CIA’s role in the attack upon America!
by William Cooper
Copyright 2001 Veritas News Service – Exclusive, September 29, 2001 -- The attacks upon the World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon may have a much more sinister origin than anyone is ready to explore or even consider.
The material in this article is taken verbatim from the discussions and reference material provided by the attendees of a recent conference on intelligence that included high level United States government officials, intelligence executives, and intelligence officers from all branches, military and civilian, of the intelligence community of the United States of America. What emerges is disturbing. Some will find this information terrifying.
Were John Deutch and David Cohen Israeli spies? Was the CIA under DCI John Deutch serving the nation of Israel instead of the interest of the United States? Did the CIA create, train, and back the terrorist groups that we say we are now at war against? Did the CIA ignore the prohibition against assassinations by recruiting, training, and backing Middle Eastern terrorist groups that were sent to assassinate Muslim and Islamic leaders who were in opposition to the Middle Eastern meddling of the CIA? Are the policies and covert actions of the Central Intelligence Agency directly responsible for most of the hatred that is directed against the United States by the People of the Middle East? Some of the answers may be found in the direct quotes and reference material that follows. Be prepared to be deeply affected by what you are about to read. The identities of those quoted have been omitted for obvious reasons.
“Biographic Information on John Deutch indicates he was a protege of Mr. Covert Action, Colonel Lansdale. He is living up to his mentor's legacy by sponsoring paramilitary operations -- aimed at three countries -- Iraq, Libya and now the Sudan. Paramilitary operations arm civilians to kill people in target countries who oppose their goals.”
“The new DCI Deutch's father, Michael Deutch, was a Russian of Jewish extraction. In 51, he went on a presidential mission as an economic adviser and became impressed with Colonel Lansdale - and became a lifelong friend of the Colonel. in 61 Lansdale recruited John Deutch for his first gvt job. at 22, he became one of Macnamara's whiz kids at the Pentagon. John spent four years in systems analysis. he later held political posts in democratic adms and went back to academic and advisory posts in republican times. he was on president Reagan's commission on nuclear strategy, Bush's foreign intelligence advisory board and six other similar panels. He became rich. the CIA he says ‘is an org suffering because it's had tremendous criticism because of its own mistakes,’ it does not want to admit. new york times mag 12/10/95 passim. The CIA, of course, is also active against Iran and probably backs the Taliban in Afghanistan.”
“Covert ops as practiced by Deutch seems to be an approach that says full speed ahead -- damn the consequences. I am surprised that he is a covert cowboy rather than the reflective intellectual we were told about.”
“One quite serious problem we see with Deutch is his use of the CIA's intelligence function to justify preconceived plans for operations. This, of course, has been the role of CIA's intelligence historically, but he does it in the most blatant fashion.”
“re the Taliban movement in Afghanistan. I agree that point A -- CIA/ISI support to fundamentalists in Afghanistan during the eighties to point B (CIA support now)”
“I have speculated here and other places why Deutch appointed David Cohen to the CIA's most sensitive and important position, second to Deutch's. Deutch named David Cohen to be the Director of Operations -- that element of the CIA that both collects intelligence and runs covert operations. David Cohen is on record by even a CIA internal investigation of gross manipulation of intelligence to support policy -- this man should have been fired by Deutch, but instead he promotes him - why?”
“Deutch apparently wanted a man after his own heart -- one who would give him the ‘intelligence’ he needed as he initiated his paramilitary operations against the various countries of the Middle East and Africa. Deutch is on record many times saying he wanted more covert operations and he is getting them -- supported by contrived intelligence.
“To me Cohen's elevation proves my contention that the CIA exists to support policy and that its intelligence in all cases related to policy is manipulated to support those policies. Below are severely limited entries in CIABASE re Paramilitary operations.
“re the CIA's War on Islam, I stated paramilitary operations arm civilians to kill those opposed to our policies -- the below clips prove that statement.
“I also claimed that paramilitary operations massively contributed to drug trafficking -- the material from McCoy's books, posted earlier, documents this phenomenon. Many other sources exist but his is the clearest and most comprehensive. For the skeptics, I suggest the book by a former DEA officer Celerino Castillo III, POWDERBURNS, COCAINE, CONTRAS, AND THE DRUG WAR.
“Lastly, I claim that paramilitary operations in Afghanistan in the eighties, created the "International Terrorist," movement that now justifies the existence of the CIA. The former factor is admitted by even Administration spokesmen as we sponsor more Islamic radical fundamentalists and others in the Middle East and Africa. The CIA continues to build the force that it will use to justify its future. The Past is Prologue.”
“Historically, major CIA paramilitary operations produced massive increases in drug trafficking. We can, therefore, anticipate the CIA's again looking the other way as narcotics produced by their assets flood world markets. (Mr. Deutch also earlier was the Pentagon's point man in denying the Gulf War Syndrome.)”
“NSC and CIA project language uses all sorts of euphemisms for killing and other actions that are part of covert ops. I feel that stating things directly may help change the minds of those in this conference; and, if such language were ever used in practice by the NSC and CIA, you probably would have a lot of officials who would refuse to sign on.”
