James Doolittle person
also: General James Doolittle, Doolittle, the general, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle, General Doolittle
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Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed
James Doolittle documented
“a vessel moreover belonging to an ally, which we covered last week. To enhance morale, President Eisenhower openly expressed satisfaction to the CIA's Guatemala secret warriors, but privately he determined to get an independent review. Staf…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 12 (13) @ 6:41
James Doolittle member_of
Presidential Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities documented
“you know, right around the time we're doing MKUltra. The Killian board, as it became known, included other notable scientists, military men, including General Doolittle, and a few captains of industry, of course, because that's who the CIA …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 12 (13) @ 34:19
Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed
James Doolittle host_asserted
“retired General James Doolittle, a World War II hero, to look into the agency and give him a confidential report. After Doolittle finished his investigation in October, the president blocked out an afternoon to hear the briefing. The genera…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 12 @ 6:35
James Doolittle spied_on
CIA host_asserted
“retired General James Doolittle, a World War II hero, to look into the agency and give him a confidential report. After Doolittle finished his investigation in October, the president blocked out an afternoon to hear the briefing. The genera…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 12 @ 6:35
Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed
James Doolittle host_asserted
“But his lack of knowledge is built into the plausible deniability. So that doesn't mean he didn't know. It just means that they're using the plausible deniability. And he may or may not have known. The NSC staff approached retired Air Force…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret Wars chap 7 @ 7:18
James Doolittle member_of
Special Operations Group host_asserted
“But his lack of knowledge is built into the plausible deniability. So that doesn't mean he didn't know. It just means that they're using the plausible deniability. And he may or may not have known. The NSC staff approached retired Air Force…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret Wars chap 7 @ 7:18
Presidential Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities member_of
James Doolittle book_quoted
“is interesting in that the intelligence board members was one of them was Jimmy Doolittle. And you remember where he fell into this whole thing, who had expressly studied covert operations for Eisenhower back in 1954 and came up with the wh…”
▶ The Colonel’s corner president‘s secret wars chapter 8 cont @ 9:57
James Doolittle member_of
Special Operations Group host_asserted
“much of what was going on, as far as the briefings part goes. After meetings with both Dulles and Wisner, Doolittle and consultant J. Patrick Coyne, C-O-Y-N-E, made a field trip in mid-September to inspect CIA installations in Western Europ…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret Wars chap 7 @ 13:08
James Doolittle carried_out_attack
Japan host_asserted
“after they had bailed out of their B-25 bomber over Japanese-held territory in China. Doolittle had bombed Tokyo during the Doolittle raid off a Navy carrier USS Hornet. Beginning in 1942, Birch, who spoke Chinese, became an Army intelligen…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner - Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 3 @ 1:12:01
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But his lack of knowledge is built into the plausible deniability. So that doesn't mean he didn't know. It just means that they're using the plausible deniability. And he may or may not have known. The NSC staff approached retired Air Force…
▶ 7:46
from Eisenhower dated July 26, 1954. Ike wanted a comprehensive review of factors of personnel security costs and efficiencies of covert operations, as well as an assessment on how to equate the cost to the overall results received. The pan…
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Jimmy Doolittle was a good choice. He was a dynamic leader who was one of the people involved in the bombing of Japan in 1942. He had known Ike from the time they were both commanders in Britain in 1944. Doolittle got his basic instructions…
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was worth the entire book. Because this ties him directly to President Eisenhower. So no matter what anybody says, President Eisenhower knew damn good and well the kind of people that he was putting in charge of covert operation, planning a…
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much of what was going on, as far as the briefings part goes. After meetings with both Dulles and Wisner, Doolittle and consultant J. Patrick Coyne, C-O-Y-N-E, made a field trip in mid-September to inspect CIA installations in Western Europ…
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Studies Group on Covert Operations, which is basically the name of it, went to the president on September 30th. Doolittle's report gave solid support to the rationale to continue this secret worldwide covert war. And they used war. As long …
▶ 16:42
the psychological operations into one organization. So, these results were controversial enough for President Eisenhower to ask Doolittle to discuss them with Allen Dulles personally. Doolittle reported back to Ike in person on the 19th of …
