This document summarizes an assessment of Carlos Castillo Armas, a Guatemalan military officer who led anti-government forces against the communist regime. It finds that while Castillo Armas is stubborn and prone to pursuing his own agenda, he could be controlled with firm oversight from US advisers stationed at his headquarters. It recommends outlining Castillo Armas' limited authority in a temporary government plan and ensuring he is surrounded by capable individuals to reduce his influence. Maintaining close supervision would increase the ability to keep Castillo Armas bounded by agreements after he took power.
Federalist Papers No 26, Restraining Legislative Authority Regarding DefenseChuck Thompson
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ARMS SALES, THE LEGISLATIVE VETO AND THE AMERICAN PUBLICLydia Boyer
This paper examines the history of the legislative veto as a separation of powers
mechanism in the American government and its influence on American foreign policy making
decisions in the Middle East. Its theoretical foundation lies in the tension between the legislative
and executive branches, which must work together to make foreign policy as a result of the
shared power given by the United States Constitution. As both the President, the head of the
executive branch, and the members of Congress both rely on election from the American public
and support from American interest groups, which use their monetary and informational support
in exchange for policy support in Washington DC. The legislative veto, officially in practice
from the 1930s to 1983, had a distinct impact on foreign policy because of its reversal of the
legislative process, which enabled public interest groups to have a greater influence on foreign
policy. Its impact can be easily seen on Foreign Policy in the Middle East because the legislative
veto provision was included in the 1974 renewal of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA).
During the 9 year period until the legislative veto was ruled unconstitutional in INS v. Chadha,
five large arms sales to Middle Eastern countries illustrate the larger trend of public policy
changing government policy making through the legislative veto. The five sales studied in this
paper illustrate the influence of lobbying groups, particularly the American Israeli lobby as a
general group, in being able to change foreign policy arrangements already negotiated by foreign
policy actors in the US government and demonstrate that sales were altered, withdrawn, or
resubmitted with amendments in favor of pro-Israeli policies.
11 Secret Intelligence, Covert Action and Clandestine Diplom.docxhyacinthshackley2629
11 Secret Intelligence, Covert Action
and Clandestine Diplomacy
Len Scott
‘The essential skill of a secret service is to get things done secretly and deniably.’
(John Bruce Lockhart, former Deputy Chief of SIS)1
Much contemporary study of intelligence concerns how knowledge is acquired,
generated and used. This chapter provides a different focus that treats secrecy,
rather than knowledge, as an organising theme. Instead of scrutinising the process
of gathering, analysing and exploiting intelligence, it examines other activities of
secret intelligence services, often termed covert action. This broader framework
draws upon both pre-modern ‘Secret Service’ activities that predated modern
intelligence organisations,2 as well as many Cold War studies. It resonates with
the perspective of Richard Aldrich that secret service activity includes ‘operations to
influence the world by unseen means – the hidden hand’.3 Exploration of secret
intervention illuminates important themes and issues in the study of intelligence,
and identifies challenges and opportunities for enquiry, particularly in the context
of the British experience. One further aspect is examined and developed – the
role of secret intelligence services in conducting clandestine diplomacy, a
neglected yet intriguing dimension that also provides insights into the study of
intelligence.
Many intelligence services perform tasks other than gathering secret intel-
ligence. Conversely, intelligence activities are conducted by organisations other
than secret intelligence services. The relationship between organisation and
function varies over time and place. In wartime Britain, for example, the Secret
Intelligence Service (SIS) conducted espionage and the Special Operations
Executive (SOE) was responsible for special operations.4 While the CIA con-
ducted much US Cold War propaganda, in Britain the Information Research
Department was part of the Foreign Office.5 In the United States, covert para-
military action has long been undertaken by the Department of Defense,6 while
there is a veritable plethora of US government agencies with intelligence gathering
capabilities. And in the wake of September 11 the CIA has expanded its
paramilitary capabilities (evident in Afghanistan) while the Pentagon appears
committed to developing Special Forces able to conduct their own intelligence
Secret Intelligence and Clandestine Diplomacy 163
gathering. Notwithstanding the fact that different tasks are performed by
different organisations, since 1945 Western intelligence services have never-
theless used the same organisations and the same groups of people to perform
different tasks.
For many observers, and especially for many critics, secret intervention is
synonymous with intelligence and loomed large in Cold War debates about the
legitimacy and morality of intelligence organisations and their activities. Since
September 11, Washington’s agenda for taking the offensive to the United States’
enemie.
