Former National Security Advisor under Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski said: ” ‘According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. But the reality, secretly guarded until now, is completely otherwise: Indeed, it was July 3, 1979 […]
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4/15/1979
In April 1979, “the Italian company Snia Techint, a subsidiary of the Fiat group, agreed to sell four nuclear laboratories to the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission. The Italian deal would give the Iraqis enough plutonium in a year to make one bomb, and the project would be ready to go operational by late 1981.” [The […]
3/30/1979
President “Jimmy Carter’s deputy national security adviser, David Aaron, chaired a second secret session of the Special Coordination Committee on March 30 [1979] to consider direct American covert aid to the Afghan rebellion. …The State Department’s David Newsom explained to the group that the Carter administration now sought ‘to reverse the current Soviet trend and […]
1/15/1979
“…in January 1979 Islamic fundamentalists overthrew the shah of Iran, and the second oil crisis began. As gas lines formed that summer owing to gasoline price controls, the economy started to spiral toward another recession and inflation crossed again into the double-digit range, hitting 12 percent by fall.” [The 15th of the month used for […]
10/15/1978
“[T]he [October] 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act… required the President and his subordinates, on pain of jail, to get a special court’s permission to listen to each electronic communication of suspected foreign agents, including wartime enemies, in the United States.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Jack Goldsmith, The […]
10/15/1978
“In October 1978, Congress…passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), requiring both the Bureau [FBI] and CIA to obtain warrants before conducting any surveillance of an American abroad, even if that person was ‘reasonably believed to be acting on behalf of a foreign power.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes […]
7/16/1978
In an interview that appeared in the July 16, 1978, edition of Newsweek, “Asked why Baghdad had become a haven for both Palestinian and European terror groups, Saddam responded: ‘Regarding the Palestinians, it’s no secret: Iraq is open to them and they are free to train and plan [terrorist attacks] here.’ ” – Con Coughlin, […]
10/31/1977
On October 31, 1977, President “Jimmy Carter’s director of Central Intelligence, Admiral Stansfield Turner…who had no experience with intelligence, decided to cut 820 positions within the CIA Operations Directorate. …For the Clandestine Service, the cuts were a blow from which it never recovered. Every director of Central Intelligence since then has tried in vain to […]
1/20/1977
-James E. Carter, Jr. – Democratic president inaugurated -Walter F. Mondale – Vice President – […]
11/2/1976
-James E. Carter, Jr. – Democratic president elected -Walter F. Mondale – Vice President – […]