John Deutch person
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Claims (12)
John Deutch member_of
SAIC book_quoted
“John Deutch. former CIA director, and Bobby Ray Inman, also a NSA director and deputy director of the CIA.…”
▶ Colonel’s Corner- Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 12 @ 11:51
John Deutch headed
CIA documented
“John Deutch. former CIA director…”
▶ Colonel’s Corner- Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 12 @ 11:51
George Tenet succeeded
John Deutch book_quoted
“When Tennant took over as director from the helpless Deutsch, he became the first director of intelligence to repeatedly invoke the state secret's privilege to shut down anyone against the agency and not tell them anything. And that include…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 2 @ 29:52
John Deutch covered_up
CIA book_quoted
“and Attorney General Janet Reno demanding an official inquiry. Deutch agreed to conduct one, which infuriated the right-wing Washington Times. Remember, the Washington Times is owned by Reverend Moon and Operation Gladio, i.e. the CIA. Deut…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 24 @ 28:14
John Deutch covered_up
Gulf War Syndrome host_asserted
“In 1995, it was obvious a few nerves were struck. The line of questioning centered around were Americans exposed to chemical, biological, and radiological weapons during the Persian Gulf War? Deutsch denied any such events ever occurred. Bu…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa File by Craig Roberts Part 6 @ 50:03
John Deutch removed_from_power
Howard Terry documented
“acted even though the Oversight Board investigation was still going on. Recalled from Switzerland, Terry Ward was retired, as was Fred Brugger. The station chief judged to have withheld the data. While already retired, Deputy Director for O…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 52 (54) @ 37:07
John Deutch removed_from_power
Fred Brugger documented
“acted even though the Oversight Board investigation was still going on. Recalled from Switzerland, Terry Ward was retired, as was Fred Brugger. The station chief judged to have withheld the data. While already retired, Deputy Director for O…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 52 (54) @ 37:07
John Deutch appointed
David Cohen documented
“Asia officer in charge. Devine, the Latin American expert, could have been the deputy DO himself. Deutch passed over both to select David Cohen, a career CIA analyst, not agent, who only experienced in operations had been a brief tour as th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 52 (54) @ 40:49
John Deutch appointed
Nora Slatskin documented
“Deutsch brought in Nora Slatkin with him from the Pentagon as executive director. And remember, that's the gatekeeper job. It's like the number three. She's like the chief of staff of the front office. She was considered not that great on i…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 52 (54) @ 41:21
Bill Clinton pardoned
John Deutch documented
“To contain unprotected classified information, the CIA security officers was ready to throw the book at him. Deutsch lost his CIA and his Pentagon clearances and finally avoided criminal prosecution only because of a presidential pardon. No…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 52 (54) @ 50:44
John Deutch resigned
CIA documented
“The highlight there, corrupt location data that led to the U.S. Air Force bombing the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, naturally made a matter of dispute. In November of 96, John Deutch resigned. Following the tradition of allowing the incoming…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 52 (54) @ 49:41
John Deutch headed
CIA documented
“a Capitol Hill staffer and Pentagon official who served as the executive director from 95 to 96 under then-CIE director John Deutch. One former agency official said that he found it absolutely astonishing that Tennant installed Krongard in …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 3 @ 23:16
Mentions (45)
▶ 11:21
a 40-year NSA employee who rose to be the deputy director of the NSA. After leaving the NSA and going to work at SAIC, he goes back to NSA as the deputy director. That's how fluid the relationship is between SAIC and the U.S. government, sp…
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former CIA director, and Bobby Ray Inman, also a NSA director and deputy director of the CIA. Again, just one swinging door. In 2013, SAIC split into two companies. This is where it gets good. One kept the name SAIC. The other one became La…
▶ 1:20:33
congressional woman, and that was her district. And, I mean, they excoriated. I can't remember the guy's name. I think he was the head of the CIA. It wasn't like the tenant, but it was the guy before him, I think. Yeah. It was. Was it Colby…
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In this case, the blend of the Internet and talk radio had made the traditional media irrelevant. The public was marching on without them, and the message got clear to California's top politicians. The L.A. City Council unanimously approved…
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and Attorney General Janet Reno demanding an official inquiry. Deutch agreed to conduct one, which infuriated the right-wing Washington Times. Remember, the Washington Times is owned by Reverend Moon and Operation Gladio, i.e. the CIA. Deut…
