CIABASE is a computer data base on the Central Intelligence
Agency that provides a vital, easy-to-use historical resource for
policy makers, academicians, journalists, and students.
CIABASE presents nearly nine megabytes of annotated entries broken
into 100+ categories for hard disk IBM compatible and MACINTOSH
personal computers.
CIABASE provides data on the CIA and other individual or
organizational entities, from information gleaned from 850+
sources of various political ideologies -- congressional
reports, newspapers, and magazines, including more than 500
books.
CIABASE provides rapid access to specific data, scanning in
seconds the entire collection for word, or word-combination, plus
date requests; e.g."Covert Action" "China" "94-95." Results are
displayed, printed, or dumped to user-named files for editing
or transmitting.
Professor of intelligence at American University and former
Commandant of the the Defense Intelligence College, John
Macartney, said "CIABASE remains a one-of-a-kind, extraordinary
resource for serious scholars, journalists, and researchers,
regardless of their political leanings and research
interests...there are no alternates out there. If there were,
they would undoubtedly sell for thousands of dollars....I am in
awe of the massive effort....in short I have found CIABASE
invaluable, indeed indispensable..." Dr. John Macartney,
American University.
"Global in scope." Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars.
"An outstanding job." Seymour Hersh, Publitzer prize-winning
journalist.
"A tremendously useful tool for any reporter or researcher."
The Nation.
"A powerful tool that includes obscure sources and a
comprehensive cross-index." The Progressive.
"An encyclopedia of CIA actions." San Francisco Chronicle.
"An amazing addition to the information world....
it is absolutely indispensable." Louis Wolf, editor
Covert Action Quarterly.
The CIA called Ralph McGehee, who compiled CIABASE, an
analyst with few peers. McGehee served 25 years in the CIA,
14 years overseas as an operations officer and 11 years at its
headquarters. Upon leaving the CIA, McGehee wrote the book
"Deadly Deceits" and began the multi-year process of compiling
CIABASE. McGehee is a recognized authority on the CIA
and has testified many times both in Congress and in the
courts and has appeared numerous times on radio and TV.
Some of CIABASE subject categories are:
Academia
Agent (types, handling)
Air Op and Airline
Ambassador (relations with)
Approvals
Assassinations
Assets
Bases
Biological War
Black Market
Book and Book Review
Bribery
Budget
Chemical War
Communist Threat
Computers
Conflict, LI
Consequences
Contragate
Coordination
Corporate Interests
Counterinsurgency
Counterintel
Cover
Covert Action
Cultural
Death Squads
Deaths (of CIA personnel)
Deception
Defense Dept
Domestic Op
Drugs
Economic Intel/War
Executive Order
Election
FBI
Flap
Forgery
Foundation
Front Org
Funding
History
Intel Community
Intel F(ailure)
Intel Op
Intel F(ailures)
Intel S(success)
Intel-Policy
International Orgs
Investigation of
KGB
Labor
Law
Leaks
Liaison
Maritime Op
Media
Mercenaries
Military
Mind Control
Minorities
NSAG (Nat Security Agency)
NSC (Nat Security Council)
Operation (by cryptonym)
Org, Ops (Adm, Intel, etc.)
Oversight
Overthrow
Paramilitary
Personnel (policies)
Police
Procedures
Propaganda
Proprietary
Psywar
Publication
Purpose of
Quote
Reconnaissance (tech ops)
Religion
Requirements
Sex
Special Forces
Stations
Students
Tech, Audio (Photo, SW, etc.)
Terrorism
Think Tank
Torture
Training
Veterans
Watch List
Weaponry
White Paper
Youth
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CIABASE ORDER FORM - IBM/MACINTOSH
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CIABASE works with any monitor. A hard disk is essential due to
the approximately 9MB of information WITH the 48K search
program software.
IBM compatible - works with DOS 2.1 or higher:
Check one [ ] 5.25-inch, AT HD disks.
[ ] 3.5-inch, 720K disks. [ ] 3.5-inch, 1.4MB disks
MACINTOSH - check one [ ] 800K disks. [ ] 1.4MB disks
Please enclose a check or money order for $199.00 (please
no checks drawn on foreign banks).
CIABASE provides original purchasers updates @ $99.00.
CIABASE holds most all source material and
will photocopy for a fee.
CIABASE
POB 5022
Herndon, VA
22070
Phone (703) 437-8487
rmcgehee@igc.apc.or