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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017

      Walter Pforzheimer: #OSS officer, a founding father of CIA, & renowned collector of intel literature & #books http://1.usa.gov/1DRUQbI  #OSS75pic.twitter.com/32Jzunbq4d

      24 replies 114 retweets 379 likes
    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      Walter was born in NY in 1914 & went to @Yale. His family loved books & upon graduation his father gave him his own personal library. #OSS75

      8 replies 27 retweets 73 likes
      CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA @Yale

      After graduating from @YaleLawSch, Walter entered into business, but he answered #WWII call to service by joining Army Air Forces. #OSS75

      5:47 PM - 7 Jun 2017
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        2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          He was approached & asked if he'd like to go into intel business. Walter: "Beats digging ditches, I supposed, and so I did." #OSS75

          6 replies 37 retweets 90 likes
        3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          In #WWII Walter: Served w #OSS & Army Air Force Intel Helped airmen decipher documents captured from the Luftwaffe Earned Bronze Star #OSS75

          5 replies 31 retweets 70 likes
        4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017
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          After #WWII, Truman dissolved #OSS & created Central Intelligence Group. Walter was CIG’s first liaison officer w Congress. #OSS75

          6 replies 34 retweets 66 likes
        5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017
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          Walter played a major role in drafting & securing passage of the National Security Act of 1947, which established @usairforce & CIA. #OSS75

          20 replies 33 retweets 64 likes
        6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA @usairforce

          Walter was CIA's first Legislative Counsel. During his decade in that role, he built a strong, productive relationship w Congress. #OSS75

          5 replies 26 retweets 50 likes
        7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017
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          1956: DCI Dulles asked Walter, w his love of intel & literature, to start a Historical Intelligence Collection & be its curator. #OSS75

          7 replies 39 retweets 125 likes
        8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 7 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          The Historical Intelligence Collection in the CIA Library educates intelligence professionals about development of their tradecraft. #OSS75

          12 replies 46 retweets 152 likes
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        1. Maliki Aitolo‏ @MalikiAitolo 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA @Yale @YaleLawSch

          ok

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        1. Bernard H.‏ @yeshuabyoseph 7 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA @Yale @YaleLawSch

          I'm profoundly sorry to see the USA be held hostage by a (what words? so many!....) person of Donald Trump's character.Canada says YO! ...

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        1. Ludendorff's Ghost‏ @hazeypolitics 7 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA @Yale @YaleLawSch

          Did he have parts in bringing nazis to S america thru rat lines and funneling drug money into us to be used to fight communists... yes

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