HISTORY (OPERATION). Following the overthrow of Guatemalan
president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman by the Central Intelligence
Agency(CIA) in June 1954, the agency launched a follow-up opera-
tion to gather and exploit the documents of the Guatemalan Commu-
nist Party. Operation History apparently collected a large number of
records—more than 150,000 documents, not including government
records—making it, according to declassified U.S. government
records, the greatest cache of documents ever left behind by a Com-
munist Party, at least in quantitative terms. In addition, experts say
that, aside from efforts to overthrow Cuba’s Fidel Castroin the early
1960s, Operation History has been the covert operation most written
about during the Cold War. See alsoSUCCESS (OPERATION).HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.The Homeland Security
Act of 2002, signed into law on 25 November 2002, established the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prevent terroristat-
tacks within the United States, reduce the United States’vulnerabil-
ity to terrorism, minimize the damages from attacks that occur, and
help to recover from any attacks. The new department’s primary re-
sponsibilities include: analyzing information and protecting infra-
structure; developing countermeasures against chemical, biological,
radiological, and nuclear attacks; securing U.S. borders and trans-
portation systems; organizing emergency preparedness and response
efforts; and coordinating counterterrorism activities with other fed-
eral agencies, state and local governments, and the private sector. The
DHS incorporates over 30 existing federal agencies or portions of
agencies. Each of these agencies continues to be responsible for car-
rying out its other, non-homeland-security functions.HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL.SeePRESIDENT’S HOME-
LAND SECURITYADVISORYCOUNCIL.HONEYMAN, JOHN (1729?–1822?). One of George Washington’s
most effective operatives during the Revolutionary War. Honeyman,
who lived in Griggstown, New Jersey, posed as a Loyalist but was in
fact a Patriot spy. He is supposed to have alerted George Washington
to the lack of discipline among the British-allied Hessian troops in
Trenton. He also spread disinformationby assuring the HessianHONEYMAN, JOHN•8905-398 (2) Dictionary.qxd 10/20/05 6:27 AM Page 89