John D. Marks
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John D. Marks (born 1943)
Biography
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Marks is a graduate of Phillips Academy and Cornell University. He worked for five years with the State Department, first in Vietnam and then as an analyst and staff assistant to the director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. After leaving the State Department, he became an executive assistant for foreign policy to US Senator Clifford Case (R-NJ), responsible within the senator's office for passage of the Case–Church Amendment, which eventually cut off funding for the Vietnam War.[3][failed verification]
The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence
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In 1973, Marks and Victor Marchetti completed writing The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence. CIA officials read the manuscript and told the authors that they had to remove 339 passages, nearly a fifth of the book. After long negotiations, the CIA yielded on 171 items, leaving 168 censored passages. The publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, decided to go ahead and publish the book with blanks for those passages, and with the sections that the CIA had originally cut then restored printed in boldface.
The publication of the book, which became a bestseller, raised concerns about the way the CIA was censoring information. It contributed to investigative reports by Seymour Hersh in The New York Times and the decision by Frank Church to establish the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, in 1975. The report, Foreign and Military Intelligence, was published in 1976.
Documents obtained from the CIA by Marks under
Marks delivered a speech on the book at Turning Point 1977, the 1977 Libertarian Party National Convention held July 12–17, at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel, in San Francisco.[5]
The Search for the Manchurian Candidate
Marks' 1979 book, The Search for the Manchurian Candidate, describes a wide range of CIA activities during the
Marks later became a fellow of
Honors and accolades
John Marks is the recipient of numerous awards. These include:
- Honorary doctorate from the UN University of Peace (2010, with his wife, Susan Collin Marks)[citation needed]
- Marvin E. Johnson Diversity and Equity Award, from the Association for Conflict Resolution (2010, with Susan Collin Marks)[13][14][failed verification]
- Senior Ashoka Fellow (2009)[citation needed]
- Social Entrepreneurship Award, from the Skoll Foundation (2006, with Susan Collin Marks)[citation needed]
- Temple Awards for Creative Altruism, from the Institute of Noetic Sciences (2005, with Susan Collin Marks)[15]
- Cultures of Peace Award, from Psychologists for Social Responsibility (2002)[16][failed verification]
- Wild School Award, from Upland Hills School (2001, with Susan Collin Marks)[17]
Works
Books
- The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence, with Victor Marchetti. New York: Alfred A. Knopf (1974). Full text.
- The CIA File, edited with Robert Borosage. New York: ISBN 067022247X.[18]
- "Proceedings and papers presented at a conference, The CIA and Covert Action, held in Washington, Sept. 1974, sponsored by the Center for National Security Studies."
- The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control. New York: Times Books (1979).
- Common Ground on Terrorism: Soviet-American Cooperation Against the Politics of Terror, edited with Igor Beliaev. New York: ISBN 978-0393029864.[19]
Articles
- "Inside the CIA: The Clandestine Mentality," with Victor Marchetti. Ramparts Magazine(Jul. 1974), pp. 21–25, 48, 50, 52.
- "How to Spot a Spook". Washington Monthly (Nov. 1974), pp. 5–11.
- "One Man We Remembered." Washington Monthly (Jun. 1975), pp. 26–29.
- "Sex, Drugs, and the CIA: The Shocking Search for an 'Ultimate Weapon'". Saturday Review (February 3, 1979), pp. 12–16.
References
- ^ The CIA and the cult of intelligence. 1975.
- ^ International Conflict Transformation, Resolution, Peacebuilding | Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
- ^ "Mr. John D. Marks – Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ^ "CIA considered big LSD purchase". The New York Times. August 5, 1976. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- San Francisco, California.
- ^ The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate": The CIA and Mind Control: The Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences: John D. Marks: 9780393307948: Amazon.com: Books
- ^ Letter from the President | About SFCG | Search for Common Ground
- ^ :"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
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- ^ The Shape of the Future | Common Ground Productions | Programmes | Search for Common Ground
- ^ The Team | Common Ground Productions | Programmes | Search for Common Ground
- ^ Soccer plays a critical role in African society – ESPN Soccernet Archived February 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ACR | Marvin E. Johnson Diversity and Equity Award
- ^ Association for Conflict Resolution
- ^ Temple Award Winners | About | Institute of Noetic Sciences Archived November 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ PsySR: Psychologists for Social Responsibility
- ^ Upland Hills School – A Michigan Independent School – Wild School Awards
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- "Collected papers from a 1974 conference by some of the best-known writers on the subject of intelligence gathering and covert action: Marchetti, Wise, Ross, Halperin, Scoville, and others—with a response by William Colby. A useful compendium of what is known or suspected about the CIA."
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- "Much has been written about international terrorism, but this pioneer work suggests ways in which the United States and the Soviet Union can cooperate. The nongovernmental task force that guided this study included former senior officials from both sides, which doubtless contributed to the useful specificity of the analysis and proposals."