Political Warfare Timeline 1981
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
December
- President Ronald Reagan authorizes a congressionally-funded programme of covert aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. Duane Clarridge will be transferred from Rome to run the operation as head of the CIA's Latin-American division.[1]
- 30-31 - The Colloquium on Clandestine Collection was held in Washington D.C.[2] The gathering, convened by the Consortium for the Study of Intelligence, involved "over sixty academics,journalists, current and former senior intelligence specialists, and practitioners serving in both the Executive and Legislative branches of the US government.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.18.
- ↑ Roy Godson (ed), Intelligence Requirements for the 1980': Clandestine Collection, National Strategy Information Center, 1982, p.225.
- ↑ Roy Godson (ed), Intelligence Requirements for the 1980': Clandestine Collection, National Strategy Information Center, 1982, p.2.
