Privileged and Confidential: The Secret History of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board

by Kenneth Michael Absher, Michael C. Desch, Roman Popadiuk

Overview

Above the politics and ideological battles of Washington, D.C., is a committee that meets behind locked doors and leaves its paper trail in classified files. The President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) is one of the most secretive and potentially influential segments of the U.S. intelligence community. Established in 1956, the PIAB advises the president about intelligence collection, analysis, and estimates, and about the legality of foreign intelligence activities. Privileged and Confid

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813136080
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	09/21/2012
Pages:	528
Sales rank:	755,793
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kenneth Michael Absher, a retired senior CIA operations officer, is a fellow with the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and the author of Mind-Sets and Missiles: A First Hand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Michael C. Desch, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of Civilian Control of the Military: The Changing Security Environment. Roman Popadiuk served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine in 1992-1993. He is a retired member of the career Senior Foreign Service.

Table of Contents

Introduction. The President's Intelligence Advisory Board: Learning Lessons from Its Past to Shape Its Future 1

1 Dwight D. Eisenhower 15

2 John F. Kennedy 51

3 Lyndon B. Johnson 111

4 Richard M. Nixon 155

5 Gerald R. Ford/Jimmy Carter 187

6 Ronald W. Reagan 233

7 George H. W. Bush 263

8 William J. Clinton 279

9 George W. Bush 309

Conclusion 325

Acknowledgments and Disclaimer 345

Biographical Sketches of PFIAB Members 347

Notes 411

Index 491

Editorial Reviews

"Privileged and Confidential is an insightful and interesting read. This book will serve as the cornerstone and benchmark of this history. — Smauel Cooper-Wall

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