Talk:National Intelligence Authority

National Intelligence Authority
I believe this reference to a National Intelligence Agency in the US is in error. Cite sources if you believe it exists. There was a National Intelligence Authority (NIA) established by Harry Truman on 22 January 1946 to coordinate the executive branch's intelligence functions. It oversaw the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), an early centralized intelligence agency in the US. Both NIA and CIG existed briefly, supplanted by the National Security Council (NSC) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with the passage of the National Security Act of 1947. Reference: Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy (3rd ed), Mark M Lowenthal, 2006. --67.84.125.168 20:30, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree that the reference to the "National Intelligence Agency" is in error. For one thing, this article references the "Intelligence Reorganization Act" of 1992. This legislation (S.2198) never made it out of the Senate Intelligence Committee, let alone being enacted into law. Five hearings were held between February-April 1992; after that, the legislation died in committee. (Link to S.2198) Ironically, a substantial portion of that legislation was enacted in later years.--Cvieg (talk) 03:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I think this is related to an ongoing Game, at the Niantic Project. This is part of the immersive backstory that is being created. -- Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta 01:44, 1 December 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghane (talk • contribs)

Not sure I agree this article is only in existence because of Google's game. Check the revision history, it goes back all the way to 2005. I agree that it's in desperate need of proper sources, but I doubt it's related to Ingress. --Sauronjim (talk) 16:38, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

The reference related to the NIA being renamed to Niantic is a dead link. As such I strongly suspect that it's a completely false statement. Niantic make mobile games, I don't see an intelligence agency making mobile games. Contracting someone to make a specific game for them, sure, but not doing it themselves. Skater901 (talk) 09:43, 4 May 2014 (UTC)


 * The Niantic reference is obviously a joke. I've removed it and replaced it with an explanation that the NIA is a fictional organisation in the Ingress game. --Per Olofsson (talk) 10:06, 13 June 2014 (UTC)