Covert Operations, 1981-1988

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1947-2021, FAS: Presidential Directives
1940-2021, FAS: Selected Executive Orders on National Security

1967-2003, Public Information Research: CIA on Campus (articles 1967-2003)

1966-1996, National Security Archive: U.S. Policy in Guatemala, 1966-1996

1981-1988, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981-1988: Vols. III, VI, XIII, XLI

December 1988, National Security Archive: US Senate: Committee on Foreign Relations: Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy (Kerry Report): Final Report (PDF)
December 1988, GAO: National Security: The Use of Presidential Directives to Make and Implement U.S. Policy (PDF)
10 December 1988, Internet Archive: Alternative Views: Election '88 Post Mortem: John Stockwell

September 1988, NARA: Information Security Oversight Office: Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement (PDF)

12 August 1988, New Statesman: Duncan Campbell: They've got it taped (re. ECHELON, Project 415) (PDF)
12 August 1988, Cryptome: New Statesman: Somebody's listening (Project 415) (Re. NSA, Echelon, Duncan Campbell)

11, 12, 14 July 1988, Memory Hole: US Senate: Committee on Foreign Relations: Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy (Kerry Report): Part 4: The Cartel, Haiti and Central America: Appendix (PDF)
11, 12, 14 July 1988, Memory Hole: US Senate: Committee on Foreign Relations: Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy (Kerry Report): Part 4: The Cartel, Haiti and Central America (PDF)

25 June 1988, Internet Archive: Alternative Views: John Stockwell Views the Elections

26 May 1988, C-SPAN: US House: CIA and Aid to the Contra Rebels
17 May 1988, Frontline: Guns, Drugs and the CIA (Transcript)
17 May 1988, Internet Archive: Frontline: Guns, Drugs and the CIA

4, 5, 6, 7 April 1988, Memory Hole: US Senate: Committee on Foreign Relations: Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy (Kerry Report): Part 3: The Cartel, Haiti and Central America (PDF)
4 April 1988, ODNI: NSA/CSS: Classified Annex to Department of Defense Procedures Under Executive Order 12333 (PDF)

8, 9, 10, 11 February 1988, Memory Hole: US Senate: Committee on Foreign Relations: Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy (Kerry Report): Part 2: Panama (PDF)

1987, Vimeo: BBC: Secret Society: Part 6: Zircon
1987, BBC: Secret Society: Part 1: The Secret Constitution: Secret Cabinet Committees (MP4)
1987 (?), Consortium for Independent Journalism: CRS: Draft Report: "Public Diplomacy," "Project Democracy," and Contra Aid (PDF)
1987 (?), Consortium for Independent Journalism: (Unattributed) Launching the Private Network (re. Iran-Contra) ("Lost Chapter") (PDF)
1984-1987, National Security Archive: Public Diplomacy and Covert Propaganda: The Declassified Record of Ambassador Otto Juan Reich

13 November 1987, Internet Archive: US House, Senate: Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair: Appendix C: Chronology of Events (PDF)
13 November 1987, Internet Archive: US House, Senate: Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair: Appendix A: Source Documents: Vol. 2 (PDF)
13 November 1987, Internet Archive: US House, Senate: Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair: Appendix A: Source Documents: Vol. 1 (PDF)

30 October 1987, National Security Archive: CIA: Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee: The Jonathan Jay Pollard Espionage Case: A Damage Assessment (PDF)
27 May, 15 July, 30 October 1987, Memory Hole: US Senate: Committee on Foreign Relations: Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy (Kerry Report): Part 1: The Bahamas (PDF)
19 October 1987, NYT: Covert Workers Disappear in the Pension Shuffle

21 August 1987, NARA: WH: National Security Decision Directive No. 281: United States Nuclear Weapons Command and Control (NSDD 281) (PDF)

10 June 1987, Internet Archive: Alternative Views: The CIA, Congress and the Press (Diverse Reports: Standard Techniques, John Stockwell, David MacMichael)

April 1987, Institute for Research: Middle East Policy: DOD: Institute for Defense Analyses: Critical Technology Assessment in Israel and NATO Nations (PDF)

