The Family Jewels (55 page)

NSC (National Security Council): Colby not revealing Hersh interview to,
25
; Comey discussions with Townsend,
105–106
; and control of documents,
278
; and hostile interrogation,
136
,
145
,
153
; and Iran-Contra,
291–293
,
299–303
,
306–310
,
321
; and leak of Afghan propaganda campaign,
217
; Ober and,
278–279
; and Project Azorian story,
216
; and study of Nixon-era leaks,
284

Nuremberg principles,
329

NYPD (New York Police Department),
61–63

Obama, Barack: “Afpak” strategy,
184
; attack on bin Laden,
185–186
; attempts to close Guantanamo,
327
; banning torture and secret detention,
158
,
315
,
333
; drone war under,
184–188
; opposing CIA truth commission,
315
,
329
; release of torture memos,
315
,
326
; resisting investigations of CIA,
274–275
; targeting of Americans,
187
,
333
; target list process,
184–185

Ober, Richard: and Huston Plan,
43
; on NSC staff,
278–279
; and Project Chaos,
40–41
,
45
,
49–50
,
52–53
,
55
; and Project Lingual,
71
;
Ramparts
investigation,
40
,
200
; rejecting IG briefing,
55

“Occupy” Movement,
63

OCI (Office of Current Intelligence),
43
,
46
,
48
,
58

O'Connell, James,
169

Office of Computer Services,
43

Office of Current Intelligence (OCI),
43
,
46
,
48
,
58

Office of Legislative/Legal Counsel,
78
,
147

Office of Public Affairs,
223

Office of Security: and Castro assassination attempts,
168–169
; CIA office tapes,
290
; and college recruitment,
35–37
; expansion of,
167–168
; HT/Lingual mail opening,
68–69
,
73–76
,
168
; investigation of Epstein,
227
; manuscript review by,
240
,
256
; Marchetti surveillance,
236–237
,
240
; and Nosenko case,
119–120
; Project Celotex,
212
; Project Merrimac,
37
; Raborn briefing on
Ramparts
,
199
; “volunteer” surveillance of Snepp,
252
; wiretapping of Scott and Allen,
194–195

Office of Strategic Services,
167

Office of Technical Services,
169

Office of the General Counsel,
175–176

Offie, Carmel,
167

Okinawa,
212

Olmstead, Kathryn,
161

Olson, Frank,
335n1

Olson, James M.,
266

Omar, Abu,
149
,
152

OMB (Office of Management and Budget),
49

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (1968),
19
,
83
,
86

O'Neal, Birch D.,
117

one end abroad/” minimization” rule,
84
,
98–100
,
109

openness as tool of accountability,
332–333

“operational tempo,”
148
,
151
,
153

Osborn, Howard: and Ellsberg profile,
285
; Helms discussion of Watergate,
283
; Marchetti surveillance,
236–237
; and Nosenko,
113
,
119
; and Project Lingual,
73–74
; Project Merrimac,
37–38
,
49
; Project Resistance,
35–37
,
49
; and
Ramparts
article,
199–200
; swearing out deposition,
20

Oswald, Lee Harvey,
114
,
117
,
121
,
206
,
227

Padilla, Jose,
135

Pakistan,
130–131
,
184–186

Palestine Liberation Organization,
44

Panetta, Leon,
189
,
234

Paris, France,
40
,
44
,
52

Paseman, Floyd,
264

Passaro, David,
148

Pastore, John,
11
,
34

Patriot Act,
101
,
108

Pavitt, James L.,
142
,
144–145

PDB (President's Daily Brief),
196
,
356n6

peace activists,
40
,
52–53

Peace Corps,
203

Pearson, Drew,
159

Pelosi, Nancy,
100
,
138–139
,
146

Penguin Press,
245

Penkovskiy, Oleg,
225
,
227

Pennington, Lee,
289

Pentagon Papers: discussed at CIA meetings,
202
,
209–210
,
214
; DOJ request for name file on,
45
; and Ellsberg psychiatrist burglary,
15
; leading to public cynicism,
11
; Plumbers formed in reaction to,
284

Petraeus, David,
63
,
273

Pforzheimer, Walter,
290

Philby, Kim,
114

Phillips, David A.,
223

Phillips, Samuel,
87

“Phoenix” program,
232

photographs for Ellsberg break-in,
16
,
289

Pike Committee,
89
,
216

Plame, Valerie,
270–271
,
311

plausible deniability,
67
,
188
,
319

Plumbers, White House,
20
,
210
,
214
,
284–285
,
287

pocket litter,
284–285

Poindexter, John,
292–294
,
297–298
,
301
,
305–308
,
320
,
325
,
328

Pointer Project,
66–68

Poland,
143
,
150

Polgar, Tom,
252

police collaboration with CIA domestic spying,
36–38

political conventions,
36–38

political surveillance: of African American activists,
38
,
39–40
; of antiwar protests,
37
,
47–48
,
50
,
84
; on campus,
36–37
; destruction of files to hide,
56–57
; as a Family Jewel,
57–58
; of gay and lesbian activists,
60
; Helms false testimony regarding,
58
; intra-agency dissent over,
38
,
54
,
57
; leading up to Chicago Democratic convention,
37–38
; listings and files on Americans,
36
,
50
; military intelligence denial of ban against,
60
; of Muslims post-9/11,
60
; Project Merrimac,
37–38
,
49
,
52
,
162
,
342n29
; of Quakers,
60
; and war on terror,
59–64
; of Washington public school system,
38
; Weatherman dissidents,
38
,
45
.
See also
Project Minaret