Federalist Papers No 15 Insufficiency to Preserve the UnionChuck Thompson
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Monkey CageA broad approach to countering the Islamic StateBy .docxmoirarandell
Monkey Cage
A broad approach to countering the Islamic State
By Christopher Paul and Colin P. Clarke September 2
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/09/02/a-broad-approach-to-countering-the-islamic-state/
Iraqi soldiers celebrate on Monday after Iraqi forces broke through to the jihadist-besieged town of Amerili the previous day. (JM Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)
In 2013 we completed “Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies,” a study of 71 counterinsurgencies since the end of World War II that quantitatively tested the performance of 24 concepts, or building blocks, for specific counterinsurgency (COIN) approaches, against the historical record. Some of the concepts were drawn from classical perspectives on COIN from the previous century, such as pacification and resettlement; others were contemporary concepts suggested for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as “boots on the ground” and the concept implicit in U.S. Army Field Manual (FM) 3-24, Counterinsurgency.
The selected cases are the 71 most recent resolved insurgencies, spanning the period from World War II through 2010. In addition to being perfectly representative of the modern history of insurgency, these cases represent geographic variation (mountains, jungles, deserts, cities), regional and cultural variation (Africa, Latin America, Central Asia, the Balkans, the Far East), and variation in the military capabilities and tactics of COIN forces and insurgent forces alike.
Map of the 71 Insurgencies – Green shading indicates that the COIN force prevailed (or had the better of a mixed outcome), while red shading indicates that the outcome favored the insurgents (thus, a COIN loss).
The study resulted in a definitive set of findings about historical cases of counterinsurgencies, several of which are detailed below.
First, we found that in every case where they succeeded, counterinsurgent forces managed to substantially overmatch the insurgents and force them to fight as guerrillas before getting down to the activities traditionally associated with counterinsurgency.
This means that step one in defeating militants from the Islamic State, formerly referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is to overmatch them and defeat their conventional aspirations. While this has not happened yet in Iraq, U.S. air power could make a significant contribution toward that end. Airstrikes will help curb Islamic State advances in strategically important parts of Iraq and thus, help bolster the Iraqi government and security forces, at least in the short term.
Second, we concluded from the research that “effective COIN practices tend to run in packs,” meaning that governments that managed to defeat insurgencies implemented numerous effective practices rather than just a few. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) techniques identified three COIN concepts critical to success. These three concepts were implemented in each and every COIN win, and no COIN lo ...
CIA telegrams coordinating the creation of fake photo negative to trick a Chicago Tribune reporter into writing fake news. See snowmedia.com/liberation/documents for details.
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
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In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
role of women and girls in various terror groupssadiakorobi2
Women have three distinct types of involvement: direct involvement in terrorist acts; enabling of others to commit such acts; and facilitating the disengagement of others from violent or extremist groups.
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Epilogue 1
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148. Memorandum for the Record1
Washington, May 14, 1954.
SUBJECT
Calligeris
The following comments and opinions regarding Calligeris are being submitted for the record to assist in any possible future evaluation of his personality. The
basis for these remarks is the following: a ten day personal association in January 1954, a six day personal association in April 1954, a review of Subject’s
correspondence with [name not declassi ed] during the period January-May 1954, and a résumé of [name not declassi ed]’s remarks during the above noted period.
Calligeris, initially an unknown, undistinguished Lt. Col. in the Guatemalan army, became involved in the Junta when [less than 1 line of source text not declassi ed]
the military leader of the anti-communist Guatemalan forces in exile.
Prior to this time Calligeris’ most overt act against the regime had been an abortive revolutionary movement which was triggered by the assassination of Col.
Arana, a close friend of Calligeris. Calligeris’ coup against the government became known before any action could be taken and resulted in his imprisonment. His
subsequent “heroic” escape from prison was arranged entirely [less than 1 line of source text not declassi ed]. Safehouse personnel have testi ed that outside forces
even knew the exact hour when Calligeris would be sprung and were waiting for him in a car outside of the prison area.
It was not long after this that [name not declassi ed], in search of an army leader who was willing to join an anti-government movement, [less than 1 line of source
text not declassi ed] Calligeris as the battle leader of the anti-communist forces with headquarters in Honduras. That this group, with Calligeris as its military
leader, left much to be desired, is clearly evidenced by three separate, costly abortive attempts by the Calligeris forces to succeed in a coup against the Guatemalan
Government: all of these attempts failed at the 11th hour because the promised military elements inside the country did not ful ll their reported promises to
support Calligeris.
[2 lines of source text not declassi ed] determined to assure all possible controls and support be given to Calligeris since he was no longer certain that Calligeris
possessed su cient background to command such a technical, military-political operation. For these reasons [less than 1 line of source text not
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declassi ed] that Calligeris follow the orders of the Group’s advisers, whether they be military, intelligence, or propaganda.
