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Project Mudhen,
212–213

Project Pointer,
66–68

Project Resistance,
35–36

Project Rifle,
171

Project Shamrock,
82–85
,
87–96
,
98
,
111–112
,
278
; World War II origins of,
82

propaganda,
192

Psychological Strategy Board,
231

psychological warfare,
66

public confidence: erosion of,
4
; importance of,
5

publishing.
See
books; journalists

Puhl, Richard,
265
,
271

The Puzzle Palace
(Bamford),
232

Quakers/American Friends Service Committee,
60
,
75

Quicksilver Times
,
51

Raborn, William F.,
71
,
198–200

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty,
202
,
207

Radio Hanoi,
40

radio transmission,
108

Rafalko, Frank,
40
,
41–43
,
51

Ramparts
magazine,
40–41
,
198–203
,
218

Random House,
205

Ransom, Harry Howe,
239
,
330–331

Rast, Benjamin D.,
181

RCA Global Communications,
82

Reagan, Ronald: executive order defining “special activities,”
101
,
175
; and Iran-Contra,
295–297
,
319
; member of Rockefeller commission,
30
,
163

reclassification and/or seizure of files,
231–232

recruiters, CIA campus,
35
,
86

Regan, Donald T.,
297
,
301

renditions: of Abu Zubaydah,
130–131
; “blowback” regarding,
316
; Bush “extraordinary rendition,”
130
; Cheney support of,
326
; Clinton administration rules on,
130
; expansion of,
321
; Hayden briefings on,
312
; Italian conviction of CIA agents over,
149
; literature on,
268
; number of,
142–143
; under Obama,
158
; post-9/11,
127
; pre-9/11 cases of,
129–130
; prosecutions in countries cooperating with,
148–150
; from Sweden to Egypt,
129

Republican National Convention,
52–53

“Restless Youth” paper,
46
,
341n15

Reston, James,
214

Resurrection City,
38

Rice, Condoleezza,
106
,
135–136
,
147
,
151
,
157

Richardson, Elliott,
87–88

Ridgway, Matthew B.,
31

Risen, James,
265

Rizzo, John A.,
328
; confirmation hearings for,
183–184
; and destruction of torture tapes,
155–156
; and drone program,
178
,
180
,
183–184
; and HT/Lingual,
177
; and Iran-Contra,
176–177
; legal arguments for hostile interrogation,
137
,
177–178
; on meaning of assassination prohibitions,
177
; personal and professional history of,
175–177
; tour of black prisons,
153

Roberts, Pat,
146
,
153

Rocca, Raymond,
70–71

Rockefeller, Jay IV,
102
,
138–139

Rockefeller, Nelson A.,
24

Rockefeller Commission,
1
; Angleton statement on Nosenko case,
120
; announcement of,
33–34
; and Belin report,
163–166
; composition of,
30–31
; destruction of files prompted by,
56–57
; Ford on credibility of,
160
; Nelson Rockefeller picked to lead,
24
,
31
; Rockefeller requesting Colby to hold back,
34
; suggested by John Marsh,
28–29

Rodriguez, Jose,
328
; on Abu Ghraib,
152
; and Abu Omar,
152
; on Abu Zubaydah,
130–133
,
352n42
; on al-Nashiri interrogation,
144
; assassination team concept,
189
; attempt to suppress Priest story,
154
; and black prisons,
155
; on briefing NSC, Alberto Gonzales,
136
; and Cheney CIA briefing,
153
; on CIA forward-looking mindset,
350n23
; claim of Pelosi briefing,
138–139
; on dealing with Greece,
151
; destruction of torture tapes,
145–146
,
152
,
155–157
,
313–314
,
328
,
352n56
; and FBI,
135
,
351n34
; and firing of Grenier,
157
; identity of protected,
250
; immunity from prosecution,
314
; interrogation methods under,
142–150
; memoir of,
268
,
272
; and mock execution,
145
; and “operational tempo,”
148
,
151
,
153
; and Predator program,
183
; professional history of,
141–143
; promoted to head CTC,
142
; public identification of,
313

“rogue elephants” claim,
318–319

Romania,
143

Roosevelt, Archie,
55

The Rope Dancer
(Marchetti),
236

Rosenthal, Abe,
10
,
160–161

Rositzke, Harry,
257

Ross, Thomas B.,
203–205
,
214
,
252

Rosselli, Johnny,
169

Rostow, Walt W.,
163
,
165
,
199
,
325

Rozen, Laura,
271

rule of law, centrality of,
5

Rumsfeld, Donald: and creation of CIFA,
60
; and electronic surveillance issue,
96
; and enhanced interrogation,
148
; Kissinger memorandum to,
337n3
; and White House reaction to Hirsh story,
23–26
,
60
,
96
,
148
,
337n3

Rush to Judgment
(Kennedy),
206

Rusk, Dean,
30–31
,
198

Russo, Anthony,
209

Salisbury, Harrison,
197
,
221

Sammy the Fish Man,
214–215

Sanchez, Carlos Ramirez (“the Jackal”),
129

Sanchez, Larry,
62

Saturday Evening Post
,
197
,
219

Saudi Arabia: and Beirut bombing,
258
; copier machine bomber from,
187
; and Iran-Contra,
292
,
295
,
305
,
319
; restricting U.S. access to suspects,
132