CIABASE on Covert Actions
· sudan, eritrea, ethiopia, uganda, 96 cia sending military equipment to ethiopia, eritrea, and uganda to support sudanese opposition groups preparing a joint offensive to topple the khartoum government. much of the aid consists of basic items suitable for outfitting a guerrilla force. in april 96 john m. deutch spent three days in addis ababa. the cia and the nsc have been driving force behind the tougher line. all three countries are supporting the sudan people's liberation army led by john garang, and eritrea is helping it and two other rebel groups launch a new offensive. more than 3000 sudanese rebels are marshaling in eritrea for a joint offensive aimed at cutting the road from khartoum to port sudan. washington post 11/10/96 a34
over the years cia special ops have sponsored insurgents in ukraine, poland, albania, hungary, indonesia, china, oman, malaysia (sic), iraq, dominican republic, greece, turkey, vietnam, afghanistan, angola, nicaragua, venezuela, north korea, bolivia, thailand, haiti, guatemala. johnson, l.k. (1989). america's secret power 26
paramilitary infrastructure requires secret procurement arms, maintenance large secret dumps of "non" u.s. military equipment, outdoor bases for parachute and sabotage trg and personnel not qualified for intel ops. rositzke, h. (1977). the cia's secret operations 183
various secret studies have found few if any cases where covert paramilitary ops have been effective in achieving their original goals, said david aaron former deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs. washington post 9/26/83 a2
· worldwide, 82 the cia runs pm ops in about 10 countries. 2 separate ops aimed at kaddafi of libya. newsweek 11/8/82 p55
· afghanistan, 76-89 a criticism of cia's handling of afghanistan op by bill mccollum, republican congressman. after 10 years and nearly $2 billion in american aid culminating in a monumentally incompetent program of arms procurement and distribution. hekmatyar's party - recipient of much of much of the aid - implicated in dozens of disappearances and outright murders of rival commanders and afghan intellectuals. hekmatyar loyal to pakistan's isi that acts as a proxy for cia. washington post 9/10/89 c-1,4
· angola, afghanistan, 86 u.s. has begun supplying several hundred stinger missiles covertly to rebels in angola and afghanistan. ddo clair george a strong proponent of decision. george has rebuilt the cia's paramilitary arm. washington post 3/30/86 a1,16
· approvals 23% from 65-75 in four forms. secret armies, financial support to groups engaged in hostilities; paramilitary training and advisers; and shipment arms, ammunition and other military equipment. military ordnance typically supplied by cia out of large inventory u.s. weaponry and captured foreign weapons. paramilitary category most expensive of covert ops and represents greatest potential for escalating hostilities and deepening american involvement. pike report buncher, j.f. (ed.). (1976,1977). the cia and the security debate: 1971-1975, 1975-1976 88
· cambodia, 67-71 cia directs sabotage and ambush missions (projects daniel boone and salem house) by u.s. special forces personnel and meo tribesmen. harpers 4/84 p17
· chile, 88 patria y libertad, a paramilitary group financed by cia in 1970's, recently reappeared in chile. other groups include los barbudos, led by maj julio corbalan, frente nacionalista husares de la muerte and movimiento civico de autodefensa. intelligence newsletter 11/3/88 6
· china, early 50 april 51 2000 kmt soldiers attempted reconquest yunnan and crossed border accompanied by cia advisers and supplied by regular airdrops. several ciaers killed. mission failed. another soon attempted and failed. cia redoubled efforts. aug 52 kmters penetrated yunnan until driven out. no further attempts. forces confident that masses would rise up against mao. mccoy, a.w. (1972). the politics of heroin in southeast asia 129-131
· china, tibet. since 56 cia helping khamba tribesmen. between 10/58 and 2/59 cia dropped close to ten tons of weapons and supplies to newly constituted national volunteer defense army of tibet. in spring of 59 cia helped dalai lama flee disguised as a peasant. tony poe part of op. op to aid khambas stayed alive into kennedy adm. parts of op pushed out of india and into nepal. in spring of 61, khambas ambushed a pla convoy and captured 1,600 pages of valuable docs. cia analysts were able to learn sino-soviet split real. thomas, e. (1995). the very best men 276-7
decade of 60s saw further development of paramilitary capabilities in support of american interventionist policies. cia's structure, personnel and incentives remained rooted in 50-59 u.s. congress, church committee report. (1976) b 1 115-6
· circa 83-86 cia's paramilitary arm has become a large and sophisticated weapon available to the president, according to sen wallop. much of cia's growth as many as 3000 positions has gone toward beefing up the directorate of ops where covert action planned among paramilitary experts in the international affairs department. washington post 3/31/86 a1
· congo, 59 working with belgian agents cia pumped more money into effort to topple lumumba. dulles approved $100,000 disbursement for political ops in august alone. total budget for "large scale...paramilitary support to anti-lumumba elements" was probably several times higher. with virtually a carte blanche from washington, cia station could not help but become senior partner in u.s. mission in congo. mahoney, r.d. (1983). jfk: ordeal in africa 46
· cuba, 60 cia promoting three covert ops against cuba following bay of pigs invasion until after cuban missile crisis, reports raymond garthoff, state dept. official at that time. while ops mostly small scale sabotage of manufacturing and shipping interests they were not always fully under cia control. wp 10/25/78, first principles 12/87 p16
· eastern europe, from 49-52 tried to est net of active resistance behind ussr lines in poland, baltic states, yugoslavia, albania, south georgia and ukraine. worked with refugee groups. powers, t. (1979). the man who kept the secrets 40
five pm ops studied by church committee. ops cuba, laos, korea, vn, angola. conclusions. u.s. congress, church committee report. (1976) b 1 155-6
germany, created a secret civilian army in hesse of 1000 to 2000 men belonging to the technical service of the german youth federation - many former officers of hitlers forces. blum, w. (1995). killing hope 63
· guatemala, 68 advisors sent to guatemala to work with military and paramilitary forces to design bloody, effective repression of insurgency. dickey, c. (1985). with the contras 85
· iraq, kurdistan, 96 a bloody cia covert op with its cover blown sky high. iraqi democrats promised significant help in toppling saddam five years ago are now in despair. kurdistan is facing a general collapse. the kurdish regional gvt that was supposed to have displaced baghdad's rule over an area of 3.5 million people has disintegrated. kurdish leaders massoud barzani and jalal talabani have been fighting each other rather than cooperating to topple saddam. most embarrassing u.s. failure in kurdistan is that of cia. one of the key bomb-makers disclosed publicly that bombs financed by cia have killed scores of iraqi civilians in baghdad and destroyed hqs of rival national congress in salahedin. this represents an all too familiar failure by cia. cia defends its covert programs by saying it has to deal with people who are not angels. what it does not explain is why it consistently deals with corrupt incompetents. op-ed by jim hoagland washington post 3/31/96 c7
· **** kuwait, iraq, 90 cia training kuwaitis to harass iraqis. los angeles times 8/31/90 a1
· laos. from a few hundred meos org into small guerrilla units by a half dozen cia officers program grew to a thirty-thousand-man army with battalion sized units and operations. meos given job of defending air force beacons used as navigational aids. result was destruction of meos as a people. powers, t. (1979). the man who kept the secrets 178-179
· mexico, 96 u.s. is willing to provide intel and training to assist mexico in its fight against a newly emerged rebel movement, the u.s ambassador, james jones said. mexico has yet to ask for u.s. help, but ``whatever they need, we will certainly support.'' a group known as the popular revolutionary army, or epr, has attacked late june in the western state of guerrero. james noted the u.s. has experience tracking right-wing militias. ap 9/9/96
· puerto rico, 72 cia sponsored pm groups. independence movement victims more than 125 armed attacks in last four years. frazier, h. (ed). (1978). uncloaking the cia 30
CIABASE info on John Deutch:
