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=== National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) ===<!-- This section is linked from [[Dino Brugioni]] --> | === National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) ===<!-- This section is linked from [[Dino Brugioni]] --> | ||
[[File:NPIC seal.png|thumb|Seal of the National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC)]] | [[File:NPIC seal.png|thumb|Seal of the National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC)]] | ||
Shortly before leaving office in January 1961, [[President of the United States|President]] | Shortly before leaving office in January 1961, [[President of the United States|President]] Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the creation of the National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), a joint project of the [[CIA]] and [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]]. NPIC was a component of the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology (DDS&T) and its primary function was [[imagery analysis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_0000760197/0000760197_0001.gif|title=Thirty ... and thriving|date=December 1, 1991|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|page=1ff|access-date=May 30, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308121751/http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_0000760197/0000760197_0001.gif|archive-date=March 8, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> NPIC became part of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now NGA) in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nga.mil/About/History/NGAinHistory/Pages/NPIC.aspx|title=Jan. 18, 1961: National Photographic Interpretation Center|website=www.nga.mil|access-date=August 9, 2017|archive-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702184512/https://www.nga.mil/About/History/NGAinHistory/Pages/NPIC.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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