“The Deputy Director for Science and Technology at CIA is named Everett Hineman. He is in fact getting ready to retire in the very near future. That may make him somewhat more willing to have dialogues than he otherwise would have had. When I knew him in the period seven to ten years ago, he was a person of very substantial integrity and just good common sense. So as a place to start he would clearly be high on the list.”
- Former CIA Deputy Director Bobby Ray Inman, 1989
ORIGINS
I want to first point you to the Intelligence Advisory Committee. From 1947-1958, a number of IAC-directed committees and subcommittees oversaw the collection of Science & Technology intel derived from the military's Foreign Material Exploitation Programs.
The Scientific Intelligence Committee was formed in 1949 by directive from the Director of Central Intelligence, Roscoe Hillenkoeter, and approved by the IAC. The SIC was chaired by a CIA representative, and the Atomic Energy Commission, State Department, Army, Navy, and Air Force each had their own reps. Interestingly, the services were opposed to the CIA’s involvement in military intel gathering at this time.
This same year, the CIA’s own Office of Scientific Intelligence came into play, merging the Nuclear Energy Group of the Office of Special Operations with the Scientific Branch in the Office of Reports and Estimates.
H. Marshall Chadwell took on the position of Assistant Director of the OSI. Chadwell believed the issue of UFOs to be of such great importance "that it should be brought to the attention of the National Security Council, in order that a community-wide coordinated effort towards a solution may be initiated."
https://www.cia.gov/static/105bd8290b90de13ee136fecc9fe863f/cia-role-study-UFOs.pdf
In 1952, Chadwell briefed the IAC on the UAP situation. It concluded that the Director of Central Intelligence should "enlist the services of selected scientists to review and appraise the available evidence in the light of pertinent scientific theories". In 1953, Chadwell helped organize the infamous Robertson Panel meeting. The panel concluded that the phenomenon posed no threat to national security, and recommended the initiation of a campaign to reduce public interest in the subject. This whole document is worth a read:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000015352.pdf
DIRECTORATE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The OSI was incorporated into the Deputy Directorate for Research in 1962, which was renamed the (Deputy) Directorate of Science & Technology in 1963.
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB54/st21.pdf
The Directorate would undergo many organizational changes over the years, and the title of its leader appears to switch ambiguously from Deputy Director, Director, and Associate Deputy Director at times. Let’s have a look at some of them.
THE DIRECTORS
Albert D. (Bud) Wheelon (1963-1966) -
After a brief stint at Douglas Aircraft, joined TRW in 1953. Helped develop the USA’s first ICBM and was “an important contributor to the company's work for the Central Intelligence Agency.” Started at the CIA in 1962, became first DDS&T. Played key roles in oversight of U-2 reconnaissance ops, as well as the development of the A-12 Oxcart, SR-71 Blackbird, and the first spy satellites under codename CORONA. Became a VP at Hughes Aircraft in 1966 and retired as chairman and CEO in 1988.
In 1966, Wheelon was one of four men who selected the site for what is now the Joint Defense Facility at Pine Gap near Alice Springs, Australia.
https://arena.org.au/our-poisoned-heart-by-richard-tanter/
Carl E. Duckett (1966-1976) -
Duckett was involved in the development of early tech at Westinghouse Electric. During his time in the military, he served at the US Army’s Missile Command at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Upon joining the CIA, he was appointed Director of the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center in the S&T Directorate before ultimately becoming Deputy Director of S&T.
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP91-00587R000100380004-8.pdf
Thanks to a lawsuit filed by Peter Gersten, hundreds of CIA docs related to UFOs were released in the late 1970s. One 1976 memo details how urgent information regarding UFOs was hand-delivered to the DDS&T at the time:
“The name of the deputy director was also redacted but records indicate that Carl Duckett served in that position at the time.
The document states: 'We contacted A/DDS&T (Dr [redacted]) to see if he knew of any UFO program and also to answer the questions posed by [redacted].
'Dr [redacted] exhibited interest in [redacted] which was hand-carried to his office. After a short examination of its contents Dr [redacted] advised us that he would personally look into the matter and get back to us.'”
An additional memo of interest is quoted in a 1979 New York Times article:
“Another memo, dated July 14, [1976] and routed to the deputy chief in the Office of Development and Engineering, reads: “As you may recall, I mentioned my own interest in the subject as well as the fact that DCD [Domestic Collection Division] has been receiving U.F.O. related material from many of our S & T (Science and Technology] sources who are presently conducting related research. These scientists include some who have been associated with the Agency for years and whose credentials remove them from the ‘nut’ variety.””
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/14/archives/ufo-files-the-untold-story.html
Rutledge P. Hazzard (1973-1976) -
Hazzard joined the CIA after retiring from active duty in 1973, holding various project management positions at Redstone Arsenal. In 1978 he was appointed director of NPIC, a heritage organization of the NGA.
https://history.redstone.army.mil/miss-hazzard.html
https://www.nga.mil/innovators-leaders/Brig_Gen_Rutledge_P_Hazzard_US_Army.html
A Director of S&T, Hazzard is one of the agency members named in a court case filed by Ground Saucer Watch in 1981:
“Ground Saucer Watch does, however, contest the conclusion that it failed to raise a substantial and material question about the CIA's good faith. Its argument on this point defines the issue before us: Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to appellant, can it be said that the CIA affidavits left no substantial and material fact to be determined and that appellees were entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law?