· 95-97 9/12/95, dci deutch told a national press club lunch that the united states needed "to maintain, and perhaps even expand, covert action as a policy tool." Statement came just as the republican- dominated house of reps was getting ready to vote on next fiscal year's approximately $28 billion intel budget which passed: a simple voice vote endorsing a 1.7 percent increase. House select committee on intel had recommended an increase and praised deutch's reform efforts. Committee's recommended increase was explicitly earmarked for fighting terrorism, nuclear proliferation, drug smuggling and "rogue nations" iraq, iran, libya and north korea. Only "ruffle" is senate's proposed intel budget which has not yet been passed, but does not include a 1.7 percent increase. Intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 9/25/95 30
· 95 dci deutch announced on 9/12/95, a policy of expanding covert operations. What cia primarily has in mind are ops against drug smuggling, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and international crime and terrorism. Washington post 9/13/95 a7
· sudan, 95-96 has emerged as a clear threat to stability of nearby africa and middle eastern states because of its support for subversive activities of regional opposition groups. Threat is likely to remain as long as the national islamic front (nif) is the dominant political force in country. In its effort to spread its version of islamic fundamentalism beyond sudan and destabilize regional moderate gvts friendly to us, nif supports insurgent and terrorist groups opposed to gvt of egypt, eritrea, ethiopia, and uganda. Sudan also provides safehaven and limited material support to other radical groups such as hizballah, hamas, abu nidal organization, and the armed algerian extremist groups. From dci john deutch's "worldwide threat assessment brief to the ssci" on 2/22/96. Iwr 2/24/96
· 95 dci deutch wants to maintain and perhaps expand covert action as a policy tool. Christian science monitor 9/15/95 1,5
· 95 dci john deutch is pushing the more aggressive use of covert actions in countries that support terrorism. Ap 6/4/95. Newsweek 6/12/95 34-35
· 95 new dci deutch wants to be more forward leaning about using covert ops against renegade nations such as iran. Newsweek 6/1/95 35
· 70-95 john deutch's confirmation statement. He presently deputy secretary of the department of defense. From 4/1/93 to 3/11/94, he was under secretary of the department of defense for acquisition and technology. prior to this he held positions at massachusetts institute of technology as dean of science, provost, he is on leave from mit gvt service. During the period 78 to 80, he served in a number of positions in doe, where he was responsible for managing the basic science, energy technology development, conservation, and nuclear weapons programs. In intel matters he is senior defense dept official responsible for intel. He earlier served on several intel advisory committees, including the dci's science and technology advisory committee, nsa's science advisory board, and, technology advisory committee formed to advise the senate intel committee. From 91 to 93 he was named to pfib. In early eighties he was on president's commission on strategic forces ("scowcroft commission") and later white house's science council. His statement gives his views on problems, needs and future of intelligence. Statement before the senate intel committee 4/26/95
· 80-96 dci deutch and sod william perry have been friends since appointed as senior pentagon officials under les aspin. They have long championed better intel and defense high tech systems. Along with dod's paul kaminski, they are business partners in cambridge research associates - a small but significant high tech firm. Intelligence newsletter 4/4/96 3
· 95 add appointments by dci deutch include: richard cooper, a harvard professor of gvt, as chairman of the national intelligence council, replacing christine williams; deutch's chief of staff will be former chairman of house permanent select committee on intelligence, michael j. o'neil; deutch's executive assistant will be marine corps brig. Gen. michael hagee; jeffrey h. Smith will replace elizabeth r. Rindskopf as general counsel; and deputy assistant secretary of defense for intel and security, keith r. Hall, is to replace richard haver as executive director for intel community affairs. Int 6/19/95 37
· 95-96 before becoming dci, john deutch, a chemist from mit, was appointed to a number of intel advisory boards, served on the board of a corporate committee for a wide range of defense and intelligence contractors: martin marietta, trw, united technologies, the mitre corp, and saic. He is a rich man. Dod's william perry, deutch and paul kaminski, undersecretary for defense acquisition and technology - own part of a small but significant intel contractor, cambridge research associates of cambridge. American prospect 4/96 32
· 95 an article by peter maas on dci john deutch and the reforms he implementing. Photos of deutch, nora slatkin, executive director and david cohen, do. A correction in the post says the photo is of george tenet not david cohen. Washington post parade 11/19/95
· 95 article on dci deutch, "cleaning up the company." Newsweek 6/12/95 34-5
· 95 bio by cia of dci deutch. He was deputy secretary defense since 3/94 and earlier under secretary defense for acquisition and technology. Earlier he was a member of faculty of mit in 70 and held a number of positions there. Gvt assignments include director of energy research at dept of energy; member of white house's science council, defense science board, army scientific panel, chief of naval ops executive panel, president's special commission on strategic forces, president foreign intel advisor board and president's nuclear safety oversight committee. He is a graduate of amherst and has a ph.d. in physical chemistry from mit. He was born in brussels, belgium, and became a u.s. citizen in 45. He is married to pat lyon and has three sons by a previous marriage. Cia public affairs 9/15/95
· 95 clinton names deputy defense secretary john deutch to head cia after carns no longer a viable candidate. Deutch to be appointed a member of cabinet as dci. Clinton praised deutch as deputy defense secretary - he played lead role in reviewing u.s. nuclear force posture, oversaw a modernization of weapons systems and developed a blueprint to eliminate redundancies between civilian and military intel gathering. Problems over former nominee carns. Capsule bio on deutch. Washington times 3/12/95 a1,6
· 95 clinton picks deutch after carns nomination fails. Problems with carns and filipino employee. Washington post 3/12/95 a1,12
· 95 clinton, deutch discussed top job at cia. Deputy defense sec was critical of unathorized spending on a secret $300 million hqs by nro. washington post 1/4/95 a22
· 95 david cohen named to be new do. Cohen a former high-ranking di officer, gained some espionage experience running the cia's domestic collection ops which spies on foreign gvts in the u.s., specifically the u.n. dci deutch made announcements at a rare press conference at cia hqs. paul redmond to be associate deputy director for counterintel. John gannon, until recently director of european analysis, to be deputy director of intel - in charge of all analysis. Ruth david, director of advanced info technology at sandia national laboratory, to be deputy director for science and technology. Leo hazelwood, former cia executive director, to be deputy director for administration. Re cohen he is "an outsider who is not very well liked within the do" but is "hardnosed." He wont take a lot of crap. two new associate deputy directors of ops are david edger, a respected case officer who was ames supervisor at the time of his arrest, to be senior deputy for espionage ops. Christine wiley, former chief of human resources staff, to be top deputy for human resources in the do. John mclaughlin, a senior analyst in the russian section, appointed number 2 official at the national intel council, and jay castillo was named director of office of personnel security. Washington times 8/1/95 a4
· 95 david cohen to be new director of ops. He was acting deputy of di. He created the national resources div out of separate domestic and foreign collection services. He practices "management by fear." "a company man from the word go - who will find out what way the wind is blowing and then go with it." Some mid-level and senior employees conclude the dci deutch is not serious about reform. U.s. news & world report 7/31/95 20
· 95 dci designee, deutch, is sharp-tongued and tough-minded. New york times 4/26/95 a5
