George Washington is known as the founding father of American Intelligence

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency @DCSAgov

#DYK that George Washington is known as the founding father of American #Intelligence? His spy network was critical to the Continental Army’s victory over the British. #PresidentsDay

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He created America’s first intelligence community. His spy network of military strategists and average colonials used innovative techniques to gather and share information. They created secret codes, invented new formulas for invisible ink, and turned daily activities into intelligence communications.

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