[47642] in Cypherpunks
Re: CIA Stashes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Dolan)
Sun Jan 21 19:45:43 1996
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:35:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199601212341.SAA02445@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com>
On Sun, 21 Jan 1996, John Young wrote:
[...]
>
> In a related matter, on Friday C-SPAN 2 aired several hours
> of comments and proposals by intel experts before the US
> Commission on Intelligence Reform. Mephistophelean former
> NSA head Admiral Bobby Ray Inman proposed among other
> brain-wavers to reorganize the thirteen or so bloated,
> bumbling, cat-fighting intelligence agencies:
>
[...]
>
> Former Ambassador to China Tilley, a 25-year veteran of CIA
> operations, emphasized the importance of continuing Non
> Official Cover operations, which, he said, are invaluable
> very-long term penetrations. He cited those he set up in
> China as COS and then revisited fifteen years later as
> ambassador -- still ferreting deepest of demon red-commie
> secrets, he black-comicly glowered to the glazed-eyes. NOC,
> while very expensive, is crucial, he, too, parroted.
>
[...]
My eyes were glazing over but I think I heard him say that it was a nice
intelligence service practice to pass along useful info to
friendly businessmen in exchange for their help.
So there you have confirmation of at least some "economic intelligence"
activity.
bd
