Editing National security directive (section)

===Kennedy and Johnson administrations===
The [[Kennedy administration]] which took office in 1961 reorganized the NSC and began issuing National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs).{{sfn|Dwyer|2002|page=412}} Many NSAMs were signed in Kennedy's name by [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[McGeorge Bundy]], although Kennedy sometimes signed them personally.<ref>{{cite book|last=Prados|first=John|title=Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA|date=2006|publisher=Ivan R. Dee|isbn=9781615780112|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3OCDelYICIsC&pg=PA8 8]|language=en}}</ref> [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] continued issuing NSAMs where Kennedy left off, although issuing only 99 directives as compared to Kennedy's 273.{{sfn|General Accounting Office|1988|page=4}}