QKENCHANT was a
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
project used to provide security approvals on non-Agency personnel and facilities.
The project
In a memorandum to
Assassination Records Review Board
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, or the JFK Records Act, is a public law passed by the United States Congress, effective October 26, 1992. It directed the National Archives and Records Administration (NAR ...
, dated 18 September 1998,
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
states the following:
::: QKENCHANT was the name of a
entral IntelligenceAgency project used to provide security approvals on non-Agency personnel and facilities.
In a memorandum for "JFK Declassification Project of CIA, dated 27 February 1998, the
edactedsender entity states:
::: QKENCHANT was a project for obtaining clearances, that is, Provisional Covert Security Approvals (PCSA) and Covert Security Approvals (CSA), with the office of security in connection with the acquisition of Directorate of Operations guidelines require that a PCSA/CSA be obtained in most instances before a
entity can be used as a .
E. Howard Hunt
Intelligence officer E. Howard Hunt
Everette Howard Hunt Jr. (October 9, 1918 – January 23, 2007) was an American intelligence officer and author. From 1949 to 1970, Hunt served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), particularly in the United States involvem ...
was associated with QKENCHANT. Hunt, with G. Gordon Liddy
George Gordon Battle Liddy (November 30, 1930 – March 30, 2021) was an American lawyer, FBI agent, talk show host, actor, and convicted felon in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon admi ...
and others, was one of the White House's "plumbers"—a secret team of operatives charged with fixing "leaks".[Waldron & Hartmann 2009, p. 709]
See also
*CIA cryptonym
CIA cryptonyms are code names or code words used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to refer to projects, operations, persons, agencies, etc.
Format of cryptonyms
CIA cryptonyms sometimes contain a two character prefix called a digrap ...
*Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was in the vehicle wit ...
* JFK Records Act
References
External links
Mary Ferrell FoundationA Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History
at Google Books
CIA cryptonyms
Central Intelligence Agency
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