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From 1980 to November 1982, Allen was detailed to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he was deputy director of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_of_government continuity of government ] planning project. A colleague quoted Allen as saying during a COG meeting, "our job is to throw the Constitution out the window." His assignment to the COG project brought him into contact with [[Oliver North]], who was delegated to monitor COG's findings by National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane.

[Eclipse: The Last Days of the CIA, Mark Perry, 1992, p. 215.]