Executive oversight of United States covert operations has been carried out by a series of sub-committees of the National Security Council (NSC). At the...
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conceal the identity of the party responsible. Under US law, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must lead covert operations unless the president finds...
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President Eisenhower's Executive Order 10483 and tasked with oversight of United States covert operations. Eisenhower simultaneously gave secret instructions specifying...
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Office of Policy Coordination, with oversight by the Department of State. The overall psychological operations of the United States, overt and covert, were...
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Special Activities Center (redirect from Special Operations Group (CIA))
Center (SAC) is a division of the United States Central Intelligence Agency responsible for covert and paramilitary operations. The unit was named Special...
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A black operation or black ops is a covert or clandestine operation by a government agency, a military unit or a paramilitary organization; it can include...
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support for a variety of NCS clandestine operations. A covert action is defined as "an activity or activities of the United States government to influence...
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The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History (later titled Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in...
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United States Intelligence Community Oversight duties are shared by both the executive and legislative branches of the government. Oversight, in this case...
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intelligence assessments of Iraq/al-Qaeda contacts. Office of Public Diplomacy Oversight of United States covert operations Abram Shulsky Team B—a group...
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Church Committee (redirect from United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities)
The Church Committee (formally the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities) was...
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the authority to carry out covert operations "against hostile foreign states or groups or in support of friendly foreign states or groups but which are so...
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Central Intelligence Agency (redirect from United States Central Intelligence Agency)
primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations. The agency is headquartered...
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Intelligence Support Activity (redirect from United States Army Intelligence Support Activity (USAISA))
and the Army of Northern Virginia, is a United States Army Special Operations unit which serves as the intelligence gathering component of Joint Special...
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Continuity of Operations (COOP) is a United States federal government initiative, required by U.S. Presidential Policy Directive 40 (PPD-40), to ensure...
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United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component...
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this information through counterintelligence activities. Execution of covert operations approved by the president. The IC strives to provide valuable insight...
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almost always is on a slower timeline than covert action. During the Second World War, the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS; the predecessor...
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the Reid v. Covert decision, the United States adds a reservation to the text of every treaty that says in effect that the United States intends to abide...
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Operation Monopoly was a covert plan by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build a tunnel underneath the Soviet Embassy in Washington...
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Information Operations is a category of direct and indirect support operations for the United States Military. By definition in Joint Publication 3-13...
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Hughes–Ryan Amendment (category Cold War history of the United States)
Ryan (D–CA). The amendment required the President of the United States to report all covert actions of the Central Intelligence Agency to one or more Congressional...
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COINTELPRO (redirect from COINTELPRO and Covert Operations)
Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and illegal projects conducted between 1956 and 1971 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed...
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Plausible deniability (category Central Intelligence Agency operations)
the Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980 required for Congress to be notified of all covert operations. Both laws, however, are full of enough vague terms...
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committee in the U.S. House of Representatives charged with the oversight of the United States Intelligence Community, though it does share some jurisdiction...
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resources, and oversight to special operations carried out in maritime and littoral environments. WARCOM specializes in a broad range of tactical areas...
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attacks, the United States has carried out drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. Drone strikes are part of a targeted...
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influence operations by the Chinese government, leading to restrictions and bans in the United States. In January 2020, the United States Army and Navy...
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Internal Revenue Service (redirect from United States Department of Revenue)
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes...
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The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous...
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