Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence

to identify gaps in intelligence for political leaders and relate that infor- mation to decision makers, a very sensitive issue ...

are better placed objectively to evaluate raw intelligence. Analysts them- selves often are subject to political pressures—after ...

The historical antipathy to intelligence is now part of the political culture and still affects the American psyche. The history ...

statue, with the inscription “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,” now stands in front of the Central ...

As the side rebelling against an established government, the Confed- erates undertook more intelligence operations than the Unio ...

of foreign governments in order to read their secret correspondence and to make their own more secure. The State Department esta ...

Period of Professionalization, 1945–Present At the end of the war, President Harry S. Truman and his advisors fol- lowed America ...

act the advisor to the president on intelligence matters. The act also gave the DCI command of the CIA. The CIA’s limited mandat ...

Technological innovations in the post–World War II environment prompted new intelligence advances. The National Security Agency ...

A joint study group in 1958 recommended the consolidation of mili- tary intelligence agencies within the Office of the Secretary ...

from engaging in assassinations and initiated the “finding” process. Ex- ecutive orders during the Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Cart ...

The end of the Cold War in the early 1990s brought a call to down- size the national security apparatus in the U.S. government, ...

ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act now endows the DNI with the authority ...

the executive branch and so reflect the bureaucratic imperatives of their cabinet secretaries. The CIA, on the other hand, is an ...

Because the heads of IC agencies—except the CIA—reported di- rectly to their policy principals, the DCI’s relative position in t ...

Some of the changes that U.S. intelligence will experience are already in the offing, what with the establishment of the positio ...

The Dictionary 1 – A – ABEL, RUDOLPH (1903–1971). Rudolph Abel was a Soviet illegal agent who organized spy networks and acquire ...

inspector general, who is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. AFGHANISTAN.SeeMUJAHIDEEN, AFGHAN. AIR AMERICA ...

wide array of support services. In addition, Air Force ISR contributes to national intelligence capabilities by operating a worl ...

ground in a gentle glide of 90 miles per hour, while a mechanic in the airplane let out a 50-foot steel cable, with a four-finge ...