Of course, The CIA was formed in 1947, and Ike inherited it from Truman, who also had started the Korean War by 1950.  Truman left office with a bad reputation, but "scholars" later scrubbed history during the 1960's to repaint him as a great president.    By the time Eisenhower left office in 1961, grateful for the opportunity to return to private life, Dulles had passed away and Christian Herter had taken over as Secretary of State--  Mason; suspected spy; internationalist; participated in the formation of the CFR.