tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post4554159239204220589..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: August 15, 1971Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-68426741040658359992011-08-17T08:56:27.544-05:002011-08-17T08:56:27.544-05:00The CIA's "Family Jewels" file, whic...The CIA's "Family Jewels" file, which was released in 2007, includes a few documents relating to requests that the agency would receive on occasion from its former employee Howard Hunt, such as this report from EEAB, i.e., the External Employment Assistance Branch, which helped retiring agents find new jobs. (It also gives a hint of the CIA's record keeping.)<br /><br />"Sometime in the spring of 1972, Frank O'Malley of EEAB received a call from Howard Hunt who asked Frank if he had a retiree or resignee who was accomplished at picking locks. Mr. O'Malley sent him a resume on Thomas Amato who retired 31 July 1971. Mr. O'Malley did not document his EEAB record to show the date of this exchange, but [---] (who also works in EEAB) opines that it occurred sometime between March and May 1972."<br /><br />See Scott C. Monje, The Central Intelligence Agency: A Documentary History (Greenwood Press, 2008), p. 163.Scott Monjenoreply@blogger.com