Who is otto reich

Reich's office and concluded that "senior CIA officials with backgrounds in covert operations, as well as military intelligence and psychological operations specialists from the Department of Defense, were deeply involved in establishing and participating in a domestic political and propaganda operation run through an obscure bureau in the Department of State which reported directly to the National Security Council rather than through the normal State Department channels.

These private individuals and organizations raised and spent funds for the purpose of influencing Congressional votes and U. This network raised and funneled money to off-shore bank accounts in the Cayman Islands or to the secret Lake Resources bank account in Switzerland for disbursement at the direction of Oliver North. The full text of the page deposition is included here. Part of the questioning revolved around a lengthy March 20, memo written by Oliver North to National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane , providing "the chronology of events aimed at securing Congressional approval for renewed support to the Nicaraguan Resistance Forces.

Reich testified that he "never saw it as a tasking memorandum" and that he was unaware that his contractors were involved in lobbying efforts or ads targeted on specific members of Congress. North's memo also referred to an advertisement "53 cents per day supports a freedom fighter" that was off-message; the text of the ad was attached to Mr. Reich's deposition as an exhibit. On March 12, , one of Mr.

Reich's staff, Daniel "Jake" Jacobowitz, on detail from the U. Air Force, wrote a detailed "public diplomacy action plan" that paralleled the North chronology, with candid commentary about the lobbying campaign including a three-item list of audiences: "U. Congress," "U. Reich's deputy, Johnathan S. Reich sought and obtained staff for his office by getting them detailed from various U. Perhaps the most illuminating discussion of the psyops detailees can be found in a May 30, memo from Jake Jacobowitz to Mr.

Reich about the impending arrival of five detailees, calling them the "A-team" and including the comment "Since he is a PSYOP type he will also be looking for exploitable themes and trends Reich with CBS News as an example of the day-to-day work of the public diplomacy office. Contents of this website Copyright National Security Archive. All rights reserved.

Terms and conditions for use of materials found on this website. In and , as a private citizen and at the request of President George H. Bush, Ambassador Reich served as Alternate U. Ambassador to Venezuela, for which he was awarded the highest commendations of both the State Department and the Republic of Venezuela.

From to , he was Assistant Administrator of the U. House of Representatives. His military service - included duty as a lieutenant in the U.