U.S. Department of the Navy organization
also: Navy, Navy Department, Secretary of the Navy, Undersecretary of the Navy, U.S Secretary of the Navy
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Claims (4)
John Lehman worked_for
U.S. Department of the Navy documented
document
“As John Lehman, former U.S Secretary of the Navy, once said, “Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.”…”
source: book — Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making · p.22
U.S. Department of the Navy founded
Office of Naval Intelligence documented
document
“In 1882 the Secretary of the Navy established an Office of Naval Intelligence to collect and record 'such naval information as may be useful to the department in the time of war as well as in peace.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.331
James V. Forrestal worked_for
U.S. Department of the Navy documented
document
“Secretary of the Navy James V Forrestal…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.12
U.S. Department of the Navy did_business_with
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
document
“War and Navy agreed their intelligence units had already asked the FBI to handle 'within the United States and its territories the civilian aspects of such espionage investigations as they were conducting from the military angle'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.140
Mentions (5)
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So let's talk more about the Whitney family before I get more into William Collins Whitney. He's descended from a guy by the name of John Whitney of London, who was one of the earliest settlers. Settled in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635. …
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This is the guy who ushered in the steel steamships, the modern naval guns, and domestic manufacture of plate armor. I bring this up because the very first U.S. intelligence agency was founded just a few years earlier, a few years earlier t…
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that the europeans were creating what they called a weapon of mass destruction we you and i probably call it a battleship today so this guy after we create the oni somehow get the plans for what battleships are all about this guy steps in a…
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Because it's shortly after his stint as the secretary of Navy with all of these wonderful new toys that we began our long overthrowing. Because within two years of him leaving office as the secretary of Navy in charge of naval intelligence,…
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They were sure I'd give in, Kennedy later said. They couldn't believe that a new president like me wouldn't panic and try to save his face. They were wrong. JFK was even more vehement when he spoke with another old friend, Paul Red Fay Jr.,…