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Office of National Estimates organization

also: O&E, ONE, board of the national estimates

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William Langer founded Office of National Estimates host_asserted
“If you go down and you look at his service during World War II, which is where I start with all these people, of course, he happens to be in the OSS. And he also was moved over into the CIA. As a matter of fact, he was the guy that original…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Afghanistan @ 1:28:19
Abbott Smith headed Office of National Estimates book_quoted
“intelligent estimates captured this well. In a 1969 national intelligent estimate, the board of the national estimates considered the prospects for Chile. Abbott Smith, chairman at the time, had a reputation as a generalist, a former profes…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 52:41
Office of National Estimates spied_on Sandinistas host_asserted
“basically are the way the CIA lies to the American people and coerces other government offices to do what they want because they will write the national intelligent estimate on a subject and then everything in the government structure, whet…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Afghanistan @ 1:28:48

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Operation Gladio - Afghanistan
▶ 1:28:19 If you go down and you look at his service during World War II, which is where I start with all these people, of course, he happens to be in the OSS. And he also was moved over into the CIA. As a matter of fact, he was the guy that original…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 (23)
▶ 5:14 Another DI unit was the Office of National Estimates, which produced the community's flagship reports, the National Intelligence Estimates. Without bringing it into the circle of knowledge on the plan, Dulles and Bissell asked O&E to assess…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 (23)
▶ 5:41 memorandum in late January could not have been reassuring to the secret warriors. The analysts judged that time, that time was not on Washington's side, that Castro had successfully consolidated his control over the entire island. Barely a …
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 (23)
▶ 6:10 The board had long complained that the director of operations did not incorporate intelligence and analysts into the covert planning. Dulles had defended his agency and did so again in January of 1961 meeting, responding that the DO used in…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 (23)
▶ 9:04 Successfully overthrow Castro because of his control over his armed forces and the country in general, unless you had an invading force backed up by intervention of U.S. forces, unquote. JFK received the O&E estimate judging time to be on C…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28)
▶ 44:25 Conditions without Castro, assuming Castro would die or be assassinated. A few days later, on the agenda for the standing group meeting, the death of Castro was listed as a contingency. At the meeting, Robert McNamara, taking McCone's point…
The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36)
▶ 52:41 intelligent estimates captured this well. In a 1969 national intelligent estimate, the board of the national estimates considered the prospects for Chile. Abbott Smith, chairman at the time, had a reputation as a generalist, a former profes…