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James Schlesinger renamed_to Directorate for Operations documented document

“In 1973 DCI James Schlesinger changed the name of the Clandestine Service from the Directorate for Plans to the Directorate for Operations…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.74

Richard Nixon appointed James Schlesinger documented document

“In 1971 President Nixon named him Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.90

James Schlesinger headed Atomic Energy Commission documented document

“In 1971 President Nixon named him Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.90

James Schlesinger worked_for University of Virginia documented document

“He began his career as a member of the University of Virginia faculty…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.90

James Schlesinger worked_for RAND Corporation documented document

“From 1963 to 1969 he served as Director of Strategic Studies at the Rand Corporation…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.90

James Schlesinger worked_for Bureau of the Budget documented document

“He was appointed Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget in 1969…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.90

James Schlesinger worked_for Office of Management and Budget documented document

“He was appointed Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget in 1969 and continued as Assistant Director during the transition to the Office of Management and Budget…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.90

James Schlesinger headed CIA documented document

“during his short tenure as the Director of Central Intelligence…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.87

James Schlesinger worked_for Office of Management and Budget documented document

“In 1971 James Schlesinger then serving in the Office of Management and Budget was asked to do a sweeping analysis of the intelligence community…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.36

James Schlesinger headed Office of Management and Budget documented document

“For over a year the intelligence community had been under study by the Office of Management and Budget then headed by James Schlesinger…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.55

James Schlesinger worked_for United States Department of Defense documented document

“When James Schlesinger was named Secretary of Defense in Julie 1973 the NSC Net Assessment Group was abolished Its staff member joined Schlesinger at the Defense Department…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.55

James Schlesinger proposed Schlesinger Report documented document

“The Schlesinger Report recommended nothing less than the basic reform of U.S intelligence management centering upon a strong DCI who could bring intelligence costs under control and bring intelligence production to an adequate level of qual…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.74

James Schlesinger headed NSA documented document

“The Order recognizes the Secretary of Defense as responsible for directing funding and operating 'NSA and national defense and military intelligence and reconnaissance activities as required.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.78

James Schlesinger worked_for CIA documented document

“QUESTION When you were DCI did you feel that institutionally or functionally your position was bumping heads with the DOD intelligence apparatus…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.81

James Schlesinger worked_for Select Committee documented document

“According to James Schlesinger The intelligence directorate of the CIA has the most competent qualified people in it just in terms of their raw intellectual capabilities but this does not mean that they are free from error…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.84

James Schlesinger renamed_to Directorate for Operations documented document

“In 1973 DCI James Schlesinger changed the name of the Clandestine Service from the Directorate for Plans to the Directorate for Operations (DDO)…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.129

James Schlesinger headed CIA documented document

“In 1973 DCI James Schlesinger changed the name of the Clandestine Service from the Directorate for Plans to the Directorate for Operations (DDO)…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.129

Fair Play for Cuba Committee met_with James Schlesinger documented document

“We have engaged in extensive interrogations of General Allen and Director Colby and the Secretary of Defense Mr Schlesinger and finally from the Attorney General and representative of the President…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.53

James Schlesinger worked_for Defense Intelligence Agency documented document

“The jurisdictional dilemma was recognized by Schlesinger in his 1971 report…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.359

James Schlesinger worked_for United States Department of Defense documented document

“As former DCI and Secretary of Defense Schlesinger noted publication of this figure might also decrease speculation about the budget...…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.383

James Schlesinger met_with Senate Select Committee documented document

“Mr Schlesinger told the Senate Select Committee that our enemies 'already know in the first place and it's broadly published'…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.385

James Schlesinger met_with Pujo Committee documented document

“As James Schlesinger told the Select Committee…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.390

James Schlesinger headed CIA documented document

“newly appointed CIA Director James Schlesinger requested from CIA personnel an inventory of all 'questionable activities'…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.303

James Schlesinger dissolved Operation Chaos documented document

“prompted the termination or limitation of a number of programs which were in violation of the Agency's mandate notably the CHAOS project…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.303

James Schlesinger worked_for United States Department of Defense documented document

“starting with Dr Schlesinger's instruction and then repeated additional ones to inform the management of anything questionable…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.52

James Schlesinger headed CIA documented document

“In 1973 DCI James Schlesinger changed the name of the Clandestine Service from the Directorate for Plans to the Directorate for Operations…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.74

James Schlesinger headed CIA documented document

“James Schlesinger's tenure as DCI from February to July 1973 was brief but telling…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.90

James Schlesinger appointed Pentagon book_quoted

“He did the management study for Nixon in 70 and 71. First, he replaced Richard Helms. Schlesinger then moved over to the Secretary of Defense after only five months. And that's going to make sense in a minute. Within the agency itself, the …”

▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 2:29

William Colby succeeded James Schlesinger documented

“This document gathered together allegations of illegal questionable activities observed by employees throughout the agency. It happened that Kissinger had never been briefed on the family jewels. Completed as Colby replaced Lessinger at Lan…”