8 February 1987, NYT: Chilean Admits Role in '76 Murder

23 January 1987, New Statesman: Duncan Campbell: The parliamentary bypass operation (re. Project Zircon) (PDF)
4 January 1987, NYT: 'The Company' as Big Business

7 December 1986, Miami Herald: How a scandal developed

16 November 1986, Miami Herald: U.S. fighting secret battles worldwide
3 November 1986, UN: General Assembly: 41st session: Resolution 31: Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 concerning military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua: need for immediate compliance (PDF)

28 October 1986, UN: Security Council: 2718th meeting: Letter dated 17 October 1986 from Nicaragua to the President of the Security Council (PDF)
28 October 1986, UN: Security Council: Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Trinidad and Tobago and United Arab Emirates: draft resolution (PDF)
15 October 1986, NYT: The C.I.A. Role in Salvador: Air Base Described as the Key
12 October 1986, Miami Herald: Bush, NSC set up aid to rebels, officials say
10 October 1986, NYT: U.S. Prisoner in Nicaragua Says C.I.A. Ran Contra Supply Flights
2 October 1986, NYT: U.S. Plan Against Qaddafi Is Said to Intensify

13 July 1986, NYT: C.I.A. Regaining Role With Contras
7 July 1986, NYT: Overseeing of C.I.A. By Congress Has Produced Decade of Support

27 June 1986, International Court of Justice: Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America): Merits, Judgment (PDF)
21 June 1986, NYT: Ex-Officers Accuse Contra Chiefs of Siphoning Off U.S. Aid Money
8 June 1986, Miami Herald: Despite ban, U.S. helping contras
5 June 1986, NYT: Darker Side of U.S.-Israeli Ties Revealed
4 June 1986, NYT: U.S. Reportedly Knew Of Poland's Plans in '81
1 June 1986, NYT: Press Welcomes Cooperation Plea

30 May 1986, NYT: C.I.A. Role Reported in Contra's Fall

14 April 1986, NYT: C.I.A. Aid to Rebels Reported

2 March 1986, NYT: No Violation Is Found In Harvard Research

21 February 1986, NYT: Secret C.I.A. Research on Campus: Harvard Reweighs Guidelines of 1970's
19 February 1986, NYT: President Decides to Send Weapons to Angola Rebels
14 February 1986, NYT: C.I.A. Aide Says Agency Will Let Scholars Acknowledge Backing
14 February 1986, NYT: C.I.A. Accused of Tolerating Killings in Honduras
3 February 1986, NYT: C.I.A. Is Too Modest About Sponsoring Books

20 January 1986, NYT: C.I.A. Says It Has Restored Link to Campuses to Get More Advice
5 January 1986, NYT: Harvard and the C.I.A.

20 December 1985, AP: Reports Link Nicaraguan Rebels to Cocaine Trafficking

5 November 1985, NYT: C.I.A. Grant Raises Questions on Research Rules at Harvard

20 October 1985, NYT: Harvard Widens Inquiry in C.I.A. Aid to Professor
12 October 1985, NYT: Harvard Allows Professor to Use $50,000 Grant From C.I.A. For Conference On Islam

12 September 1985, NYT: Nicaraguan Rebel Tells of Killings As Device For Forced Recruitment

20 May 1985, YouTube: Burlington City Hall: Noam Chomsky: Deciphering Foreign Policy Jargon

27 March 1985, FAS: WH: National Security Decision Directive No. 166: U.S. Policy, Programs and Strategy in Afghanistan (NSDD 166) (PDF)
19 March 1985, Chomsky.info: Harvard: Noam Chomsky: American Foreign Policy

22 February 1985, NYT: President Asserts Goal Is to Remove Sandinista Regime

January 1985, FP: CIA: The Iraqi Chemical Weapons Program in Perspective (PDF)
18 January 1985, FAS: WH: National Security Decision Directive No. 159: Covert Action Policy Approval and Coordination Procedures (NSDD-159) (PDF)