This brings to light a Calligeris personality trait which is now clearly recognizable. He is a rmly stubborn man who in the face of indisputable evidence is
prone to maintain his own point of view. The manner in which he defends his own decisions is interesting. Personal experience has shown that Calligeris will
yield readily on general points and appear to be most willing to conciliate, promising that changes as suggested will be carried out. However, his execution of
the details of any agreement will be as he sees t. This completely modi es his original agreement with general plans. His geographical position plus the lack of
a group contact with him who can e ectively assure his completion of activities, has given him reason to believe that he can modify to suit his own desires any
orders or instructions from [name not declassi ed] or the Group. It should be pointed out that Calligeris has not developed this line of thinking with an
altogether malicious intent. Delays, lack of decisions, reversal of decisions by the Group have tended to increase his necessity to take the initiative when he,
from his Honduran outpost, saw the necessity for some course of action.
The undersigned now realizes that Calligeris, when shorn of intelligence and propaganda responsibilities in January 1954,2
keenly resented this decision to
which he agreed without any undue enthusiasm. His subsequent actions soon abrogated the agreement in such a direct manner that his excuses of a lack of
adequate communication [less than 1 line of source text not declassi ed] only made the case more obvious. In the end the Group yielded to Calligeris’ wishes, thus
giving him a clear idea that if he persisted his ideas would be accepted.
This same trait of stubbornness has carried over into his defense of his subordinates: in many cases he has selected well [1 line of source text not declassi ed] but
in other outstanding cases his closest advisers have proved to be outright traitors or at best dubious recipients of the high con dence he has placed in them. In
the two known cases of Delgado and Secaira, Calligeris—under the increasing pressure of the Group or subordinates in his group to examine more closely their
loyalty—has become proportionately more loyal in defending the suspects, or at least he was in no way willing to sever his connections with them. An
explanation for this perverse loyalty is the fact that both men in the past made many open and also fervent pledges of loyalty to Calligeris. These
demonstrations apparently have a great deal of in uence with Calligeris and have clouded his logic. The important lesson to be gained from these
examples by the Group is that if in the future Calligeris is elevated to high responsibilities, sel sh and cunning men will soon grasp this key of obtaining and
maintaining favor with Calligeris. By their constant demonstration of loyalty, they can maintain positions with little or no real talent. It will behoove the Group
to aid in every manner in order to see that Calligeris is surrounded by sincere men.
The undersigned believes that Calligeris has the mentality and su cient personal ambition to aspire to the job of being the new Guatemalan strong man. He has
previously insisted that the temporary government last two years, preferring the three years period. Steps to simmer down such desires should be initiated at once.
He should be confronted as soon as possible, with the outline of the temporary government which will indicate his limited authority. [name not declassi ed] is in the
process of preparing this. [name not declassi ed] is fully aware that strong personalities will be needed to surround Calligeris and simultaneously [name not
declassi ed] is in the midst of recruiting capable individuals. The Group should maintain at Calligeris’ Headquarters a Senior Representative who in e ect would be
the “stern” man who is primarily concerned with the political and diplomatic activities of the Calligeris Headquarters.3
Remembering that Calligeris operates on
the principle of extending where there is no barrier, the submission of the temporary government organization, with solid backing from Group to support such a
government and nothing else, should be hammered home by a capable representative of the Group who would be stationed at his Headquarters. This action
constitutes one e ective step which can be taken now, before D-Day. Also, the immediate inclusion of other Guatemalan military men of stature as may result from
the K-Program in the Junta Headquarters will tend to reduce Calligeris’ stature.
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a. The above suggestions are no guarantee that Calligeris will remain bounded by any agreement reached before D-Day but it will considerably increase the moral
force which can be brought to bear upon him after he is installed.
Calligeris, in the undersigned’s opinion, could not last too long in the rough and tumble of Guatemalan politics without the support of the men [less than 1 line of
source text not declassi ed]. From the visible support which he has received to date, he counts on not too many military men. He could expect no support from the
elements of the present regime. Any alienation of the [less than 1 line of source text not declassi ed] would estrange him immediately with individuals more
conservative than the [less than 1 line of source text not declassi ed]. Calligeris would therefore be dependent on a very small base of people who have
resided with him in exile. It is not logical that such a small element of people, few of whom have had political experience, could long survive the ordeal of righting
the “mess” made by the communists. A representative from Group, properly installed, could easily in the course of a few weeks, make the above points painfully
clear to Calligeris.
[name not declassi ed]
1. Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 8, Folder 5. Secret. Drafted by [name not declassi ed] on May 14 for C/P and DC/P.↩
2. See Documents 89 , 91 , and 92 .↩
3. A handwritten marginal note reads: “Worth considering and if good man available. [initial not declassi ed] could try to work it out with C. given some support for
us.”↩