Evan Thomas

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1986 The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (book)
1992 DCI Robert Gates granted Thomas historical access to view classified Central Intelligence Agency files. The fundamental authority for this policy is Executive Order 12356 (April 1982), as implemented in HR 10-24(c)4.
1995 Thomas's manuscript was subsequently reviewed in accordance with his secrecy agreement and approved on March 2, 1995 by the Information Review Officer of the Directorate of Operations, with the concurrence of the Office of General Counsel.
1996 Thomas penned an article for the Central Intelligence Agency's journal, Studies in Intelligence, describing his experience having been granted the rare privilege of historical access to CIA's classified files.