Presidential Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities organization

“you know, right around the time we're doing MKUltra. The Killian board, as it became known, included other notable scientists, military men, including General Doolittle, and a few captains of industry, of course, because that's who the CIA …”

“was the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities, which, of course, now is the President's Intelligence Board. And it was also known back in the day as the Hull Board, H-U-L-L. That was named after General John E.…”

“is interesting in that the intelligence board members was one of them was Jimmy Doolittle. And you remember where he fell into this whole thing, who had expressly studied covert operations for Eisenhower back in 1954 and came up with the wh…”

“and were briefed by intelligence agencies and basically did a report out to the president once or twice a year. Eisenhower had established the board in 1956 to head off any initiative that would have created a joint congressional committee …”

“More than ever before, a new NSC staff transacted business directly. Kennedy never consulted Eisenhower's White House staff secretary, Andrew Goodpaster, who had relevant information at his fingertips. Kennedy also abolished the presidentia…”

“This unfortunate situation highlights the necessity for reviewing and perhaps recasting some of the virtually autonomous functions presently assigned. Virtually autonomous. They're beckoning back to the Hall board, which we already talked a…”

“Project Hake served as an example of how things could go wrong. Robert Lovett, co-author of the board's previous covert study, pressed Eisenhower to transfer review authority to the 5412 group. Gordon Gray, the guy that we talked about earl…”