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143753
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The US developed the capability to see and reproduce photo imagery taken by Soviet satellites crossing the American landmass, according to notes of a conversation between DCI John McCone and Secretary of State Dean Rusk in 1963. We analyze the implications of this conversation, and report results of a literature search to explore how the US might have developed such a capability, and whether it lasted.
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146421
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The 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy (JFK)'s assassination passed in November 2013, but the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) still refuses to declassify numerous documents related to major events of his presidency. How many individuals have unsuccessfully requested declassification of JFK-era papers in the past decade is unknown, but a few scholars have publicized the existence of particular documents that, despite their Freedom of Information (FOIA) or Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) requests, are still being kept secret. Among the unsuccessful have been efforts of the National Security Archive to get the CIA to declassify a major document relating to the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs operation in Cuba. I have an indirect relationship with that document and the related declassification I have pursued unsuccessfully for the past nine years. Most of them describe congressional testimony by CIA leaders about Agency operations in the 1961–1963 timeframe in various locales, including Cuba and Vietnam.
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143749
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This article explores the first nomination for Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) that was seriously contested in the US Senate. Unlike three previous DCIs who headed the Central Intelligence Agency, John A. McCone faced harsh criticism from some in the news media and 12 negative votes in the US Senate after he was nominated for the position by President John F. Kennedy. The article considers factors, including McCone's personal attributes and recent years' controversies about the CIA, as reasons that provoked some opposition to his confirmation as DCI.
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149467
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On 26 July 1962, the New York Times published a front-page story by reporter Hanson Baldwin which, among many things, showed the vulnerability of Soviet land-based missiles, in the event of a first strike by the US. Drawing at least indirectly from a National Intelligence Estimate, it also showed how US intelligence had obtained that information. The story infuriated President John F. Kennedy, who believed it harmed the security of the United States. This article details an aggressive FBI investigation of who had leaked to Baldwin, as well as an initiative at the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct its own future leak investigations inside the US, both authorized by President Kennedy.
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064867
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091239
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2009.
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Congressional monitoring of intelligence activities has always been somewhat controversial, but its roots go back to the founding era of the United States, when the new Constitution gave both the President and Congress important roles in foreign affairs.
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155210
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This article notes that it was a student who suggested to me that I teach a course on intelligence. After some thought, I acted on his idea. Selecting books for the course was a significant task. One ‘lesson learned’ in doing so was that, while some books on intelligence can be great reading for those already knowledgeable on the basics, they can be too sophisticated for undergraduates who (like most Americans) are ignorant about U.S. intelligence agencies and their place in the larger government. Other books have been nearly perfect for such students. Since Villanova University is a few hours from Washington, D.C., students have rarely encountered anyone who actually works in intelligence. Therefore, bringing alumni of our school who do just that work back to campus helps the course seem less ‘ivory tower’ to students. As I am a historian, as much as a political scientist, I find that certain documents I have found in archives can be fascinating reading for students in the course.
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