Project RESISTANCE
Proiect RESISTANCE was a broad effort to obtain general background information for predicting violence which might create threats to CIA installations, recruiters or contractors and for security evaluation of CIA applicants. From 1967 until 1973, the program compiled information about radical groups around the country, particularly on campuses. Much of the reporting to headquarters by field offices was from open sources such as newspapers. But additional information was obtained from cooperating police departments, campus officials and other local authorities, some of whom, in turn, were using more active collection techniques such as informants.
Project RESISTANCE and its twin program Project MERRIMAC were coordinated by the CIA Office of Security, a support unit of the CIA charged with safeguarding its personnel, facilities and information. In addition, the twin projects supplied information for Operation CHAOS.
See also
External links
- CHAOS, MERRIMAC, and RESISTANCE | PDF
- Domestic Surveillance: The History of Operation CHAOS-MERRIMAC_RESISTANCE
- ECHELON: America's Secret Global Surveillance Network
- Development of Surveillance Technology & Risk of Abuse of Economic Information | PDF
- G. Collection, Indexing, and Filing of Information by Operation CHAOS | CIA on Campus
- Staff report: CHAOS and the office of security