Saxbe, William B.,
89

Schecter, Jerrold,
227–228

Scheer, Robert,
199–200

Scheuer, Michael,
182
,
266

Schlesinger, James R.: Church Committee testimony of,
92
; culling of CIA files ordered by,
10
,
13
,
17–18
; and Ellsberg break-in,
15–16
; on failure to inform president,
21
; knowledge of Hersh's investigation,
14
; as Nixon's secretary of defense,
19
,
87
; and OMB review of CIA spending,
49
; picked by Nixon to streamline CIA,
13–15

Schorr, Daniel,
161–163
,
216

Schroen, Gary C.,
181
,
268–269

Schweid, Barry,
27

Scott, James,
233–234

Scott, Paul J.,
194–195
,
234

Scoville, Herbert,
75–76

Scowcroft, Brent,
25
,
90
,
96
,
163

secrecy: CIA as fortress of,
330–332
; dangers of,
323–324
; failures of,
274
; presidential violations of,
324–325

Secret Service,
38
,
45
,
52
,
84–85
,
87

security classification,
322

Seeger, Murray,
248

Senate, U.S.: Appropriations Committee,
17
; Pastore call for investigation,
11
; Watergate hearings,
14

September 11 attacks: CIA apprehension of terrorists,
127–128
; CIA failure to anticipate,
61
; congressional resolution as declaration of war,
179–180
; NYPD/CIA partnership after,
62–63

September 11 Families Association,
311

Shackley, Theodore,
245
,
252
,
264

Shadrin, Nicolas,
176

Shannon, Edgar F., Jr.,
31

Sheehan, Neil,
196

Shultz, George,
294
,
297–298
,
301

Sidey, Hugh,
214

Siemiatkowski, Zbigniew,
150

signature strikes,
188

Silberman, Lawrence H.,
24–25
,
32
,
160
,
277

“silent majority” speech,
48

“16 Words,”
147

Sixty Minutes
,
254

Smith, Jeremy,
181

Smith, Joseph B.,
205
,
245
,
247
,
252–254

Smith, Russell Jack,
261

“Smoking Gun Tape,”
280

“snag files,”
50

Snepp, Frank: attempts to publish
Decent Interval
,
232
,
251–254
; and Bob Loomis,
265
; sued for book profits,
254–255
,
258
; use of CIA information,
221
,
223

Snider, L. Britt,
88–89
,
91–92
,
346n32

Somalia,
182
,
186

Soufan, Ali,
133–135
,
140
,
272–273

“sources and methods,” protecting,
192

South Africa,
293

Southern Air Transport,
294

South Korea,
293

Soviet Bloc Division,
44

Soviet Russia Division,
66
,
115–116
,
120

Spanish Inquisition,
134

Spears, Joseph,
212

special access programs,
39

“special activities,”
101

Special Activities Division Duty Office,
37–38

Special Operations Group (MH/Chaos).
See
Project Chaos

spin doctoring,
191–192
,
235
,
256–257

spy satellites article,
210–211

Sr/Pointer Project,
66–68

“station,” use of term,
230–231

Steinbeck, John,
75

Stewart, Gordon,
73–74

Stockwell, John,
253

Stone, Jeremy J.,
76

Stratton, Samuel,
31

Studeman, William,
125

student-movement infiltration,
26

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee,
37

Sukarno, Achmed,
165
,
168
,
172

Sulick, Michael J.,
189

Sullivan, John F.,
265

Sulzberger, Arthur Hays,
194

Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs,
198

Sulzberger, Cyrus L.,
221–224

Summerfield, Arthur E.,
67
,
71–72

suppressive maneuvers,
193–196

Supreme Court: Snepp ruling,
255
;
United States v. Marchetti
,
239–240
,
244

surveillance: of Marchetti,
236–237
; of Snepp,
252
.
See also
electronic eavesdropping; political surveillance; Project Chaos; Project Minaret; Project Shamrock; telephone wiretaps

Sweden,
52
,
129

Syria,
148

Szulc, Tad,
214
,
220

Taiwan,
293

Taliban,
186

“Talon” database,
60–61

tapes of CIA interrogation: audit of,
144
,
145
; concerns about after Abu Ghraib,
152
; criminal investigations into,
314–316
; destruction of,
146
,
152
,
155–157
,
312–314
,
328
,
352n56
; documenting war crimes,
134
,
147
; and Miers,
155
;
New York Times
revelation of,
313
; not disclosed to 9/11 Commission,
146
; as threat to
agents and families,
145
; of Zubaydah,
140–141

Targets Analysis Branch,
35

Tasker, Molly,
265

Taylor, Maxwell D.,
31

Taylor, Rufus,
119–120

telephone wiretaps,
27
; on journalists and scholars,
194–196
; NSA electronic monitoring,
82–87

Tenet, George: and 9/11 Commission,
152
; and Abu Zubaydah,
131
,
135–136
,
140
; CIA training for NYPD,
62–63
; and congressional oversight,
101
; and development of drones,
178–180
; and Kennedy review board,
230
; ordering destruction of torture tapes,
145
; post-9/11 terrorist roundup,
128
; and Project Cannonball,
188–189
; seeking guidance for legal interrogation,
135
,
147–148
; standing commando unit approved by,
188–189
; support for PRB,
265
; and TSP,
99
,
101

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