The CIA released the materials to appellant on December 14, 1978. Affidavits explaining its search procedures, together with indices to the uncovered documents, were filed with the District Court on February 26, 1979. The affidavits were by George Owens, CIA Information and Privacy Act Coordinator; Robert Owen, Directorate of Operations documents; Kari Weber, Office of Scientific Intelligence documents; Sidney Stembridge, Office of Security documents; and Rutledge Hazzard, Directorate of Science Technology documents.”
https://casetext.com/case/ground-saucer-watch-inc-v-cia
Leslie Dirks (1976-1982) -
While studying at MIT in the late 1950s, Dirks worked as an analyst and researcher at Raytheon, Ewen Knight Corporation, and Edgerton, Germes & Greer. He joined the agency’s OSI in 1961 and went on to become Deputy Director of Special Projects in 1971, which was later renamed the Office of Development & Engineering (OD&E). He was appointed DDS&T after a stint as O&E’s Director.
Following his retirement from the CIA, Dirks joined the Hughes Aircraft Communications Satellite Organization, headed at the time by Wheelon. Dirks was present at the aforementioned Pine Gap get-together with both Wheelon and Duckett.
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP93B01137R000400020069-7.pdf
https://www.nae.edu/187844/LESLIE-C-DIRKS-19362001
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com/2019/09/project-rainfall-secret-history-of-pine.html?m=1
R. Evans Hineman (1982-1989) -
This is the man name dropped by Inman at the top of the post. He joined the CIA in 1964 as a scientist in the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center. He served in numerous leadership roles in the agency before being appointed DDS&T, including Director of Weapons Intelligence. Following his retirement in 1989, he was named as President of TASC following their acquisition by Litton. TASC was eventually purchased by Northrop Grumman, and when Northrop made the decision to sell the consulting group in 2009, Hineman was one of the deal’s advisors along with another former DDS&T Donald Kerr (more on him in a bit). Hineman also served in executive roles at Mantech International Corporation.
https://cryptome.org/2015/12/cia-sasa-1990.pdf
https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/3003711?embedded-checkout=true
https://spacenews.com/northrop-sells-consulting-business-equity-group-0/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-07-fi-36735-story.html
James V. Hirsch (1989-1995) -
It is difficult to find any information about Hirsch, his time in the S&T Directorate, and his post-CIA activities. In the year following his retirement, he worked as an independent consultant for the NRO.
https://www.governmentattic.org/5docs/FutureOfNRO_1996.pdf
Ruth David (1995-1998) -
David was the mastermind behind a radical shift in the agency and how it dealt with procurements. Along with the woman who would become her predecessor in leading S&T, she pushed for the CIA to pursue partnerships in the private sector, getting in on new, innovative technologies during the development stage. Prior to joining the agency she worked in various capacities at Sandia National Labs. Upon retirement, she became President and Executive Officer at Analytic Service Inc, also known as ANSER, a think tank similar to RAND, MITRE, and the like.
https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/members/past_members/david.jsp
Joanne Isham (1999-2001) -
As DDS&T, Isham was pivotal in the creation of the CIA’s nonprofit venture capital firm In-Q-Tel, the “skunkworks” of the intelligence community. After leaving the agency in 2001, she became Deputy Director of the NGA. Isham also spent a number of years in leadership roles at the NRO. In private industry, her CV includes various leadership roles at ANSER, BAE Systems, High Performance Technologies Inc, and L-1 Identity Solutions.
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/experts/joanne-isham
Donald Kerr (2001-2005) -
It was under Kerr’s watch as DDS&T that the Office of Global Access was formed in 2003. His resume is incredible:
- Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1979–1985
- President and Director, EG&G, 1989–1992
- Corporate Executive Vice President and Director, SAIC, 1993–1996
- Executive Vice President and Director, SAIC, 1996–1997
- Director, Laboratory Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1997–2001
- Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency, 2001–2005
- Director, National Reconnaissance Office, 2005–2007
- Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, 2007–2009
After his retirement in 2009, Kerr served on the Board of Trustees at MITRE, and as Director of Michael Baker International, LLC and Orbis Operations, LLC. Kerr’s name is among many of those found in Oke Shannon’s 1985 ATP-10 meeting notes.
