William R. Harris

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William R. Harris is associated with RAND Corporation.

In the period from 1976 to 1980, Harris developed an argument that the Soviet Union was orchestrating a disinformation campaign to understate the accuracy of its missiles. According to Harris, this involved manipulating telemetry data targeted by US technical collection and alleged double agents such as Fedora.[1][2]

In 1977, Harris and Abraham S. Becker of RAND conceived the idea that the ABM Treaty put no limitations on the use of exotic technologies, not even to ban their deployment.[3]

In January 1985, Harris wrote a memo outlining his view of the ABM Treaty in response to Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense T.K. Jones, who was concerned that the treaty would constrain the development of the Strategic Defense Initiative.[4]

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  1. Edward Jay Epstein, Disinformation, Commentary, July 1982.
  2. Robert E. Townsend, Deception and Irony: Soviet Arms and Arms Control, American Intelligence Journal 14,Nos 2 & 3 (Spring/Summer 1993), pp.47-53, archived at .
  3. Frances Fitzgerald, Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan: Star Wars and he End of the Cold War, Touchstone, 2000, p.294.
  4. Frances Fitzgerald, Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan: Star Wars and the End of the Cold War, Touchstone, 2000, p.294.