CIA and the Church
48 Primary Sources
Date | Summary | |||
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May 1917 | Joseph F. Smith speaks of Church duty to support government in war. | Joseph F. Smith LDS | Direct | |
Apr 4, 1938 | Levi Edgar Young comments on peacefulness of LDS. | Levi Edgar Young LDS | Direct | |
Apr 6, 1942 | FP statement on mobilization for war. | First Presidency LDS | Direct | |
Apr 6, 1942 | FP statement on mobilization for war. | First Presidency LDS | Direct | |
Oct 5, 1946 | JRC condemns use of excessive armament in war. | J. Reuben Clark LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
Jan 9, 1957 | Daily Universe reports on CIA recruitment. | Daily Universe LDS | Direct Scribed Summary Journalism | |
Jan 1, 1960 | Mission circular reports rumor that missionaries in El Salvador are CIA operatives. | Edward Carbine LDS | Direct | |
May 16, 1966 | SLCC references Maxwell's CIA service. | Neal A. Maxwell Non-LDS | 2nd Hand Journalism | |
Oct 19, 1967 | Sandie Christensen writes article on Veri Allman who went to Zambia on CIA funding. | Sandie Christensen LDS | Direct Journalism | |
Apr 8, 1976 | GBH comments on capacity of missionaries to navigate other cultures. | Gordon B. Hinckley LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Jun 1976 | Spence W. Kimball condemns American "warlike" tendencies in article published by Ensign. | Spencer W. Kimball LDS | Direct | |
Oct 1, 1981 | AR reports on CIA recruitment from returned missionaries. | The Arizona Republic Non-LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct Journalism | |
1981 | BOM scriptural basis for deception and intelligence gathering. | Mormon | Scribed Verbatim Reprint Translation 3rd Hand Late | |
Oct 12, 1984 | JA reports on CIA involvement from BYU students. | Jack Anderson LDS | 3rd Hand Journalism | |
Oct 24, 1991 | DN references a BYU professor who served with the CIA. | Deseret News LDS | Journalism | |
Mar 14, 2000 | Karen Gutke reports on CIA's recruitment at BYU. | Karen Gutke LDS | Scribed Verbatim Journalism | |
2002 | Bruce Hafen highlights Neal A. Maxwell's lessons learned from CIA service. | Bruce C. Hafen LDS | Secondary | |
2002 - | Washington Post website hosts contracts for John Bruce Jessen and James Elmer Mitchell. | The Washington Post Non-LDS | Direct | |
Feb 7, 2002 | George W. Bush holds that Al Qaeda combatants are not prisoners of war. | George W. Bush Non-LDS | Direct | |
Jul 8, 2003 | JB comments on his motivation to enter law. | Jay Bybee LDS | Scribed Verbatim Journalism | |
2004 | Emmanuel Kissi reports on perceptions of Church association with CIA in Ghana. | Emmanuel Kissi LDS | Unsourced Secondary | |
2005 | Mike Ramsdell comments on the conflict between CIA work and his faith. | Mike Ramsdell LDS | Direct | |
2005 | BH comments on NAM's lessons learned during his CIA service. | Bruce C. Hafen LDS | Secondary | |
2005 | Mike Ramsdell, a former spy, comments on why CIA likes Intermountain (Mormon) recruits. | Mike Ramsdell LDS | Direct | |
Jul 31, 2007 | Katherine Eban highlights Bruce Jessen and James Elmer Mitchell as "Mormon mafia" CIA contractors. | Katherine Eban Non-LDS | Direct | |
Aug 31, 2007 | BAC offers summary of dating and marriage at BYU (increased familial stability makes for better CIA recruits). | Bruce A. Chadwick LDS | Secondary | |
Jan 2008 | Kim B. Östman reports that Finnish Community Party alleged missionaries were part of US infiltration efforts in 1980s. | Kim Östman LDS | Scribed Verbatim Secondary | |
2008 | Jane Mayer identifies James Elmer Mitchell as a Latter-day Saint. | Jane Mayer Non-LDS | Secondary Journalism | |
Jan 2008 | KO quotes TS re: use of Mormonism to spread the American empire. | Työkansan Sanomat LDS | Reprint Translation Secondary | |
Jan 2008 | Kim Östman offers quote of Finnish Communist Party re: Mormon missionaries. | Kim Östman LDS | Secondary | |
2008 | Jukka Rislakki alleges Neal A. Maxwell led covert CIA efforts in Finland. | Kim Östman LDS | Secondary | |
Apr 2008 | BJP highlights role of LDS interrogators in CIA torture charges. | Boyd J. Petersen LDS | Secondary | |
Oct 2008 | MRM writes about SS finding faith while in the CIA. | Stephanie Smith LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
Aug 11, 2009 | Scott Shane offers biographical details of Bruce Jensen. | Scott Shane LDS | Direct Journalism | |
Jun 13, 2011 | Molly Worthen comments on role of missionary work in making LDS men culturally sensitive. | Molly Worthen Non-LDS | Direct | |
Aug 24, 2011 | CBM, Edward Carbine's mission president, had actually served in the CIA, reports CBM. | Provo Daily Herald Non-LDS | Journalism | |
Dec 9, 2012 | Yekaterina Steniakina in Russia thinks Mormons are CIA. | Yekaterina Steniakina Non-LDS | 2nd Hand Journalism | |
Jul 23, 2013 | Peggy Fletcher Stack highlights missionary work rigor and language capacity. | Peggy Fletcher Stack LDS Critic | Journalism | |
2014 | U.S. Senate references James Elmer Mitchell's and Bruce Jessen's (pseudonyms of "Swigert" and "Dunbar") work on CIA interrogation. | Senate (U.S.) Non-LDS | Direct | |
Apr 18, 2014 | James Elmer Mitchell claims that he is not a Mormon. | James Elmer Mitchell | Scribed Verbatim Direct Journalism | |
Dec 11, 2014 | BJ steps down from position as bishop following CIA involvement. | Reuters Non-LDS | 2nd Hand Secondary | |
May 22, 2015 | Michael Lipka highlights Latter-day Saint marriage rates. | Michael Lipka Non-LDS | Journalism | |
Jan 1, 2016 | Former Ghana mission president Daniel K Judd says Ghanaian government determined LDS Church was CIA infiltrated. | Daniel K. Judd LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Jul 8, 2016 | Church Public Affairs comments on effects of Russia law (passed due to belief of CIA infiltration). | Church Public Affairs LDS | Direct | |
Aug 8, 2016 | TM reports on EM's candidacy (LDS former CIA). | Armin Rosen Non-LDS | 2nd Hand Journalism | |
Jun 23, 2017 | Bethany Ann Ebrahiman reports on Kevin Mallory's espionage. | Bethany Ann Ebrahiman Non-LDS | Direct Journalism | |
May 23, 2019 | Linda Talbot highlights CIA efforts of Diane and Kory Sellers. | Linda Talbot LDS | Direct | |
Apr 26, 2021 | LH reports that JEM and BJ are testifying in Guantanamo Case. | Lawrence Hurley Non-LDS | 2nd Hand Journalism | |
May 5, 2021 | Jay Bybee's memo providing legal groundwork for "enhanced interrogation techniques." | Jay Bybee LDS | Direct |