29:30 about "the illusion that to the cultural mythology of America's might and right and that contributed to that pretense being ground to bits in Indo-China"--James DiEugenio
Definition: QKENCHANT was an indicator used by Central Cover Staff and the Office of Security with a program for clearing businesses and other entities with access to classified material. With a QKENCHANT clearance, an individual or entity could be used as a "cut-out".
Status: Documented
Discussion: Project QKENCHANT's participants included such notables as E. Howard Hunt, Peter and Robert Maheu, and figures associated with Clay Shaw. The crypt has been of particular interest to many because of the Clay Shaw connection, written about in Bill Davy's "Let Justice Be Done."
"For the staff's background use only, QKENCHANT was an indicator used by Central Cover Staff and the Office of Security with a program for clearing REDACTED providers (businesses, etc.) with access to classified material." (5/14/96 memo to Barry Harrelson from "Ellie")
"QKENCHANT was a project for obtaining clearances, that is, Provisional Covert Security Approvals (PCSA), with the Office of Security in connection with the acquisition of Corporate Cover for Action (CCA). In connection with the acquisition of CCA, Directorate of Operations guidelines require that a PCSA/CSA be obtained in most instances before a corporate entity can be used as a Cover for Action (CFA) sponsor." Regarding Clay Shaw, this document states that "he received a 'five-agency' clearance on 23 March 1949. Our records indicate the QKENCHANT project did not begin until sometime in 1952, therefore, Shaw in all probability was not cleared by the QKENCHANT program." See 2/27/98 memo from Frederick Wickham, Chief, External Support Group/IMS/DO, CIA to Chief, JFK Declassification Project/HRP/OIM/DA.
29:30 about "the illusion that to the cultural mythology of America's might and right and that contributed to that pretense being ground to bits in Indo-China"--James DiEugenio
https://youtu.be/71TyNqEEpxE – James DiEugenio Reviews CNN/Tom Hanks' '1968: The Year That Changed America'
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QKENCHANT
Cryptonym: QKENCHANT
Definition: QKENCHANT was an indicator used by Central Cover Staff and the Office of Security with a program for clearing businesses and other entities with access to classified material. With a QKENCHANT clearance, an individual or entity could be used as a "cut-out".
Status: Documented
Discussion: Project QKENCHANT's participants included such notables as E. Howard Hunt, Peter and Robert Maheu, and figures associated with Clay Shaw. The crypt has been of particular interest to many because of the Clay Shaw connection, written about in Bill Davy's "Let Justice Be Done."
References below document some of the individuals cleared for QKENCHANT with a covert security approval. Note that not all participants were witting. Cleared for QKENCHANT: Robert and Peter Maheu: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=27004#relPageId=2 https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=53706&search=234529_Peter+Maheu#relPageId=4&tab=page Benjamin Sonnenberg: http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=8296&search=QKENCHANT#relPageId=3&tab=page Guy P. Johnson: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=4857&relPageId=2 J. Monroe Sullivan: http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=14623&search=Monroe_sullivan#relPageId=2&tab=page https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=40191#relPageId=2 E. Howard Hunt: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=103901#relPageId=82 Leo Cherne: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=13730#relPageId=2 Hugh McDonald: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=14936#relPageId=2&tab=page The Christianform form worked with the Central Cover Staff, as mentioned below. Some of their other contacts are set forth here: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP73-00475R000201450001-5.pdf
Sources:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000904662.pdf
"For the staff's background use only, QKENCHANT was an indicator used by Central Cover Staff and the Office of Security with a program for clearing REDACTED providers (businesses, etc.) with access to classified material." (5/14/96 memo to Barry Harrelson from "Ellie")
104-10336-10005: ARRB REQUEST: CIA-IR-06: QKENCHANT
"QKENCHANT was a project for obtaining clearances, that is, Provisional Covert Security Approvals (PCSA), with the Office of Security in connection with the acquisition of Corporate Cover for Action (CCA). In connection with the acquisition of CCA, Directorate of Operations guidelines require that a PCSA/CSA be obtained in most instances before a corporate entity can be used as a Cover for Action (CFA) sponsor." Regarding Clay Shaw, this document states that "he received a 'five-agency' clearance on 23 March 1949. Our records indicate the QKENCHANT project did not begin until sometime in 1952, therefore, Shaw in all probability was not cleared by the QKENCHANT program." See 2/27/98 memo from Frederick Wickham, Chief, External Support Group/IMS/DO, CIA to Chief, JFK Declassification Project/HRP/OIM/DA.
https://www.maryferrell.org/php/cryptdb.php?id=QKENCHANT
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