Ana Montes Handler Case Study

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The Cuban Missile Crisis or Operation Anadyr marked an occasion in US intelligence history where, the analysis became a shortfall. In the case of the Soviet Union and Cuba employing Maskirovka (deception and denial techniques), the analysis seen in the US was not able to detect the movement of the Missiles to Cuba or even the military buildup. What were these biases? In this paper, the aim will be to explore how these biases led to mistaken identifiers of the Soviet Union movement of missiles to Cuba, as well as how deception and denial operations were able to fool the US. Along with the bias being discussed, the missed identifiers that could have prevented the Soviet build up as well as the emplacement of the missile will also be explored.

Hanssen claimed that he originally started spying because his FBI salary was to scanty to support his wife and three kids (Ellard, 2003). Throughout his entire career has a spy he accumulated approximately $600, 000 worth of diamonds and cash, and $800,000 dollars more in a Russian escrow bank account in Moscow (Pluta, 2001). Hanssen was very aware of the severity of his actions and took immense precautions in protecting his identity. In order to stay off the FBI’s radar Hanssen never let his Russian handlers know his actual identity and whom he specifically worked for. He used different aliases including B, Ramon Garcia and Jim Baker (Mcgeary, 2001). Part of Hanssen’s long-standing success as a spy revolved around his excellent positions within the Bureau, his tradecraft and personal

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Mrs. Chandler has held numerous managerial positions throughout her career with the FBI, both in the field and at FBI Headquarters. In 1991 Mrs. Chandler was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in the Legal Counsel Division at FBI Headquarters to support the defense of the Bureau and its personnel in civil litigation matters. She was later assigned as a manager in the Criminal Investigative Division, where she assisted with the creation of the FBI’s Health Care Fraud Program. Following a promotion to supervisor of white-collar crimes in the San Diego Field Office, Mrs. Chandler oversaw numerous joint agency operations, including one of the country’s first international health care fraud undercover operations. She also managed the El Centro Resident Agency, which investigated violent crimes, including cross border kidnappings, and environmental crimes. In 1997 she was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the San Francisco Field Office where she oversaw the office’s White-Collar Crime Program, National Foreign Intelligence Program, and Terrorism Program. She also managed the division’s largest Resident Agency in Oakland, California. Her next promotion was to Section Chief in the Investigative Services Division, where she oversaw the FBI's Analytical Intelligence Program for Criminal and Domestic Terrorism. She then was appointed Assistant Director of the

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    James W. McCord was a former CIA, FBI agent security supervisor for Republican National Committee. McCord was the security advisor for the Committee of Re-Election of the President, (CREEP). Immediately after the break in and detainment McCord was ousted from the two committees where he was the head of security. Virgilio R. Gonzales was born in Cuba and the man who picked the lock at the Watergate Complex. Gonzales was a refugee from Cuba after Castro 's Takeover of Cuba. Frank A. Sturgis, a member of many branches of the military, had many connections to the CIA. Sturgis was a part of the anti-Castro takeover organization in 1959 when Fidel Castro took control of Cuba. Eugenio R. Martinez was another member of the anti-Castro takeover organization with many connections to the CIA. Martinez was an employee of Barker Real Estate who was owned by the fifth burglar, Bernard L. Barker. Barker was a realtor out of Miami, FL, along with being a former CIA operative. All five burglars had CIA or FBI connections in one way or another. With that being a point of interest in the investigation, it shined a light on the Commander in

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“Victory has a thousand fathers while defeat is an orphan,” remarked John F. Kennedy. The Bay of Pigs invasion code named operation Zapata began in March of 1960 one month and a year before the famed invasion took place. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to begin a covert operation to bring down the pro-communist Cuban government. Nonetheless Fidel Castro’s potential pro-communist beliefs, the seizure of American owned companies and land lead to extreme concern from United States policy makers and officials. The mission, however would become possibly one of the greatest intelligence failures in the history of the United States. The failed Bay of Pigs invasion lead to a new era in the military and intelligence fields that continues to affect foreign policy

The prevailing belief amongst the senior officials was either a technical or human cause that lead to the failure. The initial published report stated each of the cases failed of their own accord. After the investigative team published the report, it appeared new cases were immune to the mass failings previously seen. However, the CIA Inspector General and President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board issued an assessment on Lee Edward Howard’s case.

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