Background Memorandum for Director, CIA Reconnaissance Programs – OPS NRO Quarterly Report on NRP Satellite Systems, July 28, 1969 Document Archive Memorandum for Director, CIA Reconnaissance Programs – OPS NRO Quarterly Report on NRP Satellite Systems, July 28, 1969 [27 Pages, 8MB]
Author: John Greenewald
Background This is the Annual Department of Defense Bibliography of Logistics Studies and Related Documents for 1976. Document Archive Annual Department of Defense Bibliography of Logistics Studies and Related Documents, 1976 [196 Pages, 100MB]
Background A number of specific hypotheses about correlates of hypnotizability were tested. A sample of 25 Ss representative of the investigators’ special volunteer population was drawn. The criterion of hypnotizability used was the maximum hypnotic depth achieved in as many intensive hypnotic training sessions as E needed in order to feel confident that a stable plateau in the S’s performance had been reached. Findings confirmed the hypotheses that hypnotizability could be predicted from a general propensity for unusual subjective hypnotic-like experiences, from attitudes and motivational factors specifically relating to hypnosis, and from postural sway, heat illusion, and vividness of mental…
Background The President of the United States has available certain powers that may be exercised in the event that the nation is threatened by crisis, exigency, or emergency circumstances (other than natural disasters, war, or near-war situations). Such powers may be stated explicitly or implied by the Constitution, assumed by the Chief Executive to be permissible constitutionally, or inferred from or specified by statute. Through legislation, Congress has made a great many delegations of authority in this regard over the past 200 years. There are, however, limits and restraints upon the President in his exercise of emergency powers. With the…
Background According to the Executive Summary of the document: A U.S. Navy ELINT satellite system became operational in July 1960 and was operated until August 1962. The mission was to obtain information on Soviet air defense radars that could not be observed by Air Force and Navy ferret aircraft flying ELINT missions along accessible borders in Europe and the western Pacific. The system was proposed by the Naval Research Laboratory in the spring of 1958. In parallel with exploratory development by the NRL, the Office of Naval Intelligence obtained endorsements of Project Tattletale from elements of the executive and legislative…