▁included ▁were ▁the ▁F BI , ▁the ▁Def ense ▁Int elligence ▁Agency , ▁the ▁National ▁Security ▁Agency , ▁and ▁the ▁C IA . ▁It ▁would ▁be ▁" a ▁wh oles ale ▁assault ▁on ▁the ▁peace ▁and ▁radical ▁movements ," ▁according ▁to ▁intelligence ▁writer ▁Thomas ▁Pow ers . ▁Yet ▁the ▁new ▁scheme ▁was ▁delayed , ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁Water gate ▁sc andal ▁' inter ven ed '. ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁news ▁media ▁discovered ▁a ▁terminated ▁Operation ▁Cha os . ▁ ▁Soviet ▁miss iles ▁The ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁developed ▁a ▁new ▁series ▁of ▁long - range ▁miss iles , ▁called ▁the ▁SS - 9 ▁( N AT O ▁cod ename ▁Sc arp ). ▁A ▁question ▁developed ▁concerning ▁the ▁extent ▁of ▁their ▁cap ability ▁to ▁carry ▁nuclear ▁weapons ; ▁at ▁issue ▁was ▁whether ▁the ▁miss ile ▁were ▁a ▁Multiple ▁independently ▁target able ▁re entry ▁vehicle ▁( M IR V ) ▁or ▁not . ▁The ▁C IA ▁information ▁was ▁that ▁these ▁miss iles ▁were ▁not ▁' M IR V ed ' ▁but ▁Def ense ▁intelligence ▁considered ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁pot ent ▁kind . ▁If ▁so , ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁was ▁possibly ▁aim ing ▁at ▁a ▁first ▁strike ▁nuclear ▁capacity . ▁The ▁N ixon ▁administration , ▁des iring ▁to ▁employ ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁such ▁Soviet ▁threat ▁to ▁justify ▁a ▁new ▁American ▁ant ib all istic ▁miss ile ▁system , ▁public ly ▁end ors ed ▁the ▁Def ense ▁point ▁of ▁view . ▁Henry ▁K iss inger , ▁N ixon ' s