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The CIA had grown too top-heavy. Doolittle remarked that Alan Dulles had taken criticism of himself pretty well, but not of the actual mission or function, and that he had became very emotional. Doolittle cited their mutual comrade, Walter …
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It was non-negotiable whether or not Alan Dulles stayed because of his contacts both inside the United States and throughout the world. And where did he get those contacts? Well, he got those contacts from his family. He got those contacts …
▶ 9:57
is interesting in that the intelligence board members was one of them was Jimmy Doolittle. And you remember where he fell into this whole thing, who had expressly studied covert operations for Eisenhower back in 1954 and came up with the wh…
▶ 13:45
He spent most of 58 observing the CIA's oversight in action. Though the DCI was officially only an advisor to the group, Gray found that the committee exercised virtually no initiative, which left the field largely open to Allen Dulles. The…
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a vessel moreover belonging to an ally, which we covered last week. To enhance morale, President Eisenhower openly expressed satisfaction to the CIA's Guatemala secret warriors, but privately he determined to get an independent review. Staf…
▶ 7:42
to the results, like he's running a business. The panel would report to Eisenhower personally on how to improve them. Jimmy Doolittle was a good choice. He was a dynamic leader of airmen who had bombed Japan in 1942. This was immortalized i…
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Doolittle knew President Eisenhower from Britain in 1944 when he had a subordinate air command to Eisenhower. He had met Eisenhower in early July 1954, then sat down with William Frank Morris Hadley and who? None other than William Polly to…
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on a review panel to evaluate the covert overthrow of the Guatemalan government, along with General Doolittle. Doolittle's committee held its first meeting at CIA headquarters on July 14th. It received extensive briefings from the agency, f…
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of budget. By July 29th, Doolittle had assembled a staff and had his review in full swing. After seeing both Alan Dulles and Frank Wisner, Doolittle and consultant J. Patrick Coyne, C-O-Y-N-E, inspected CIA installations in Western Europe. …
▶ 10:41
On September 30th, the report for the study group on covert activities went to the president. Doolittle's report gave solid support to the rationale of waging a secret war. In the second paragraph, and I'm quoting, as long as it remains nat…
▶ 12:21
The secret warriors could have asked for no better. And keep in mind, they went to Europe, to NATO, where Gladio is ran. Doolittle's report also criticized performance in several areas. It concluded that the agency staff of 5,000 could be r…
▶ 12:52
Only in 1959 and 60 did CIA budgets provide for any reduction at all. And keep in mind, this study was done in 54. And then the budget was only reduced by 1%. The fusion of Frank Wisner department and the OSO, which was the one they were al…
▶ 13:57
A staff embedded in the National Security Council to run covert operations and be connected to the CIA. All of the Doolittle report's recommendations were controversial. Eisenhower asked Doolittle to discuss them with Alan Dulles personally…
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The study was a constructive critique. He thought Dulles' basic problem was organizational. The CIA had grown a little topsy, but neither the director nor Frank Wisner were especially good organizers. Doolittle remarked that Alan Dulles had…
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you know, right around the time we're doing MKUltra. The Killian board, as it became known, included other notable scientists, military men, including General Doolittle, and a few captains of industry, of course, because that's who the CIA …
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even though that's the entire purpose of the board. It didn't work. A few weeks later, the Clifford board demanded and received full information. Well, as full as you're going to get from about Cuba. They asked again in June when Clifford a…
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than Claire Chenault. Where do we know Claire Chenault from? The CIA, who commanded the Flying Tigers, which as we well know, ends up being an air component that eventually ends up in Taiwan. In April 1942, Birch helped none other than Lieu…
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like sending the Marines into Lebanon in 1958 to ensure the Beirut government remained in friendly hands. The rest of the Americans' imperial mission during the Eisenhower years fell to Allen Dulles. Whispers about Dulles' tactics began mak…
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retired General James Doolittle, a World War II hero, to look into the agency and give him a confidential report. After Doolittle finished his investigation in October, the president blocked out an afternoon to hear the briefing. The genera…
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But the CIA was one of the most peculiar types of operation any government can have. And it probably takes a strange genius to run it. Ironically, the Doolittle report gave Dulles even more justification for his remorseless shadow war by co…