sunken vessel. Henry A. Kissinger, national security advisor, ap-
proved the plan to raise the wreckage. Aspecial ship, the Glomar Ex-
plorer,was built by a mining company owned by billionaire Howard
Hughes. On 12 August 1974, the Glomar Explorerand a submersible
barge used a large mechanical claw to recover about half of the sub-
marine, along with some weapons and the remains of several sailors.
The operation gave the United States valuable information about the
design of soviet nuclear submarines and their capabilities. The U.S.
government gave the Soviet sailors full military honors and returned
their remains to the Soviet Unionwhen the operation became public.
See alsoCOVERTACTION.JEREMIAH COMMISSION. Director of Central Intelligence
(DCI)George J. Tenetin the summer of 1998asked Admiral David
Jeremiah to investigate the performance of the intelligence commu-
nity (IC) in assessing India’s nuclear tests, which had taken place in
May 1998 to the surprise of the IC. The commission found that the
work of intelligence analysts was based on faulty assumptions, which
were not examined; information was too compartmented to be use-
fully integrated; there was inadequate utilization of existing collec-
tion resources; policymakers paid little attention to intelligence re-
quirements; and intelligence structures and jurisdictions continued to
be ambiguous. However, the commission did acknowledge the fact
that the Indian tests posed difficult collection problems, largely be-
cause India went to great lengths to hide its preparations, and only a
few Indian leaders were aware of the test plans.JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES (1908–1973).The 36th president of
the United States between 1963 and 1969. Lyndon B. Johnson rose to
prominence in 1960 when Democratic Party candidate John F.
Kennedychose Johnson as his vice president. Until then, Lyndon B.
Johnson had represented Texas in Congress. When President
Kennedy was assassinated on 22 November 1963, Vice President
Johnson was sworn in as president.
Initially, President Johnson focused on domestic issues, vowing to
continue President Kennedy’s legacy. In 1964, after being elected by
the widest margin of votes in American history, he put forth a civil
rights bill and a tax cut and urged the nation to build a “great soci-104 • JEREMIAH COMMISSION05-398 (2) Dictionary.qxd 10/20/05 6:27 AM Page 104