· 95 dci deutch appointed four new deputy directors, all named were longtime cia employees, completing his sweep of eight top executives. New appointees selected with help of a panel headed by former deputy dci mcmahon. David cohen new do. Washington post 8/1/95 a17
· 95 dci deutch appointed last month a 30-year agency veteran david cohen to the politically-sensitive post of deputy director of operations (ddo) where he will oversee ops. Deutch was given good marks by the press for picking "an agency man" and for putting an "analyst" rather than a "covert operator" in charge of the "dirty tricks" directorate. Cohen will be working with four associate deputy directors: u.s. army general david barrato (who will continue as head of covert actions), david edger (intel ops), paul redmond (counter-intel) and christine wiley (personnel). That gen. Barrato has kept his job is to be a clear indication that deutch is not going to "scrub down" cia dirty tricks, to maintain and reinforce cia-pentagon ties, and to "box in" cohen at his new post. Redmond is a "forced" appointment since he was instrumental in pursuing the aldrich ames case as a senior official of the cia counter-intel center, and the cia has had to acquiesce to fbi demands for a larger role in counter-intel in the cia. Intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 9/11/95 15
· 95 dci deutch filled one of most politically sensitive posts in u.s. intel community, naming david cohen, a 53-year-old career cia official, to head agency's clandestine espionage arm. Cohen's appointment as cia's deputy director of ops is a modest break with tradition, since he has spent most of his career on analytical, rather than clandestine, side of cia. cohen is a boston native who joined cia in 1966. He put in a stint in clandestine ops earlier in his career but most recently has been serving as cia's associate deputy director for directorate of intel. Turnover in management ranks at cia gave deutch a chance to put his own people in almost every top position. Deutch said john gannon would take over as head of intel directorate. With a ph.d. in history, gannon has been director of cia's office of european analysis. Deutch went outside agency to fill top spot at cia's science and technology arm, naming ruth david, director of advanced info technologies at sandia national laboratory in albuquerque, n.m. he also named leo hazlewood, formerly cia's executive director, to be deputy director for adm. Los angeles times 8/1/95 a9
· 95 dci "deutch leaving no doubt who is in charge of intelligence." Deutch is paying more attention to all intelligence-gathering operations, including dia, nsa, nro, and all pentagon operations. He has turned over cia management to nora slatkin who is the cia's executive secretary. All four deputy directors of the cia report to slatkin. Deutch is seizing the fiscal reins of the entire intel community. Washington post 12/10/95 a6
· 95 dept defense sec., John deutch cancelled trip to moscow for next week under pressure from senators who threatened to derail his nomination as dci if he negeotiated a treaty on missile defenses. Washington times 3/31/95 a16
· 95 deutch shocked by do's "inability to formulate solutions." Do did not have desire or ability to reinvent itself. "compared to uniformed officers they certainly are not as competent or as understanding of what their relative role is and what their responsibilities are." The deep rot of the do in guatemala is a core sample of the deep rot of the overall do. Curse of old boys on deutch. Curse is patrimony of an elite secret society that degenerated into an elitist bureaucracy, an inbred tribal culture. Rules and laws were not for them. Larry huston's funeral. Dci casey in 80s hired thousands of new spies of questionable quality. Aldrich ames case --no one told dcis webster and gates anything close to the truth about the case. milt bearden lives in a new hampshire hamlet - was the last chief of the soviet division. He says, "out of 5000 people, you've got 1,500 buggy-whip makers," in the spies' ranks. There's nothing worse than having a couple thousand more troops than you need....their mission is greatly reduced: intelligence support to other agencies that will do things about the great transnational problems." Their service is backing up the military and the fbi and drug-enforcement agents and friendly foreign intel services who will do the dirty work. The curse of old boys has so damaged the morale and reputation of the cia that it is hard to find good people. The cia has been imprisoned by its own lies." New york times mag 12/10/95 passim
· 95 editorial, "Mr. Deutch's auspicious debut." New york times 5/23/95 a14
· 95 john deutch confirmed as dci without dissent. Washington post 5/10/95 a6
· 95 john deutch says his team consists of nine new senior officials - one requires senate confirmation. Left unfilled are top slots in the do, intelligence, and science and technology divisions. A group to advise on top ops slot includes slatkin, brent scowcroft, john mcmahon, james lilly and norbert garrett. Washington post 5/16/95 a15
· 95 john deutch, approved by the senate 98-0 yesterday to be director of cia, has maintained part-ownership in a california company that sells spy equipment to the pentagon and the intel community. There was no mention of deutch's tie with delfin during senate debate on his nomination or during recent public hearings. But officials of senate intel committee said chairman arlen specter (r-pa.) Agreed to permit deutch to retain his investment with perry and kaminski in hqs strategic investments, a limited partnership that partly owns delfin...newsday 5/10/95 a49
· 95 john m. Deutch although highly-respected for his work a at pentagon, deputy defense secretary john m. Deutch, is being criticized in congress for his friendship with chairman of defense industry giant martin marietta corporation. Mr. Deutch was expecting a relatively easy confirmation process, but he is a close friend of norman augustine who will receive a bonus of $8,200,000 for helping to arrange his firm's merger with lockheed corporation under a pentagon-approved plan. Defense department, where deutch is number two, will pay one-third of that bonus under terms of a prior contract. Marietta executives will receive bonuses of $92,000,000, one-third paid by u.s. taxpayers. Mr. Deutch, defense secretary william perry, and mr. Augustine are friends and have long worked together. following a stockholders' meeting in chicago, it was decided that merged company would be called lockheed martin. It will be based in state of maryland and receive $11.6 billion a year for military sales to pentagon. intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 3/27/95 11
· 95 john m. Deutch became deputy secretary of defense a year ago. Clinton nominates him to be new dci. Deutch, a former provost at the massachusetts of institute for technology has a long involvement in intelligence and nuclear weapons issues. He is a conservative on defense issues. At pentagon he was in charge of "nuclear posture review" and was also responsible for overseeing military's intel budget and ensuring that it meshed with cia's. biographic details. Washington post 3/11/95 a4
· 95 john m. Deutch intends to reform cia. Washington post 4/26/95 a2
· 95 john m. Deutch was sworn in wednesday as the new dci. He said much of the top management will be reassigned. Deutch considered an insider. He to replace ddci studeman. His new deputy to be george j. Tenet, who was staff director of the senate intel committee under boren before becoming nsc senior director for intel since 93. Keith hall, deputy asst secretary defense for intel and security, to be executive director for intel community affairs. Rear adm dennis blair, director of navy's assessment div, will be senior level link to military and national security council. washington post 5/12/95 a23
· 95 major goal of deutch to overhaul personnel policies and recruit more skilled technical personnel in computing science, electronics and software. to reform intel community's system for recruiting, assigning, promoting and improving skills of cia personnel. Deutch apparently wants to shift funds to new military intel effort. Intel community spend about $10.4 billion on "support to war-fighting," another $13.2 billion spent by dod and related agencies. Washington post 7/13/95 a13
· 95 new dci nominee is john m. Deutch -- traces on him in namebase are: council on foreign relations. Membership roster. 1992. Covert action information bulletin #38/91 (51-2 54-5). Federal staff directory. 1992 (42). New yorker magazine 9/26/94 (94 96 99). Richelson, j. Sword and shield. 1986 (184). Spotlight newspaper 4/12/93 (3). Trilateral commission list of members. 4/6/92 (10). Washington post 7/17/90 (a17), and 4/9/92 (a27). Washington times 2/24/93 (a4), 8/10/94 (a4) and 8/11/94 (a9).