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was screaming at his production assistants, loudly accusing them of attempting to sabotage his show. Soon after Deutsch's ordered an internal investigation, Attorney General Janet Reno, at the urging of the Justice Department Inspector Gene…
▶ 51:21
The next day, the LA Times absolved the CIA of any involvement with Blanton and Menendez. Its authoritative sources was a former CIA director, Robert Gates, former CIA official, Vincent Castorero, and current CIA director, John Deutsch. All…
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that had intelligence backgrounds eventually. That would include a former deputy director of the CIA, a director of the NSA, a CIA estimator, an NSC staff official, plus a couple of technocrats. John Deutch would presently head the CIA hims…
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household help without, basically they hired illegals. That's the kind of CIA director you want. An Air Force officer who, full stop, four-star general that hires illegals for health help. When the president asked John Deutch, who had previ…
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wanted to be secretary and turned Clinton down. But after the Carnes fiasco, he was confirmed and sworn in that May. Ted Price saw the writing on the wall and retired. In one form or another, the CIA's shadow war against Saddam Hussein went…
▶ 49:05
So much for the concept. Director Deutsch, Woolsey's successor, not only approved Achilles, he asked the task force to set markers to measure success. Yeah, get out your spreadsheet. Let's put up some points of timelines and chart this all …
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Stephen Ritker also convinced General Shawani to try his coup again and had him coordinate plans with Alawi. Langley told Congress in May that Saddam's chances for holding power were diminishing. They haven't done anything, but Director Deu…
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Of course, poor relations were the very essence of Jim Woolsey's association with the White House. But by the time the report emerged, Woolsey was gone. John Deutch now manned Langley, where Anthony Lake and the NSC staff had perhaps been t…
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Officers at Langley saw Director Deutsch and his new deputy for military support, Vice Admiral Dennis Blair, as involving the CIA in something they knew very little about. A more charitable interpretation might be that the State Department …
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And a fresh 60,000 soldier NATO force with substantial US contingent went to Bosnia. But John Deutch stance during the deliberations were seen at Langley as inept. Let me tell you about this peace accord. So the Clinton administration, I wa…
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Technical intelligence collections remain Director Deutsch's strong suit. His relationship with the DO went from bad to worse. He only really wanted to focus on actually gathering intelligence as opposed to covert operations, and we know th…
▶ 31:09
The Iraq project had gone up in smoke, making Robert Baer the top target of a Justice Department inquiry. The month earlier, there was a major flap that had begun in Paris with the French accusing the CIA of economic spying against them, de…
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In September 1994, his successor renewed orders for a review. The station terminated all but one delinquent agent early in 95. He would soon be let go too. When John Deutsch arrived, the problem of tainted agents was presumably being cleane…
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until people started asking questions. Key allegations meriting briefing to Congress were not mentioned. As the media continued probing allegations of abuse, fresh fish were added to the stew. In September 95, the Oversight Board issued a p…
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acted even though the Oversight Board investigation was still going on. Recalled from Switzerland, Terry Ward was retired, as was Fred Brugger. The station chief judged to have withheld the data. While already retired, Deputy Director for O…
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The director of operations was in revolt. Many could not stomach dismissals on the basis of lack of candor. So the DO does not believe that lying is a reason to be fired because isn't that what our whole job is, to lie? How can that be caus…
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Deutch did not support the troops in the field doing whatever they wanted. They obviously didn't like it. Deutch said his approach was risk management, a term that could have come right out of a cybernetic theory, but that really meant arra…
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wrestled more feathers. He wanted his own man as his deputy. At the time, Jack Devine, serving as the deputy director, had a past association with Woolsey. The DO's favorite, Jack Downing, basically the classic covert operator, was the only…
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Asia officer in charge. Devine, the Latin American expert, could have been the deputy DO himself. Deutch passed over both to select David Cohen, a career CIA analyst, not agent, who only experienced in operations had been a brief tour as th…
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Deutsch brought in Nora Slatkin with him from the Pentagon as executive director. And remember, that's the gatekeeper job. It's like the number three. She's like the chief of staff of the front office. She was considered not that great on i…
