The Central Intelligence Agency

963 Pages·2015·3.82 MB·English

The Central
Intelligence Agency

The Central
Intelligence Agency
An Encyclopedia of Covert Ops,
Intelligence Gathering, and Spies
Volume 1
Jan Goldman, editor
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Central Intelligence Agency: an encyclopedia of covert ops, intelligence gathering,
and spies / Jan Goldman, Editor.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-61069-091-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61069-092-8 (ebook)
1. United States. Central Intelligence Agency—Encyclopedias. 2. Intelligence service—
United States—Encyclopedias. I. Goldman, Jan.
JK468.I6C457 2016
327.1273003—dc23 2013042649
ISBN: 978-1-61069-091-1
EISBN: 978-1-61069-092-8
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Contents
VOLUME ONE
List of Entries vii
Preface xiii
Introduction xv
Timeline of Central Intelligence Agency and Intelligence
Activities, 1939–2015 xxi
A–Z Entries 1–412
VOLUME TWO: dOCUMENTS
List of Primary Documents vii
1940s 413
1950s–1960s 463
1970s–1980s 543
1990–2014 649
Bibliography 841
Editor and Contributors 849
About the Editor 855
Index 857
v

List of Entries
Afghanistan 1
Agee, Philip 4
Air America 5
Air Reconnaissance 8
ajax, Operation 10
Alec Station 12
Al Harethi Drone Strike 14
Allende Gossens, Salvador 16
Ames, Aldrich 17
Angleton, James 19
Animal Farm 21
Arbenz Guzmán, Jacobo 22
artichoke, Operation 26
Assassination 27
A-12 Blackbird 29
azorian, Project 31
Barnett, David 35
Bay of Pigs Invasion 36
Berlin Blockade and Airlift 38
Berlin Spy Carousel 41
Berlin Tunnel 43
Bird & Sons 44
Bissell, Richard Mervin, Jr. 45
Blackmail 46
Blowback 47
bluebird, Project 48
Book of Honor 50
Boyce, Christopher 50
Brigade 2506 52
vii
viii|List of Entries
Buckley, William F. 54
Casey, William 57
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 58
Central Intelligence Agency Information Act of 1984 59
Central Intelligence Group 61
chaos, Operation 62
Cherkashin, Victor 64
Chile 65
Church Committee 67
Clandestine Services 70
Coercive Interrogation 71
Colby, William 73
Cold War and the CIA 76
Communications Intelligence 78
congress, Operation 81
Contractors 84
Contras 87
Copeland, Miles 88
corona Program 90
Counterterrorism Center 91
Cuba 95
Cubela, Rolando 98
“Curveball” 100
Cyber Security 101
Dark Alliance Series 103
Data Mining 104
Dawe, Amos 105
Dead Drop 106
Deutch Rules 107
Disinformation 111
Domestic Spying 112
Donovan, William 114
Dooley, Thomas A., III 116
Double Agents 118
Drones 120
Drug Trafficking 122
Dulles, Allen 125
echelon System 129
List of Entries|ix
Eclipse Group 130
Eisenhower, Dwight David 131
Electronic Intelligence 134
Falcon and Snowman 137
“Family Jewels” 139
Farfield Foundation 142
Favaro Affair 143
FBI Relations 144
5412 Special Group 145
Ford Foundation 146
Foreign Broadcast Information Service 147
Freedom of Information Act 149
Front Organizations 151
Garber, Joy Ann 153
Gee, Elizabeth Ethel 154
Gehlen, Reinhard 155
Gladio Network 157
Glomar Explorer 159
Goleniewski, Michael 160
Golitsyn, Anatoliy 161
Goss, Porter 162
Guatemalan Intervention 164
Guevara, Che 166
Gulf of Tonkin Incident 168
gusto, Project 171
Handwriting Analysis 173
Hekmati, Amir 175
Helms, Richard 177
Hersh, Seymour 178
Howard, Edward Lee 181
ht-lingual, Operation 182
Hughes-Ryan Amendment 183
Huk Rebellion 185
Human Intelligence 187
Huston Plan 189
Hypnosis 189
Image Intelligence 193
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency 195