· 95 on 5/17/95 dci deutch announces senior personnel appointments: george j. Tenet to be ddci. Tenet is currently senior director for intel programs at nsc. He was staff director for the senate select committee on intel for more than four years. Nora slatkin be executive director responsible for activities and ops of all cia components and for the national reconnaissance office (nro). Deutch has asked leo hazelwood to remain on in a senior management role. Slatkin is currently the assistant secretary of the navy for research, development and acquisition and has extensive congressional experience. Keith r. Hall, director, community management staff responsible for nfip budget process, excom, intel community strategic and resource planning, and intel community processes. Rear admiral dennis c. Blair, associate director of central intel for military support, responsible for direction and coordination of intel community support to military ops. He most recently served as commander of carrier battle group. jeffrey h. Smith, general counsel is currently a partner with the law firm of arnold and porter. Dennis r. Boxx, director of public affairs, michael j. O'neil, chief of staff, responsible for operation of all aspects of office of the dci and for coordination of external relations. Brigadier general michael hagee, usmc, executive asst to the dci, for execution of all matters of special interest to the dci. Professor richard cooper, chairman of the national intel council. Dr. Cooper is a professor of gvt at harvard and a former provost of yale university. Christine williams will be reassigned to a senior position in cia. 2/12/96 caji aol.com
· 95 rear admiral dennis blair is right where spies and military cross each other's tracks. With stronger ties developing between pentagon and cia under dci deutch, blair has been nominated by deutch to make sure the intel community gives maximum support to "warfighters." When at the pentagon as deputy defense secretary, deutch had noticed blair as a leading navy proponent of creating greater awareness of the battlefield. A 25 percent reduction in intel resources had already eliminated "a lot of shops that were looking at the same thing" in intel and now objective is to "do more with same rather than eliminate redundancies." Blair graduated from the u.s. naval academy and attended oxford university as a rhodes scholar. He has served as a white house fellow and a chief of naval operations fellow in the strategic studies group. Clinton, who was a fellow rhodes scholar at oxford with blair, has nominated blair to serve at cia in the grade of vice admiral. Intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 9/25/95
· 95 senate intel committee voted 17-0 to move deputy secretary of defense john deutch's nomination for dci to the full senate. Iwr 5/8/95
· 95 the new dci deutch's father, michael deutch, was a russian jew. In 51, he went on a presidential mission as an economic adviser and became impressed with colonel lansdale - and became a lifelong friend of the colonel. In 61 lansdale recruited john deutch for his first gvt job. At 22, he became one of macnamara's whiz kids at the pentagon. John spent four years in systems analysis. He later held political posts in democratic adms and went back to academic and advisory posts in republican times. He was on president reagan's commission on nuclear strategy, bush's foreign intelligence advisory board and six other similar panels. He became rich. the cia he says "is an org suffering because it's had tremendous criticism because of its own mistakes," it does not want to admit. New york times mag 12/10/95 passim
· 95 with nomination of john m. Deutch, cia is about to get, by accident, just what it has wanted for past two years -- a forceful and well-connected director who can represent its interests at high levels of adm just when long-term future of intel community is questioned. Deutch is an old friend of woolsey's. They worked on national security issues in carter adm, and both are friends and proteges of brent scowcroft, who was bush's national security adviser. In 1983, scowcroft headed an 11-member commission on u.s. strategic forces, its democratic members included woolsey, deutch and william j. Perry. Before serving in clinton adm, deutch, 56, spent most of his life at intersection of science, academia and government. He has a doctorate in chemistry and has taught at princeton university and mit. In 1990, while serving as mit's provost, deutch wanted to become university president. But he lost out after faculty critics complained that he was a symbol of a too-cozy relationship between mit and gvt. Since 60s, deutch has served as a consultant to every administration except nixon's. In 1990, bush appointed him to president's foreign intel advisory board. Los angeles times 3/12/95 a24
· 95 with the quick retirement of hugh e. "ted" price, cia director of ops and the most senior official reprimanded in the aldrich h. Ames case, john j. "jack" devine moved up to take his place. The cia has not released an official biography of devine, who was born on 14 november 1940 in pennsylvania, but it is known that devine was ames' station chief while the latter worked in rome and spied for the russians, a fact that may not endear devine to new cia director john deutch. Devine received a bachelor's degree at west chester state college in 1962 and a master's degree at villanova university in 1964. From 1962 to 1967 he was a high school teacher. As a cia officer he was posted to santiago, chile, in 1971 and apparently was still there in 1973. On 11 september 1973, gen. Augusto pinochet overthrew the elected government of salvador allende and gave "carte blanche" to manuel contreras, head of the dina, to eliminate the regime's adversaries. It is quite likely devine knew pinochet and contreras who has just been condemned by the chile supreme court for the assassination of former chilean minister, orlando letelier, in washington in 9/76. Intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 6/5/95 30
· 95 "deutch taps democrats for cia jobs." Other than top slots, deutch appoints rear admiral dennis c. Blair to new post of associate director of central intel for military support -- to compensate for breaking with tradition by not having a military officer in the no. 2 job. Another is marine corps brig gen michael hagee, deutch's military assistant. Others named in article. Washington times 5/16/95 a4
· 96 cia director, john m. Deutch, to resign due to dissatisfaction. friends say he has never been conformable with the cia culture. "he just did not want to be here." Deutch took over in may 1995 but has made little progress toward fundamentally restructuring the intelligence community for the post-cold war world. Washington post 8/15/96 a1,14
· 96 dci deutch becoming most powerful cia chief ever. He has near veto authority over appointments of pentagon intel chiefs and other gvt agencies. Deutch only the second dci to hold cabinet rank. Goal to consolidate control over 28 separate and often feuding orgs. Deutch well-connected. Dci casey was first dci with cabinet rank. Intel community has some 100,000 people, that waste billions of dollars in redundant services. Five orgs buy or run spy satellites, while eight process and analyze photos. Time 5/6/96 43
· 96 dci deutch states he is not leaving the cia. He says, there is not a single culture but many of them. They are doing an outstanding job in supporting our forces in bosnia, in countering terrorism worldwide, in working more closely with the fbi than ever before in (worldwide) espionage operations . I am far from dismayed by our progress on intel reform. further, congress is about to reward our efforts by enacting top three objectives -- the creation of the national imagery and mapping agency, intelligence community personnel reform and dci concurrence in major intel community appointments. We will seek to do more in cia personnel reform, in implementation of the cia's strategic plans and in mission-based budgeting for all intelligence community elements. Letter to the editor washington post 8/20/96 a16
