John Stennis person
also: Senator John Stennis, Stennis, Pell, Mr. Chairman
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Claims (2)
Richard Helms spied_on
John Stennis documented
“On one occasion, Helms told Senator John Stennis, chairman of the Armed Services Committee of the CIA, reporting, Stennis paused, shook his head, then said, I'm not sure you people ought to be getting involved in things like that. I don't k…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (32) @ 42:02
CIA trafficked
John Stennis book_quoted
“because the drug people that they were passing the information on to protected them. Helms told Senator John Dennis, chairman of the Armed Services Committee of the CIA reporting, basically making it sound like the CIA was actually reportin…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 49:24
Mentions (9)
▶ 40:21
this is a quote, made him a general. But the guy who got him cleared through the Senate was me. I got Senator James Eastland to ask Senator John Stennis to do it, unquote. Eastland was the head of the Judiciary Committee and Stennis was the…
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This is the same guy. I'm sorry. What was Weinstein's first name? Weinstein's first name is Allen. A-L-L-E-N. Thank you. And let's see. Let me get my place back here. Okay. At the request of Senators Lugar and Pell of the Senate Foreign Rel…
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Civil Air Transport C-119s were serviced in Vietnam by 200 mechanics of the 81st Air Services Unit, which was the United States Air Force. Five of these men were declared missing on June 18, 1954. Thus, the Civil Air Transport operation bro…
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because the drug people that they were passing the information on to protected them. Helms told Senator John Dennis, chairman of the Armed Services Committee of the CIA reporting, basically making it sound like the CIA was actually reportin…
▶ 19:26
Opposition to the Vietnam War led to questioning about many policies, including intelligence. There were revelations of the U.S. involvement in Laos from Senator Stuart Symington and others brought another close call for the CIA. This time,…
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being put in the ambassador rank, at least they attempted to, because they use the ambassadors as kind of like the quarterback of the country team in which the CIA operates and does overthrows. Eagleton nevertheless met disappointment in hi…
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at the Armed Services Committee chair position and in charge of the CIA Subcommittee on Intelligence, asked Eagleton to withdraw it. Stennis favored restrictions on part of a comprehensive CIA charter legislation separate from the War Power…
▶ 22:46
during the Senate floor debate was instrumental in the defeat of Eagleton's amendment by a vote of 53 to 34. This, plus a certain lack of definition in the bill, turned Eagleton from one of the original proponents into an active opponent of…
▶ 42:02
On one occasion, Helms told Senator John Stennis, chairman of the Armed Services Committee of the CIA, reporting, Stennis paused, shook his head, then said, I'm not sure you people ought to be getting involved in things like that. I don't k…