https://www.nro.gov/Portals/65/documents/history/csnr/leaders/DNRO_monograph_Sep2012.pdf
https://potomacinstitute.org/staff/1046-donald-m-kerr-ph-d-sp-599
Stephanie O’Sullivan (2005-2009) -
After working for both TRW and the Office of Naval Intelligence, O’Sullivan joined the agency in 1995 and held numerous management positions in the S&T Directorate before becoming DDS&T. She was appointed as Associate Deputy Director of the CIA in 2009 before becoming Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence in the ODNI in 2011. In private industry, she joined the boards of directors of The Aerospace Corporation, Battelle Memorial Institute, HRL Laboratories (formerly Hughes Research Laboratories) and Huntington Ingalls Industries. She has served on advisory boards at Google, Adobe, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Noblis, Peraton, and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Glenn Gaffney (2009-?) -
Over his 31 year career in the IC, Gaffney held senior positions as the Director of Science and Technology for the Central Intelligence Agency, taking over O’Sullivan’s position in 2009, the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection, and the Associate Director of CIA for Talent. He is Chief Strategy Officer at NobleReach Foundation, a new merger formed when Emerge was spun out from In-Q-Tel.
https://swampland.time.com/2009/12/16/is-america-ready-for-a-spymistress/
https://noblereachfoundation.org/person/glenn-gaffney/
Dawn Meyerriecks (2013-2021) -
Taking it to the bullet points here.
- Technical Staff, TRW 1981-1983
- Project Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab 1983-1998
- Chief Technology Officer, DISA 1998-2004
- Senior Vice President, AOL 2004-2006
- Assistant Director for Acquisition, Technology, and Facilities, ODNI 2009-2013
- Deputy Director of S&T, CIA 2013-2021
She currently serves in various capacities at MITRE, KnightSwan, Arka Group, Donovan Capital Group, and Google Public Sector, among others.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-meyerriecks-bba7b9
https://www.donovan-capital.com/dawn-meyerriecks
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/google-public-sector-announces-board-directors
Doug Wolfe (2016-2017) -
I am sure you have seen this man’s name by now. Wolfe served 33 years within the IC, his last position being Associate Deputy Director of Science and Technology. He spent 16 years at the NRO and the CIA’s OD&E. Other notable roles include Deputy Director for Acquisition, Technology, and Facilities at the ODNI and Deputy Director of the Office of Global Access, which according to a new article from the Daily Mail has played a central role in the US government’s UFO crash retrieval program since 2003. Wolfe played a key role in establishing the OGA. He currently resides on the advisory board at TransUnion and oversees operations at BlackLynx.
ACQUISITIONS, PROCUREMENT & FACILITIES
Astute readers may have noticed a common position in the CVs of Meyerriecks and Wolfe.
The Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, Technology & Facilities (known by many other headache inducing mixtures of alphabet soup) is the counterpart to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment. The famous Special Programs Directorate from the Wilson memo is housed in this office in the Pentagon, further reading material can be found on my post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/MBaVi08CWZ
This position has been called many things over the years:
“The Office of the Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, Technology, and
Facilities (AT&F) was previously the Office of the Deputy Director for Acquisition and Technology
(DDNI/A&T), which had been renamed from the DDNI/ Future Capabilities, which, in turn, had
replaced the DDNI/Acquisitions, an office that had previously assumed some functions from the
DDNI /Management. This Office is responsible for leading the Intelligence Community (IC) effort
to enhance returns on investments in technology and facilities. AT&F is comprised of five
divisions treated in this schedule: Acquisition, Facilities, Operations, Procurement, and Science
and Technology. An additional component, Architecture, Engineering, and Integration (AE&I),
was relocated to the Office of the Associate Director for Systems and Resource Analysis (SRA) in mid 2009. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) resides
organizationally within AT&F, which is responsible for facilitating its development, but IARPA is
treated in a separate records control schedule. “
“The Assistant DNI for Acquisition, Technology, and Facilities (ADNI(AT&F)), along
with USD(AT&L), has oversight over NRO acquisitions
• ADNI(AT&F) and USD(AT&L) have joint Milestone Decision Authority on wholly or
majority NIP-funded acquisition programs.
• For majority or wholly NIP-funded NRO programs, ADNI(AT&F) and the
USD(AT&L) can delegate Milestone Decision Authority to the DNRO.
• For majority or wholly MIP-funded NRO programs, USD(AT&L) is the Milestone
Decision Authority and can delegate to the DNRO with Office of the Director of
National Intelligence participation.
• According to officials, both the IC and DOD requirements processes feed into NRO’s
activities, and NRO acquisition processes are generally similar to DOD’s—for example,
MIP-funded and NIP-funded major acquisitions both go through acquisition boards for
Review”
https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-16-592r.pdf
The current title for this role is the Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, Procurement & Sustainment and resides within the Policy & Capabilities Directorate of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Here are some other spooks who have held this position. I will let you have fun with the links, have a nice day.
Alden V. Munson: https://www.potomacinstitute.org/about-us/fellows/1310-alden-v-munson-sp-393
Roy C. Pettis: https://fapac.org/resources/Documents/NLTP2021/2021.NLTP.Program.Book.web.v1.pdf
Kevin P. Meiners: https://www.peraton.com/company/leadership/kevin-meiners/
Mark Moynihan, also a Director of the Office of Global Access: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-moynihan-5554aa34