· france. Intel specialists waiting to see how dci deutch to resolve disciplinary action against paris chief of station dick holm and cia european division chief joseph detrani who were held responsible for the paris spy scandal in february 1995. Op started to "unwind" when a female cia "deep cover agent" fell in love with a frenchman who may have denounced her to french intel. Detrani wanted to drop her, but holm wanted to keep her on the job. The resulting fiasco generated an internal inquiry which is still underway. Holm finally got fed up, and also got deutch off the hook by retiring in early january. Detrani was refused cos job paris and is in "career limbo" waiting for the end of the inquiry. Intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 3/4/96 42
· france, 93-95 dci deutch faces test re disciplining the paris chief of station. The cos accepted blame for tradecraft errors that led to the exposure of an economic op and four cia officers and a female agent. An inspector general report might have forced the resignation of the cos but a few current and former senior ops officers told deutch that such an action would cause a major outcry. This the most recent conflict between deutch and do. At times he has been a major critic of the do. A senior div chief who deals with bosnia cabled criticism of the dci to field stations. problems of the do caused in part by the tremendous growth during the casey era when the overall size of the cia went up 30 percent. Other factors are the aldrich ames case and the changing of functions. The ddci, tenet, has overall supervisory role in do affairs, while day-to-day decisions on personnel, ops and other issues goes to nora slatkin. David cohen is the new do. Washington post 12/27/95 a6
· france, 96 dick holm who became an agency pariah in 95 when, as paris station chief, he was blamed for a botched intel op. Dci deutch now thinks perhaps holms was wronged and wants to honor him with the distinguished intel medal. This also to help cia morale. Newsweek 9/23/96 6
· 95 dci deutch told a press club luncheon that cia spies will continue to work with unsavory people but he is putting new limits on [who can be recruited]. Wt 9/15/95 a6
· 95 deutch orders cia "scrub its assets" - weed out agents who might embarrass cia. Disqualifying factors include "environmental abuse." newsweek 11/6/95 42
· 95 new agent recruitment guidelines. Cia for first time is going to give its undercover officers comprehensive guidelines on choosing foreign agents for recruitment. Cia director john deutch told the los angeles times that the guidelines are intended to make cia case officers more selective in recruitment of agents. Directive was prompted by controversy over cia's role in guatemala. A guatemalan army officer on cia's payroll was implicated in killings of an american in rural guatemala and the guatemalan husband of another u.s. citizen. "you are not going to be able to do the clandestine collection of intel with all wonderful and nice people. So you are going to have to balance here the character of the individual with respect to the intel you are gathering." Cia has operated under recruitment guidelines in the past, but the new standards will be the first comprehensive ones. Ap 06/20/95
· 96 rules imposed by dci deutch have restricted cia officers in recruiting members of terrorist groups. New rules bar use of recruited agents with records of human rights abuses, thus limiting a key anti-terrorism tool. cia officers cannot recruit agents with a history of assassinations, torture or serious criminal activities without a waiver from hqs. Waivers have been granted since the rules were implemented in september. Guidance sent to cia stations required officers to review agents and balance their past records with the value of their secrets. Newt gingrich accuses the clinton adm of crippling intel. Washington times 8/3/96 a4 and washington times 8/1/96 a3
· 90-94 cia report says satellite spies wasted space. New nro hqs 30% larger that needed and neither secretary defense nor dci woolsey, never approved the space requirements. Because of extra space, cia dci and defense's deutch plan to have more people move into 1 million-square-foot nro complex in westfields park in fairfax county. Details. Washington post 10/6/94 a29
· 94 senate intel committee to grill dci woolsey and john deutch deputy defense secretary on why congress in dark about new national reconnaissance office building. Washington times 10/10/94 a4
· 94-20 defense dept to ask for $27 billion, six-year spending plan for nsa and other intel groups per "defense week." Figures for nsa, dia, central imagery office. They do not include cia and nro. Publication apparently first to publish official figures for nsa, dia and the imagery office. U.s. spending this year about $28 billion. About $3 billion for cia and 6.5 billion for nro. Defense week said it got figures from an august memo signed by mr. Deutch. Nsa which intercepts and processes foreign commo as well as safeguarding u.s. voice transmissions, had a fiscal budget request of $3.47 billion. For 6 year period of 96 thru 2001, pentagon will ask that nsa get $21.4 billion. Request for dia, which collects and processes military intel, totals about $4 billion. Its 1995 request was $621.9 million. Central imagery office coordinates dissemination of satellite imagery for military use, asked for $122.6 million in 95. Pentagon wants it to get $1.5 billion for 1996-2001 period. Washington times 8/29/94 a4
· 95 deutch ordered an investigation into how national reconnaissance office stashed away one to 1.7 billion dollars without informing supervisors or congress. Nro builds and operates spy satellites. Washington post 9/25/95 a7
· latin america, 95 cia is scrutinizing latin american ops after recent disclosures about cia's link to individuals involved in 90 slaying of an american citizen in guatemala. Dci deutch has asked all latin american station chiefs for reports describing purposes of their offices. Review reportedly prompted by the threat of steep cuts in cia's budget. Agency has already shut down nearly one dozen small stations in africa and may consolidate its latin american outposts in order to cut costs. Los angeles times 6/24/95
· libya, 95-96 qadhafi has a firm hold on power but relies heavily on his security forces to suppress sporadic violent unrest by a growing islamic opposition and rival tribes. Libya is now building world's largest underground chemical weapons plant in a mountain near tarhunnah. From dci john deutch's "worldwide threat assessment brief to the ssci" on 2/22/96. iwr 2/24/96
· 95 "ex-spooks take over internet domain name registration." The national science foundation has turned over internet domain name registration to network solutions, inc. (nsi) of herndon, va. Web review, a biweekly online magazine will reveal that nsi was purchased in may by scientific applications international corp (saic) of san diego. Saic is a $2 billion company indicted by the justice department on ten felony counts for fraud in managing a superfund toxic cleanup site (saic pleaded guilty) and sued by the justice dept for civil fraud on an f-15 fighter contract. Saic's board members include admiral bobby inman, former nsa head and deputy director of the cia; melvin laird, nixon's defense secretary; and retired general max thurman, commander of the panama invasion. Recently departed board members include robert gates, former cia director; william perry, current secretary of defense; and john deutch, current dci. Saic gvt contracts include re-engineering info systems at the pentagon, automation of fbi's computerized fingerprint identification system, and building a national criminal history info system. Eplurib first.megalinx.net 9/26/95
