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category: U.S. Government
summary: The Office of Science and Technology (OST) was a CIA unit headed from the
  mid-1960s by Carl E. Duckett that served as the routing point for intelligence on
  Israel's nuclear program from national laboratories including Lawrence Livermore
  and Los Alamos.
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- USA
---

Office of Science and Technology (OST) was a unit within the [CIA](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/). By the mid-1960s, it was headed by [Carl E. Duckett](/people/carl-e-duckett/). The OST became the routing point for interesting intelligence on [Israel](/places/israel/)'s nuclear program from laboratories like [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory](/organizations/lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory/) and [Los Alamos](/places/los-alamos/).[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 11.