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In this chapter, Dr. Cole provides a first-hand account of how the results of an archive research project were subjected to a politicized review process.
Peer reviewers stated that it was in the “national interest” to publish Dr. Cole’s report, which was critical of the US-Russia Joint Commission (USRJC). A low-level Navy officer working for the USRJC who denounced the report as unprofessional accused Dr. Cole of bias and being unfit. RAND management accused Dr. Cole of slandering the head of the Russian side of the USRJC.
The commander of Task Force Russia, Major General Bernard Loeffke, presented Dr. Cole with an award and letter of commendation for his contribution to the POW/MIA accounting program.
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Ms. Jeane Palfrey, the so-called DC Madam who “outed Ullman as a client” in March 2007, claimed that she selected Ullman because “he had come up with the phrase ‘shock and awe,’ later used for the government’s war effort in Iraq[.] Palfrey also said she never liked Ullman, whom she referred to as ‘Mr. U.’ ‘He was an unpleasant person,’ she said.” “No Way to Treat a Lady,” Vicky Ward, Vanity Fair, May 6, 2008. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/05/madam200805. At the time of the “outing,” Dr. Ullman was listed as a “senior associate” at CSIS. Ms. Palfrey committed suicide on May 1, 2008.
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Cole, P.M. (2018). Final Project Briefing and RAND Report Published. In: POW/MIA Accounting. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7128-7_12
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