· 96 cia has initiated new collection activities to uncover foreign intent to use information warfare (iw) attacks against us systems. New activities include new methods in addition to traditional methods such as humint and sigint. Cia is working with the fbi and doj on iw threat analysis. Dci john deutch said in a prepared statement for the us senate committee on governmental affairs permanent subcommittee on investigations that he believes that foreign organized crime is behind some of the hacker attacks against the private sector. Cia analysts are working on ways to assess the status of foreign iw programs. Dci john deutch is talking with the dod about reorganizing current iw efforts and creating a new center at the nsa. dia analysts are working on ways to understand the warning indicators signaling an imminent or planned iw attack against the us. National intelligence council (nic) is preparing an nie on iw. Dci john deutch has directed nic to complete the nie by 12/1/96. Iwr 7/3/96
· 96 mid-july, clinton issued an executive order creating the infrastructure protection task force (iptf) "to detect, prevent, halt or confine" terrorist assaults, especially "cyberterrorism." This follows dci deutch's early-july senate testimony that cyberspace attacks were one of the top threats to u.s. national security. Deutch wants a cyberwar center at nsa when what's really needed is better design and management of known technologies and well-programmed introduction of newer technologies. U.s. defense specialists setting up the six-man info warfare team at the u.s. air force rome laboratory in new york state, to address this "major national security threat." Modern info technologies require, as recommended in a study, "the unintended consequences of info age technologies", published this summer by the institute for national strategic studies of the u.s. national defense university in fort mcnair near washington. The federal government is forging ahead with authoritarian measures intended to control modern communications. On 25 july, the house approved funding for the fbi's "digital telephony" bill which would fund wiretaps without public oversight. Freeh's point was made on 18 august when someone trashed doj's home page. Intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 9/9/96 1
· 96 traditional methods by the nation's intel agencies are not enough to stave off attacks by terrorists or hackers on vital u.s. computer systems, per dci deutch. Testifying before a senate panel he called for gvt to establish "deep cooperation" with high-tech industry to protect the nation's info infrastructure. Deutch said a growing dependence worldwide on telecommunications and computer networks has fostered with it a vulnerability to attacks that could in essence cripple the backbone of the nation's communications infrastructure. Deutch said that u.s. defenses have not caught up to the rapid growth of computer technology that has presented a new range of security concerns to counter. International terrorist groups clearly have the capability to attack info infrastructure of the u.s. successful attacks against communications systems through the internet, require more than basic computer literacy. Terrorist groups are increasingly using internet for communications. Foreign organized crime is behind some of the many intrusions committed by hackers on u.s. banks and telecommunications companies. The intel community has taken measures to estimate both intent and capabilities of foreign entities to attack u.s. commo targets. An inter-agency critical infrastructure security group, made up of the cia, the pentagon and the fbi, established to identify vulnerability in the domestic infrastructure. Group is scheduled to release a security threat assessment by 12/1/96. National security agency is presently reorganizing specifically for info warfare, and is creating an info warfare technology center in fort meade, md. Details for the center must still be worked out, but it is being designed as "more of a place to build a toolbox to threat assessment, do analysis, rather than a place to get involved in actual law enforcement or op decisions." Upi 6/25/96 washington post 6/26/96 a19
· iraq, 91-96 dci deutch told congress saddam has emerged stronger politically from his recent confrontation with the u.s. turkey has shown a greater willingness to deal directly with saddam. And iraq has won concessions from the u.n. in seeking to sell oil again. Washington times 9/20/96 a1,16
· iraq, 91-96 iraqi president saddam is politically stronger now in the middle east than he was before sending his troops into n. Iraq and still poses a threat to u.s. and middle east interests. Dci deutch when speaking to the senate intel committee. Washington post 9/20/96 a1,29
· 95 u.s.a. - cia/pentagon fight heats up. Fight again reached the headlines on 11/17/95 when the "washington post" titled "cia and pentagon battle for spying rights." But on 12/8 deutch took a very big step toward rigging the balance in favor of the pentagon by issuing a 19-page report concerning the 95 kgb "handouts" which ended up as "blue border" top secret intelligence reports given to the president and high government officials despite pentagon declarations that such single source reports did not influence major defense decisions which are based on multiple source analyses, deutch's report maintains consequences were "enormous" and caused pentagon to step up spending by hundreds of millions of dollars. This is patently false since reagan and dci casey would have upped defense spending even if cia intel recommended the opposite. Casey's use of cia to fabricate the "bulgarian connection" in the assassination attempt against john paul ii and to portray kgb as mastermind of world terrorism are perfect examples of this policy. Intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 12/11/95 43
· 95 "militarization" of the cia. There is fear that new dci deutch is going to "militarize" cia and turn it into an appendage of pentagon. On 5/30/95 deutch called for greater cia-pentagon cooperation in intel collection and stressed that a flagship project will be establishment of a new national imagery office to replace central imagery office, a joint pentagon-cia office. Deutch is also calling for more reliance on "open source intel," where pentagon has a clear lead over cia. Intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 6/19/95 36
· bosnia-herzegovina, 96 u.s. spy agencies are teaming to provide a web of intel on bosnia-herzegovina to u.s. and allied commanders in "unprecedented cooperation" between covert organizations. Info gathered by various cia and dia operatives roaming countryside -- as well as via latest in high-tech wizardry -- provides intel about potential threats to u.s. and nato forces. cia director john deutch, has made the mission in bosnia a "top priority" for the agency. Deutch and defense secretary perry have pressed for a quicker turnaround in the delivery of intel. The method for delivering that kind of intel has been streamlined and the "sensor-to-shooter time," reduced. "dozens" of intel agents fanned throughout bosnia working with the troops there. Cia and the pentagon deploying an integrated covert outfit called the defense humint service to gather info about radical groups in areas where forces are deployed. They try to find out: "what are the leaders thinking, what are the plans of the group, what are they going to do?" A chief concern regarding the safety of troops in bosnia is the estimated 6 million land mines scattered throughout the countryside. A cia case officer, acting as an agent with dhs, was recently "able to get a hold of" the exact procedures that one of the warring parties had used to put in the minefields in an area near allied soldiers. While the bosnian serb and bosnian government armies have supplied details of where many of the mine fields are, "it's always nice to have the other guy's manual to know how ... His people were instructed to lay the mines as you go into those fields and want to check them out for yourself." Upi 1/18/96
