Nixon Demands CIA Director Resign 1972-11-20
- December 8, 1972: Wife of Watergate Plumber Dies in Suspicious Plane Crash 1972-12-08
- December 21, 1972: McCord Warns White House Not to Pin Blame for Watergate on CIA 1972-12-21
- January 8, 1973: Nixon Learns Campaign Bugged McGovern Campaign Manager; Worries about Burglar’s Silence 1973-01-08
- March 19-23, 1973: McCord Letter Indicates Larger Cover-up of Watergate 1973-03-19
- May 11, 1973: All Charges Against Pentagon Papers Leaker Dropped; Judge Blasts Governmental Misconduct 1973-05-11
- May 16, 1973: Watergate Conspiracy Far Deeper than Reported, Felt Tells Woodward; GOP ‘Mole’ on Watergate Committee 1973-05-16
- September 24-25, 1973: Hunt Testifies before Watergate Committee 1973-09-24
- June 4-5, 1974: Neoconservatives, Cold Warriors Begin Attacking Government Policies, Findings towards Soviet Union 1974-06-04
- July 5, 1974: Justice Department Issues Mixed Report on FBI Investigation of Watergate 1974-07-05
- August 8, 1974: Bill Clinton Says Nixon Should Resign 1974-08-08
- June 20-August 14, 1974: CIA, Hughes Corporation Attempts to Retrieve Sunken Soviet Submarine; Retrieval Risks Confrontation with Soviet Union 1974-08-14
- December 21, 1974: New York Times Reveals CIA Spied on US Citizens for Decades 1974-12-21
- April 18, 1975: CIA Manager Says Agency Does Not Spy on Americans 1975-04-18
- Before November 4, 1975: George H. W. Bush Named CIA Director to Suit Rumsfeld’s Political Aspirations 1975-11-04
- January 29, 1976: Pike Committee Report Criticizing US Intelligence Agencies Is Suppressed 1976-01-29
- February 28, 1976: Ford Limits US Intelligence Agencies’ Abilities to Spy on US Citizens, Bans Political Assassinations 1976-02-28
- December 26, 1976: CIA Director Bush Discusses Team B Findings with Press 1976-12-26
- April 13, 1977: Frost Demonstrates Nixon’s Early Complicity in Watergate Conspiracy 1977-04-13
- January 24, 1978: Executive Order Bans Domestic Surveillance, Political Assassinations 1978-01-24
- February-November 4, 1979: US Attempt to Create De Facto Alliance with Khomeini’s Iranian Government Ends Disastrously 1979-11-04
- December 8, 1979: Soviet Forces, Lured in by the CIA, Invade Afghanistan 1979-12-08
- January 28, 1981: Reagan Officials Planning to Sell Arms to Iran 1981-01-28
- Shortly After May 1, 1981: Pakistani Dictator Orders A. Q. Khan to Prepare Cold Test; CIA Learns of Plan 1981-05-01
- February 11, 1982: CIA Is Given Green Light to Take Part in Illegal Drug Trade in Afghanistan 1982-02-11
- After June 16, 1982: Arrest of ‘Rogue’ Agent Leads US to Divert Blame for Terrorist Acts from Iran to Libya 1982-06-16
- November 2-11, 1983: ’Able Archer’ Almost Starts Nuclear Exchange 1983-11-02
- March 3, 1984: CIA Station Chief in Beirut Kidnapped; Will Die in Captivity 1984-03-03
- October 10, 1984: Second Boland Amendment Outlaws CIA, Defense Department, or Third-Party Funding of Contras 1984-10-10
- November 24-25, 1985: CIA Sends Anti-Aircraft Missiles from Israel to Iran 1985-11-24
- December 12, 1985: Plane Crash in Canada Kills 256; Evidence Suggests Links to Iran-Contra and BCCI Covert Operations 1985-12-12