The CIA's ZR/RIFLE project was a plan to develop an assassination capability that designated a European associate of organized crime to recruit future operatives, but never advanced beyond the drawing board.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by Church Committee findings, Mary Ferrell Foundation archives on QJWIN, GlobalSecurity.org summary of testimony from Helms and Bissell, and the original War on the Rocks article. Multiple independent, credible sources align on the claim's specifics. [tier=gold indep_score=0.867 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Mysterious Blunderings of the CIA (seed:military_and_intelligence)
- https://www.maryferrell.org/php/cryptdb.php?id=QJWIN-1 (corroboration)
- https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/ops/zr-rifle.htm (corroboration)
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v23/d46 (corroboration)