▶ The Colonel's Safe for Democracy Part 37 (39) @ 37:36

Richard Nixon appointed James Schlesinger documented

“would come to pass. Rather, in early February 73, among appointments, Nixon announced James Schlesinger as the director of the CIA. The president had reached outside the agency and the accelerated dismissal of Helms, which barely gave the d…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 39:30

William Colby succeeded James Schlesinger book_quoted

“William Colby was swiftly moved on to be the DCI or the director of CIA. Another change began by Helms continued under Schlesinger to be completed by Colby. This was the reorganization of air proprietories, meaning Air America and those typ…”

▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 4:43

James Schlesinger rejected Southern Air Transport book_quoted

“All of that in the Department of Defense. So I'm going to go back to the book now. A former owner of Southern Air Transport bid for the corporation and offered $5.6 million. Helms approved the sale during his last month as DCI. And the Sout…”

▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 13:01

Jimmy Carter appointed James Schlesinger documented

“dealt with energy and he reorganized them all under the Department of Energy. And James Schlesinger becomes the first Secretary of Energy under Carter. Okay, so we already talked about the Panama Treaty. He also cut off funding for the B-1 …”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner President Jimmy Carter in review @ 35:10

James Schlesinger replaced Richard Helms book_quoted

▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 2:29

James Schlesinger headed CIA documented

“on the Secretary of Defense staff after only five months at Langley. But in the short time, he presided over some important changes. Within the agency itself, Schlesinger was convinced that much of the dead would lay in the plan's directora…”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chap 15 cont @ 1:07:10

James Schlesinger succeeded William Colby book_quoted

“who had returned to the Pentagon as well from being the CIA director, he was replaced at the CIA by William Colby, who was fresh out of Vietnam. He sent Von Marburg back to Saigon as his top logistics aide to prepare for the abandonment of …”

▶ Operation Gladio - Prelude to Terror Chap 5 @ 39:11

Vernon Walters succeeded James Schlesinger host_asserted

“Yeah, he's a mess. He was only there for a few months, though. And then he was followed by Vernon Walters. So we went from one bad one to another bad one to another bad one. And Vernon Walters, because he was the deputy, was only in there a…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 2 @ 1:16:29

James Schlesinger appointed U.S. Department of Energy host_asserted

“So there was a lot of other things that were going behind the scenes that we didn't see. Yeah, absolutely. Definitely very true. Yeah, the Schlesinger thing is very interesting to me, too. I don't know if you guys know anything about him th…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner President Jimmy Carter in review @ 1:07:27

James Schlesinger member_of Atomic Energy Commission host_asserted

“had worked with different nuclear technologies. And he spent some time under Nixon at the Atomic Nuclear Energy Commission. And he spent a very short period of time as the CIA director because they got rid of William Colby.…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner President Jimmy Carter in review @ 1:07:56

Henry Kissinger covered_up James Schlesinger book_quoted

“Not everyone in Washington was happy about these events. Secretary of Defense Schlesinger drafted a memo to then Gerald Ford questioning about our policy of supporting an open-ended Iranian military buildup to continue. And the memo never r…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa File by Craig Roberts Part 11 @ 57:52

James Schlesinger ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“At last, William Colby proceeded with his briefing, then handed Kissinger a copy of the report. It contained allegations of CIA assassination efforts against such foreign political leaders as Castro, Diem in Vietnam, the Dominican dictator …”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner president’s secret wars chapter 16 @ 25:58

James Schlesinger reassigned Richard Helms book_quoted

“And it was at that point they morphed into with all of the fired people because they didn't want them not to actually be doing what they've been doing, all of the criminal syndicate stuff. So they created all these front companies and embed…”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in Gold Warriors Chapter 13 @ 8:23

Jimmy Carter appointed James Schlesinger documented

“dealt with energy and he reorganized them all under the Department of Energy. And James Schlesinger becomes the first secretary of energy under Carter. Okay. So we already talked about the Panama Treaty. He also cut off funding for the B-1 …”

▶ The Colonel's Corner President Carter Special @ 35:28

William Colby succeeded James Schlesinger documented

“covert action, which we've already talked about all of this. Another change initiated by Helms was continued under Schlesinger and consummated by his successor, William Colby. This concerned the major air proprietories like Air America and …”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chap 15 cont @ 1:07:40

James Schlesinger succeeded Vernon Walters documented

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chap 15 cont @ 1:07:10

James Schlesinger ordered_assassination_of Ngo Dinh Diem book_quoted

▶ The Colonel’s Corner president’s secret wars chapter 16 @ 25:58

James Schlesinger ordered_assassination_of Rafael Trujillo book_quoted

▶ The Colonel’s Corner president’s secret wars chapter 16 @ 25:58

James Schlesinger succeeded William Colby host_asserted

“Another change initiated by Helms was continued under Schlesinger and consummated by his successor, William Colby. This concerned the major air proprietories like Air America and Southern Air Transport. A former owner of this freight line n…”