· 96 release of report of commission on roles and capabilities of u.s. intel community and earlier release of council on foreign relations (cfr) report, "making intel smarter," reveals that cia arises anew and strengthened after each disaster because it is covert action arm of corporate america, not an intel agency. Multinationals since world war two have been building a world order and use cia as a tool for maintaining hegemony of u.s. and transnational elite. This is its purpose and its "intel" is only an excuse for its covert ops. "roles" report recommends maintaining capacity to conduct covert ops; striping pentagon of its authority to recruit spies and transferring it to cia; and, giving dci deutch more power. Earlier cfr report called for allowing cia to use media, clergy and peace corps for cover and to re-empower cia to conduct ops that might involve assassinations of foreign leaders. U.s. has three main weapons for dealing with recalcitrant regimes: national endowment for democracy (ned); military; and, cia. Ned operates fairly openly after assuming more benign political action ops of cia in 1983. Military is available for a supermarket variety of interventions as outlined in book by cfr's richard n. Haass, "intervention: the use of american military force in post-cold war world," and, covert ops of cia. Ciabase 3/96
· ussr, 85-95 cia still struggling to evaluate extent of damage of the aldrich ames case more than 14 months after his conviction. Assessment was due in july but dci deutch wants the report expanded. Richard haver, who is managing the study has concluded that deep flaws in the ci system played a greater role than mistakes of any individual officer. The polygraph is used as a crutch. Ames not being fully cooperative. Washington post 6/28/95 a15
· 76-96 dci deutch testifies and defends use of reporters in exceptional cases - but does not say when exceptions would be granted. Former dci gates said he believed after 76 two exceptions were made. Washington post 2/23/96 a17
· 95 pentagon to receive bigger share in humint because cia's personnel are ill-equipped to run non-official cover (noc) outfits. Dci deutch says military better for running front companies that are currently being set up under the defense human intel service (dhis). Intelligence newsletter 12/7/95 5
· 96 dci deutch said the cia retained the right to use u.s. journalists or their organizations as cover but only under restrictive regulations published 19 years ago. Washington post 2/17/96 a6
· 96 dci deutch wont rule out use of journalists as cover for cia ops. washington post 4/19/96 a21
· libya, 96 "target gaddafi again." He is building a huge plant to make nerve gas and the cia is trying to stop it. Plant is underground and huge per cia. U.s. has waged an intensive covert battle to prevent gaddafi from finishing his factory. Cia officers and state dept diplomats have disrupted the global net in basically successful op rabta-ii. In march deutch told congress that libya was busy building the "world's largest underground chemical-weapons plant." Time 4/1/96 46-7
· libya, 95-96 following cia revealing the chemical and biological weapons plant at rabta, gadhafi made the decision to go underground. His new chemo-bio plant is in a hollowed-out mountain 64 km southeast of tripoli, according to dci deutch's recent statement before the sic. It covers 15 square km, already stores 100 tons of chemo-bio weapons and could be completed by 1997 or 1998. Plans have been obtained from germany and austria construction companies working on the project. Cia is revealing plant now because at least one secret u.s. reconnaissance team, sent in to obtain intel, and photos, was eliminated. U.s. decided to "go public" to stop the project. Intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 3/4/96 68
· vietnam. Cia lost 17 employees and contractors over 30 years in vietnam and laos. "first and last casualties of conflict in indochina were intel officers," cia chief john deutch said at an annual memorial service for cia personnel killed in the line of duty. First cia casualty was an army officer assigned to oss forerunner of cia, killed in a vietminh ambush in 1945. Last was a retired cia officer who returned during 75 communist capture of saigon. He was arrested and imprisoned and died in captivity some six months later. During height of war, from 1965 through 1975, we lost 15 more agency people in vietnam and laos. Reuter 6/1/95
· 95 dod's role in intel expanding. Dci deutch has encouraged shift to pentagon. At pentagon, military intel board (mib) chaired by dy dia, is planning implementation of any bosnian peace-keeping mission and related intel. Washington post 11/16/95 a21
· 96 maj. Gen. Patrick m. Hughes has run intel ops for jcs since 8/94 and had postings in vietnam, japan, korea and florida hqs of central command with responsibility for collecting intel on middle east. Hughes, 53, has worked closely with sod perry and dci deutch in setting up intel ops in bosnia. Dia employs an estimated 6,500 people with a budget of about $600 million. It has officers in most embassies responsible for collecting info relevant to potential or on-going military combat. Washington post 1/25/96 a9
· 9-95 clinton expected dci woolsey to downsize and reinvent cia - instead he became loyal defender. Clinton adm instead of getting credit for discovery of aldrich ames case was criticized for light punishments handed out. Problem over noise over new nro hqs in n. Virginia. Woolsey defended agency and fought for high intel budgets. Number of people named as possible successors to be dci are: dave mccurdy, john m. Deutch, james lilly, frederick hitz. Washington post 1/13/95 a21
· 93-96 25 year decorated veteran of cia and a leading cia "dissident," ralph mcgehee has written to president clinton and cia director deutch to complain about law enforcement harassment in herndon, virginia, where he lives. Mcgehee is the creator of the ciabase computer data base program (int, n. 29/6 & 32/5 & 16) and continues to produce pointed criticism of the cia and its activity. In particular, mr. Mcgehee fears a "set up" by local police to get him locked up and away from his computer to hinder his work. He wrote a similar letter last year, but says it had little effect. intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 4/1/96 19
· 82-96 dci deutch answers a question after a speech at georgetown u. 9/5/96 re articles in the san jose mercury that cia was involved with those connected with the drug trafficking trade in the early '80s in southern california. Deutch: there has been extensive reporting in the san jose mercury newspaper that in the past, there was a cia connection between drug traffickers from colombia. First of all, we've reviewed past information. there have been frequent past independent studies. They're finding no connection whatsoever. I have just written today to congressman maxine waters, to senator boxer, and to congressman dicks, who have raised inquiries about this, that we have asked our independent inspector general to take a fresh look at it again. To the best of our knowledge, there has not been the connection that was alleged in the san jose newspaper.... email duane taurus.oac.uci.edu 9/5/96
· 95-96 from dci deutch's "worldwide threat assessment to the ssci" on 2/22/96. Enough coca leaf was grown to produce nearly 800 metric tons of cocaine. Despite the disruptions caused by the arrests and surrender last summer of seven of its eight top leaders, the infrastructure and ops continue. Illicit worldwide opium production exceeded 4,000 metric tons in 1995, enough to produce nearly 400 metric tons of heroin. Burma is source of most heroin available in us, but opium production in afghanistan has skyrocketed since 1990 and colombia has surpassed mexico as largest producer of opium in western hemisphere. States of former soviet union are becoming a major conduit for heroin. The intel community also developed an aerial imagery reconnaissance tracking and plotting system to help better manag |
