Gus W. Weiss
Encyclopedia
Gus W. Weiss was a former White House policy adviser on technology, intelligence and economic affair and worked primarily on national security, intelligence and concerns on technology transfer to communist countries.
in Nashville. He received his MBA from Harvard University
and taught at NYU
where he also received a PhD in economics.
. The USSR collected western computer & scientific technology through espionage and used it on its national defense. One of the KGB defectors, Vetrov, submitted documents collected by the KGB and the potential targets to the French. French president Mitterrand then shared them with the US president Reagan. Mr. Weiss suggested that the US export whatever was on the potential targets list to the USSR, but that these items be modified, meaning sourced from the CIA, the Defense Department and the FBI. The products would look genuine, but fail once the USSR started operating them. One successful notable result was a massive fire in a European pipeline that could be seen from space.
Education
Weiss graduated from Vanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
in Nashville. He received his MBA from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and taught at NYU
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
where he also received a PhD in economics.
Career
- Under Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan, Weiss served as a foreign affairs officer and on the National Security Council.
- Under President Carter, he was an assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Space Policy), a member of the Pentagon Defense Science Board and also of the US Intelligence Board.
The Farewell Dossier
Weiss was also one of the people that worked on the Farewell DossierFarewell Dossier
The Farewell dossier was the collection of documents that Colonel Vladimir Vetrov, a KGB defector , gathered and gave to the French DST in 1981–82, during the Cold War....
. The USSR collected western computer & scientific technology through espionage and used it on its national defense. One of the KGB defectors, Vetrov, submitted documents collected by the KGB and the potential targets to the French. French president Mitterrand then shared them with the US president Reagan. Mr. Weiss suggested that the US export whatever was on the potential targets list to the USSR, but that these items be modified, meaning sourced from the CIA, the Defense Department and the FBI. The products would look genuine, but fail once the USSR started operating them. One successful notable result was a massive fire in a European pipeline that could be seen from space.
Death
Weiss died on November 25, 2003 under what the UK newspaper The Independent has characterized as "mysterious circumstances". His body was found on the walk beneath his upstairs apartment in the Watergate building in Washington, DC. The local medical examiner ruled his death a suicide.External Links
- http://bss.sfsu.edu/fischer/IR%20360/Readings/Duping%20the%20Soviets.htm
- http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/01/classified/paid-notice-deaths-weiss-gus-w.html