Neither Confirm nor Deny : : how the Glomar Mission Shielded the CIA From Transparency
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In 1974, the Hughes Glomar Explorer, ostensibly an advanced deep-sea mining vessel owned by reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, lowered a claw-like contraption to the floor of the Pacific Ocean. This high-tech venture was only a cover story for an even more improbable scheme: a CIA mission to retrieve a sunken Soviet submarine. Like a Jules Verne novel with an Ian Fleming twist, the saga of the Glomar Explorer features underwater espionage, impossible gadgetry, and high-stakes international drama. It also marks a key moment in the history of transparency—and not just for what became known as the Glomar response: “We can neither confirm nor deny. . . . ”
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Global America
PUBLISHED
New York : Columbia University Press, 2023.
Year Published: 2023
Description: ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780231193467
0231193467
9780231193474
0231193475
SUBJECTS
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.
Glomar Explorer (Ship)
Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Cold War.