The Central Intelligence Agency

Name: The Central Intelligence Agency | Security Under Scrutiny
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Security Under Scrutiny

Athan G. Theoharis Richard H. Immerman Kathryn Olmsted John Prados(Autor*in)

Greenwood Press

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Erschienen am 30. Dezember 2005

400 Seiten

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Intro
Contents
Series Foreword
Acronyms
Introduction
1 A Brief History of the CIA
U.S. Intelligence from the Revolution through World War II
The Dissolution of OSS and the Origins of the CIA
The Creation of the CIA
The Early Years of the CIA, 1947-1949
The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 and Reorganizing the CIA
The Origins of CIA Covert Operations
The Directorship of Walter Bedell Smith
The Directorship of Allen Dulles
CIA Covert Operations during the 1950s
The Origins of CIA Technical Intelligence-the U-2 and CORONA
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Directorship of John McCone and the Cuban Missile Crisis
The CIA and the Vietnam Crisis
The Nixon Presidency and the CIA
Watergate and the Church and Pike Committee Investigations
The Post-1975 Debate over the CIA
The Iranian Hostage Crisis
President Reagan "Unleashes" the CIA
The Iran-Contra Affair
The End of the Cold War and the Collapse of Communism
Afghanistan, Iraq, the Balkans-and the CIA's Post-Cold War Role
A New Threat-Islamic Terrorism
The September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attack
The Second Iraq War
Reorganizing the Intelligence Community
2 The Liaison Arrangements of the Central Intelligence Agency
The Organizational Framework of American Intelligence
The National Security Council
The Director of National Intelligence
Accountability
The Organization of the Central Intelligence Agency
Cultures in Conflict
The Difficulties of Managing the CIA
CIA Liaison within the Executive Branch
The White House
The Policy Departments and Agencies
The Intelligence Community
Liaison Challenges within the Executive Branch
CIA Liaison with the Legislative Branch
A Failure to Communicate
The Key to Successful Legislative Liaison: Executive Branch Cooperation
The Barrier of Excessive Secrecy
Member Motivation
Reporting Requirements
Co-optation
CIA Liaison with Foreign Intelligence Services
The Raison d'Etre for Intelligence Cooperation
The Scope of Foreign Intelligence Liaison
Counterintelligence Liaison
Liaison with International Organizations
3 A World of Secrets: Intelligence and Counterintelligence
Early Cold War
Intelligence Comes of Age
Technological Spying: The U-2 and Other Interception Projects
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The CORONA Project and Communications Interception
The Polyakov Defection and HUMINT
The Directorate of Science and Technology
Vietnam
Retrenchment and Reagan
The Team B Exercise
The People's Republic of China
Soviet Defense Capabilities
Central America, the Nicaraguan Contras, and Afghanistan
1985-"The Year of the Spy
Brave New World
The New World of Snakes
The Counterterrorist Center
The Clinton Presidency and the New Terrorist Threat
The September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attack, the Iraq War, and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
4 A New Agency: The Origins and Expansion of CIA Covert Operations
Origins of CIA Covert Operations: NSC 4A, NSC 10/2
Office of Policy Coordination and the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949
Iranian and Guatemalan Coups
NSC 5412
South Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia
Bay of Pigs and Operation MONGOOSE
Assassination Planning: Congo, Dominican Republic, South Vietnam, Chile
Congress for Cultural Freedom, National Student Association, Operation CHAOS
Hughes-Ryan, Angola, Intelligence Oversight Act
Iran-Contra
Terrorism, al Qaeda, the Kean Commission
5 Lapdog or Rogue Elephant? CIA Controversies from 1947 to 2004
The Creation of the Agency and the "Internal Security" Ban
The 1950s: Unquestioned Support
The 1960s: A New Era of Scrutiny
Operation CHAOS
The Kennedy Assassination and CIA Conspiracy Theories
The CIA and Watergate
The Post-Watergate Investigations and the "Year of Intelligence
Frank Church and the "Rogue Elephant
Otis Pike and the Imperial Presidency
Watchdogs and Whistle-Blowers
Internal Conflicts: Team B, the Helms Perjury Case, and the Nosenko Affair
The "Year of the Spy
The CIA and Iran-Contra
Dark Alliance: The CIA and Drugs
The Failure of Intelligence before 9/11
The "Sixteen Words" and Intelligence Manipulation
Conclusion
6 Biographies of Important CIA Administrators
7 Chronology of Key Events
Annotated Bibliography
Index
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