The nineteen‑page manual that made plausible deniability collapse
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The nineteen‑page manual that made plausible deniability collapse
This episode explores the origins and implications of plausible deniability, a system designed to obscure government responsibility for covert operations. It delves into how this architectural choice in modern statecraft was built and by whom.
Topic: Plausible Deniability
Document: 19-page manual
Operation: PBSuccess
Year: 1954
Location: National Security Archive
- The manual was discovered within the training files of Operation PBSuccess, the 1954 CIA operation that overthrew the government of Guatemala.
- The concept of managed absence, where honest individuals are removed before a decision, was described by Victorian mathematician Charles Babbage.
- NSC 10/2, issued on June 18, 1948, authorized covert operations and required that US government responsibility for them not be evident.
- Allen Dulles, who would become CIA director, was the first official to publicly use the phrase "plausibly deniable."
- Former CIA Director Richard Helms told the Church Committee in 1975 that "nobody wants to embarrass a President of the United States."
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