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The DO employed a special assistant just to keep track of her movements within the building and warn people when she was coming. Among the bloating that went on during this period, Slack can replace the three-person unit supporting the exec…
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The covert action review group became just one of many reforms for Deutsch pulled out all stops. He wanted officer participation and many became involved. The agency had prided itself on not being like heavy at the top. That was gone. One p…
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preserving just major stations in favor of technical collections that would presumably make up the gaps. That changed. In April of 96, Deutch refused to promise Senate overseers that the CIA would refrain from using journalists. By summer, …
▶ 43:52
In September, Deutsch began saying in speeches that he intended to increase CIA personnel assigned abroad, recruit more agents, and he favored more covert operations. What made him turn around? That November, Deutsch flew to LA for an unpre…
▶ 44:23
into LA. Having famously said that the CIA officers were not as competent as the staffers he had known at the Pentagon, Deutsch also went on to say, I fired a lot of people. I certainly could have fired more. After a while, you have to ask,…
▶ 49:41
The highlight there, corrupt location data that led to the U.S. Air Force bombing the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, naturally made a matter of dispute. In November of 96, John Deutch resigned. Following the tradition of allowing the incoming…
▶ 50:12
Deutsch had wanted to leave and go to the Pentagon, but Clinton didn't want it. In Clinton's memoir, he says that he, quote unquote, hated to lose Deutsch, but there's no evidence exist that validates that. I think they were all glad he was…
▶ 50:44
To contain unprotected classified information, the CIA security officers was ready to throw the book at him. Deutsch lost his CIA and his Pentagon clearances and finally avoided criminal prosecution only because of a presidential pardon. No…
▶ 52:38
In November of 96, on Deutsch's watch, the FBI arrested a counterintelligence officer, Harold Nicholson, who pleaded guilty to spying for the Russians. In the time Dick Helms sat at the desk as CIA director, months worth of CIA contacts wit…
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These were the most important of the congressional probes into the Bosnian affair. Yet aside from generating heat and a huge report, nothing happened, which is par for the course. For the purposes of the Senate Intelligence Committee inquir…
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and Richard Holbrook. Four more closed sessions were held. Witnesses included John Deutch, Jim Woolsey, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the SECDEF, State and Defense Department lawyers. Tony Lake appeared before an informal h…
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also resurrected the issue of third-party operations and the responsibility of notifications that that was happening. Iran and others helping arm the Bosnian Muslims obviously fell under that third-country provision. President Clinton's nom…
▶ 11:44
scrub, quote, why is it that in 1995, when CIA director John Deutch conducted a review of the handling and payment of CIA agents and informants on the payroll, and it was determined that more than 1,000 CIA agents and informants had been se…
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That had been given powerful doses of LSD. And of course, it just continues. He gives a few more examples. As time passed, the government became more nervous about the failure of the damage control to sweep the issue under the carpet. CBS n…
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In 1995, it was obvious a few nerves were struck. The line of questioning centered around were Americans exposed to chemical, biological, and radiological weapons during the Persian Gulf War? Deutsch denied any such events ever occurred. Bu…
▶ 28:14
Kevin Shipp goes on to say, my last assignment as a CIA protective agent was to participate in the installation of the new CIA director, John Deutch. George Tenet would take over as deputy CIA, and Nora Sklakton became the first executive o…
▶ 28:48
referring to John Deutch, the politician, referring to George Tenet, and the dragon lady, referring to Nora Sklakton. His new role as the director of the CIA, Deutch came to visit the CIA's Counterintelligence Center, which he had just rece…
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impressed with Deutsch was an understatement. So he goes on to say, Deutsch was usually quite disheveled in appearance. He always found him to be deeply unimpressive. Tenet was the opposite end of the spectrum, always dressed to the nines a…
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When Tennant took over as director from the helpless Deutsch, he became the first director of intelligence to repeatedly invoke the state secret's privilege to shut down anyone against the agency and not tell them anything. And that include…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and the American public agree on. As the Washington Post wants you to believe, Krohngard is just what the CIA needed. Going on with that article, quote, given the CIA's nature, outsiders who assume top post …