Project on Ethics and Art in Testimony (PEAT)
Oral Histories on Intelligence Ethics and National Security
Oral histories focusing on the moral development of intelligence professionals and intelligence operators and on work episodes of moral significance.
The oral histories are available at Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University, or Bancroft Library, UC Berkley. The links below access detailed tables of contents and document lists. For access to these restricted links, contact Dr. Jean Maria Arrigo at peat@peat-intel.org.
Richard "Freeman" Allan, 1946- (Hoover) Report from a Counterintelligence Officer on Two Devastated Veterans of Covert Operations, 2004
Herbert P. Ely, 1941- (Hoover) A Technological Intelligence Analyst Looks at Intelligence Ethics, 2003 Assessment of Garcia’s Narratives of Black Operations, 2003
Cynthia Jean Ford, 1952- (Bancroft) Child Military Intelligence Agent, 2002
Ernest Garcia, 1928- (Bancroft) Post-War Black Operations in South America, 1995 On Torture Interrogation of Nazis and Terrorists, 1997 Post-War Black Operations Revisited, 2001 The Military Chaplaincy and Spiritual Problems of Covert Operators, 2003 Commentary by Harold William Rood* Assessment of Garcia’s Narratives of Black Operations, 1995 Commentary by Robert Stapleton* Assessment of Garcia’s Narratives of Black Operations, 1995 Commentary by Herbert Ely* Assessment of Garcia’s Narratives of Black Operations, 2003
Cecil B. "Scott" Jones, Ph.D., 1928- (Hoover) From War Room to Peace Room—A U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot and Air Attaché Still on Course, 2003 USS Saratoga (CV-3) Commemoration Project, 2005 Consequences of Government Disclosure of Long-Term Engagement with Technologically Superior Extraterrestrials: The Correspondence of CMDR Cecil B. “Scott” Jones, PhD, Ret., 2011
David Charles MacMichael, 1928- (Hoover) "I Believed When the Truth Came Out It Would Make a Difference", 2010
Paul Mercier (pseudonym), 1946- (Hoover) Devastation of a Covert Operator in Laos during the Vietnam War, 2003
Mark Williams (pseudonym), 1944-2005 (Hoover) An Intelligence Analyst Makes Discoveries, 2005
Tashi Namgyal, 1952- (Hoover) The Sanctity-Security Dilemma for the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, 2000
Lawrence Rockwood, 1958- (Hoover) Moral and Spiritual Initiative by a U.S. Army Counterintelligence Officer in Haiti, 2004
Harold William Rood, 1922- (Bancroft) Moral Development of an Intelligence Officer in the Clash of Civilizations, 2001 Interviewed by J.M. Arrigo and Grant Marler Assessment of Brody’s Narrative of Nuclear Testing, 1997 On Torture Interrogation of Terrorists and Hal Brody's Position, 1997 Assessment of Ernest Garcia’s Narratives of Black Operations, 1995 Assessment of Robert Stapleton’s Narrative of Nuclear Testing, 1995 Commentary by Robert Stapleton* 1995 Response to Rood’s Assessment of Stapleton’s Nuclear Test Site Narratives, 1995
Virendra Sahai Verma, 1941- (Hoover) An Intelligence Officer of the Indian Army - Patriotism, Passion, and Compassion, 2007 Interviewed by J.M. Arrigo