The Politics of Heroin
,
207–208
,
245

Poptun, Guatemala,
123

Portrait of a Cold Warrior
(Smith),
252–253

post office.
See
Project Lingual

Powell, Colin,
148

Powers, Thomas,
71

Praeger, Frederick A.,
75
,
225

PRB (Publications Review Board): Carle case,
270
; criminal charges for lying to,
270
; damage caused by,
274
; early vetting procedure,
257–264
; Epstein case,
227
; establishment of,
256
; internal investigation of,
273
; Kiriakou case,
269–270
,
273
; moved to Information Management,
263
; as public relations,
257
; recent vetting procedure,
265–269
; suing for book profits,
254–256
,
268
; suit by Plame,
270–271
; suit by Soufan,
272
; support for,
265
; warning agents not to talk to Valentine,
232–233

Predator drone,
178–187
.
See also
drone warfare

prepublication review,
256

presidential commission.
See
Rockefeller Commission

presidential findings: and Beirut bombing,
259
; Bush post-9/11,
138
,
179–180
; Iran-Contra,
293
,
295
,
297
,
300
,
302–303
,
305

presidential power: Cheney and,
310–311
; and electronic surveillance,
86
; fighting to preserve,
322
; indirect control of intelligence agencies,
319–320
; use of go-betweens,
320
; use of signing statements,
110
; in Yoo memos,
103
,
137

Presidential Security Department (Guatemala),
123
,
125

President's Daily Brief (PDB),
196
,
356n6

PRG (People's Revolutionary Government),
44

Priest, Dana,
154–155

prior restraint of publications,
256

Proctor, Edward,
15

product, information as,
110

profits, book,
254–256
,
268

Project
2
,
50–51

Project Azorian,
216

Project Bluebird,
168

Project Butane,
268–269

Project Cannonball,
189

Project Celotex I,
210

Project Celotex II,
212–213

Project Chaos (MH/Chaos): activists' awareness of,
52–53
; analyses produced by,
46–47
; concealment of,
49–50
,
53
; creation of,
39–41
; destruction of records,
56
,
231
; expansions of,
49–50
,
320
; Helms directive strengthening,
53
; Mexico branch,
243
; persistence of,
321
; and Project Lingual watch list,
74–75
; and Project Lodestar,
51–52
; Rafalko defense of,
41
; recycling of FBI information by,
50
; staff levels of,
51
,
53
; termination of,
56
; views of antiwar movement,
52

Project Hunter,
69

Project Lingual,
50
; cancelled by Schlesinger,
78
; deemed worthless by Osborn,
72–73
; destruction of records,
78
,
177
,
232
; expansions of,
68–72
,
321
; extent of,
72
,
73–74
; as a Family Jewel,
79
,
110–111
; FAS inquiries regarding,
76
; FBI sharing in,
69
,
71
,
73
; Helms responsibility for,
111
,
328
; IG evaluation of,
70
,
73
,
75
; initial purpose of,
66–67
,
72
,
78
; internal objections to,
72–73
; laws against mail-tampering,
65
,
66
; no formal approval for,
66–67
; persistence of,
110–111
,
321
; Post Office limited agreement to,
66–68
,
75–77
; random selection of mails,
75
,
77
; “Special Category Items” file,
77
; watch list for,
69
,
71–72
,
74–75
,
77

Project LP/Medley,
84
,
88

Project MH/Chaos (Special Operations Group),
39–41
,
51
,
55
,
243
; analyses produced by,
46–47
; destruction of records,
56
,
231
; expansion of,
320
; hiding from OMB, White House,
49–50
; misleading briefings about,
53
; new
restrictions on and ultimate termination of,
56
; organizational chart for,
49
; persistence of,
321
; and Project Lingual watch list,
74–75
; staff levels of,
53

Project Minaret: Abzug subcommittee hearing on,
93–94
; data-mining ability,
109
; FBI withdrawal from,
87–88
; illegality of,
112
; mission creep,
320–321
; NSA testimony on,
93–94
,
96
; origins of,
84
; Peter Fenn investigating,
91
; and Project Chaos,
85
; Secret Service participation in,
85
,
87
; termination of domestic aspects of,
88
,
110
; and war on drugs,
85–87
; warrantless wiretaps found unconstitutional,
86–87

Project Mockingbird,
194
,
233–235

Project MP/Lodestar,
51