14 December 1984, National Security Archive: CIA: DDI Gates memo to DCI Casey re. Nicaragua (PDF)

30 November 1984, NYT: AP: U.S Appeals Court Upholds Conviction of Ex-C.I.A. Agent
28 November 1984, NYT: 2 Are Admonished On C.I.A. Project
26 November 1984, International Court of Justice: Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America): Jurisdiction and Admissibility, Judgment (PDF)

30 September 1984, Harper's: Should the CIA Fight Secret Wars?
6 September 1984, FP: CIA: Memo re. The Islamic Bomb: Chemical Rather than Nuclear? (PDF)

10 May 1984, International Court of Justice: Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America): Provisional Measures, Order (PDF)
9 May 1984, US House: Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Implementation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (PDF)

9 April 1984, International Court of Justice: Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America): Application instituting proceedings (PDF)
4 April 1984, UN: Security Council: 2529th meeting: Letter dated 29 March 1984 from the Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (PDF)
4 April 1984, UN: Security Council: Nicaragua: draft resolution (PDF)

23 March 1984, FP: CIA: Iraq: Use of Nerve Agent (PDF)
13 March 1984, FP: CIA: Memo re. Monthly Warning Meetings for February 1984 (PDF)

24 February 1984, FP: CIA: Memo re. Prospects for Use of Chemical Weapons by Iraq Against Iran Over the Next Six Months (PDF)
21, 28 April 1983, 7 February 1984, NCJRS: US House: Committee on the Judiciary: Presidential Directive on the Use of Polygraphs and Prepublication Review (PDF)

1983, Ralph McGehee: Deadly Deceits: Appendix: "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence": This Book and the Secrecy Agreement (PDF)
1983, Ballistic Helmet: CIA: The Freedom Fighter's Manual (PDF)
1983, FAS: CIA: Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare: Appendix: Speech Techniques (PDF)
1983, Cryptome: CIA: Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (PDF)

11 November 1983, NYT: AP: Pro-West Angola Rebels Say They Downed Plane
4 November 1983, FP: CIA: Iran's Likely Reaction to Iraqi Use of Chemical Weapons (PDF)

January 1983, DOD: Sensitive Compartmented Information Indoctrination Memorandum (PDF)
January 1983, DOD: Sensitive Compartmented Information Debriefing Memorandum (PDF)
14 January 1983, FAS: WH: National Security Decision Directive No. 77: Management of Public Diplomacy Relative to National Security (NSDD-77) (GIF, ZIP)

December 1982, ACLU: DOD: Regulation 5240.1-R: Procedures Governing the Activities of DOD Intelligence Components that Affect United States Persons (DOD 5240.1-R) (PDF)

October 1982, Internet Archive: Alternative Views: Making a Movie About the CIA (Alan Francovich)

September 1982, NYT: Israel State Archives: Declassified Documents Shed Light on a 1982 Massacre (PDF, ZIP)

29 July 1982, FP: CIA: Iran-Iraq: Situation Report (PDF)

May 1982, Internet Archive: Alternative Views: Covert Action: John Stockwell and Louis Wolf (Parts 1-3)

2 April 1982, NARA: Federal Register: WH: Executive Order 12356--National security information
2 April 1982, UN: Security Council: 2347th meeting: Letter dated 19 March 1982 from the Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (PDF)
1 April 1982, UN: Security Council: Panama: draft resolution (PDF)

31 March 1982, FAS: US House: Report of the Interdepartmental Group on Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information (Willard Report) (PDF)

4 January 1982, FAS: WH: National Security Decision Directive No. 17: Cuba and Central America (NSDD 17) (PDF)

4 December 1981, NARA: Federal Register: WH: Executive Order 12333--United States intelligence activities

8 November 1981, NYT: Records Show Wilson Made Millions on C.I.A. Experience

September 1981, CIA: Center for the Study of Intelligence: Thomas Troy: Donovan and the CIA: A History of the Establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency (PDF)

6 August 1981, FAS: WH: National Security Decision Directive No. 7: Enhanced Radiation Weapons (NSDD 7) (PDF)

February 1981, Internet Archive: Alternative Views: CIA Update (John Stockwell)