▶ The Colonels corner president‘s secret wars, chapter 15 cont @ 1:11:51

James Schlesinger member_of RAND Corporation host_asserted

“So obviously has some intel stink on him. He moves over in between of 73 and 75 as the sec def after having left the CIA, which I find very interesting because he ends up at Rand, which is part of the CIA too. So that's what I'm saying. I t…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner President Jimmy Carter in review @ 1:08:24

James Schlesinger succeeded William Colby host_asserted

▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 2 @ 1:16:29

Richard Nixon ordered_assassination_of James Schlesinger host_asserted

“Oh, okay. Okay, so yeah, it's enlightening that Nixon oversaw that too, and he ended up getting cooed as well. The actual reduction amounted to about 7%, not the 40% Nixon had spoke of earlier. The covert action budget had been in decline s…”

▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 3:35

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Operation Gladio - Prelude to Terror Chap 5

▶ 38:41 I mean, how many times has the deputy CIA director been a military person? Multiple, multiple, multiple times. So there's no difference in any of these entities. Von Marbog made his reputation as a trusted Pentagon bureaucrat when Congress …

Operation Gladio - Prelude to Terror Chap 5

▶ 39:11 who had returned to the Pentagon as well from being the CIA director, he was replaced at the CIA by William Colby, who was fresh out of Vietnam. He sent Von Marburg back to Saigon as his top logistics aide to prepare for the abandonment of …

The Colonel’s Corner President Jimmy Carter in review

▶ 35:10 dealt with energy and he reorganized them all under the Department of Energy. And James Schlesinger becomes the first Secretary of Energy under Carter. Okay, so we already talked about the Panama Treaty. He also cut off funding for the B-1 …

The Colonel’s Corner President Jimmy Carter in review

▶ 1:07:27 So there was a lot of other things that were going behind the scenes that we didn't see. Yeah, absolutely. Definitely very true. Yeah, the Schlesinger thing is very interesting to me, too. I don't know if you guys know anything about him th…

The Colonel’s Corner President Jimmy Carter in review

▶ 1:07:56 had worked with different nuclear technologies. And he spent some time under Nixon at the Atomic Nuclear Energy Commission. And he spent a very short period of time as the CIA director because they got rid of William Colby.…

The Colonel’s Corner President Jimmy Carter in review

▶ 1:08:24 So obviously has some intel stink on him. He moves over in between of 73 and 75 as the sec def after having left the CIA, which I find very interesting because he ends up at Rand, which is part of the CIA too. So that's what I'm saying. I t…

The Colonels corner president‘s secret wars, chapter 15 cont

▶ 1:10:54 CIA director from 72 to 76, spent a great deal of his time in the intelligence community coordinating the defense of the CIA during the Watergate investigation. This period was also a time for secret warriors. The man chosen to replace Helm…

The Colonels corner president‘s secret wars, chapter 15 cont

▶ 1:11:23 But in the short time, he presided over some important changes. Within the agency itself, Schlesinger was convinced that much of the dead would lay in the plan's directorate. Personnel figures began to fall as about a thousand officers reti…

The Colonels corner president‘s secret wars, chapter 15 cont

▶ 1:11:51 Another change initiated by Helms was continued under Schlesinger and consummated by his successor, William Colby. This concerned the major air proprietories like Air America and Southern Air Transport. A former owner of this freight line n…

The Colonel’s Corner president’s secret wars chapter 16

▶ 25:03 had assembled a memorandum describing how the New York Times had exaggerated. But there were fire behind the smoke, as Colby was obliged to admit. In fact, Hearst had succeeded in uncovering some of the major CIA abuses exposed internally i…

The Colonel’s Corner president’s secret wars chapter 16

▶ 25:31 and was so sensitive it was sarcastically referred to as the family jewels. It happened that Kissinger had never been briefed on the report, which was completed during the transition, which Colby replaced Schlesinger as the director of cent…

The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35)

▶ 39:30 would come to pass. Rather, in early February 73, among appointments, Nixon announced James Schlesinger as the director of the CIA. The president had reached outside the agency and the accelerated dismissal of Helms, which barely gave the d…

The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35)

▶ 45:20 than Benzani had ever filled it. They engaged large Iraqi forces, including more than 90,000 regular troops with 1,200 tanks and 200 guns per auxiliary. By October, the CIA would report that they were engaging much of the Iraqi army. In 197…

The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35)

▶ 48:46 Schlesinger had left and William Colby was the boss. He argued against any increase in the aides to the Kurds. Kissinger viewed Colby as an isolated voice among the multitudes who agreed the Kurds would be unable to defeat the Iraqis at the…