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'''James Jesus Angleton''', (1917-1987) was head of [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] counterintelligence for more than 20 years. <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DD1239F931A25756C0A961948260 JAMES ANGLETON, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE FIGURE, DIES], by [[Stephen Engleberg]], [[New York Times]], 12 May 1987.</ref> | '''James Jesus Angleton''', (1917-1987) was head of [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] counterintelligence for more than 20 years. <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DD1239F931A25756C0A961948260 JAMES ANGLETON, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE FIGURE, DIES], by [[Stephen Engleberg]], [[New York Times]], 12 May 1987.</ref> | ||
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| + | Angleton began working at the Washington office of the [[American Security Council]] in the summer of 1976. He served as President of an organization created by ASC and run out of the Council’s offices, known as the [[Security and Intelligence Fund]]. During his first visit to ASC’s Congressional Conference Center he said the outlook at the CIA was grim. According to Angleton, the CIA’s counterintelligence division was effectively disbanded, and for all practical purposes covert operations were also shut down. He also said morale at Langley was dismal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20031012102937/http://www.ascfusa.org/publications/american_century/americancentury_ciatrial_asc.htm ASC's Security and Intelligence Fund], American Security Council Foundation, archived at the Internet Archive 12 October 2003, accessed 15 January 2013.</ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 15 January 2013
James Jesus Angleton, (1917-1987) was head of CIA counterintelligence for more than 20 years. [1]
Contents
American Security Council
Angleton began working at the Washington office of the American Security Council in the summer of 1976. He served as President of an organization created by ASC and run out of the Council’s offices, known as the Security and Intelligence Fund. During his first visit to ASC’s Congressional Conference Center he said the outlook at the CIA was grim. According to Angleton, the CIA’s counterintelligence division was effectively disbanded, and for all practical purposes covert operations were also shut down. He also said morale at Langley was dismal.[2]
Affiliations
Connections
- Raymond Rocca - Deputy Chief of the CIA Counterintelligence Division
- William J. Hood - executive officer of the CIA Counterintelligence Division
- Newton S. Miler - chief of operations of the CIA Counterintelligence Division
- Jay Lovestone
Resources, Notes
Resources
- Spartacus Educational James Angleton, accessed 28 March 2009
- Edward Jay Epstein, James Jesus Angleton: The Orchid Man, edwardjayepstein.com
- David Robarge, Moles, Defectors, and Deceptions: James Angleton and CIA Counterintelligence, The Journal of Intelligence History, Winter 2003.
- Ronald Kessler, James Angleton’s Dangerous CIA Legacy, Newsmax, 28 March 2012.
Notes
- ↑ JAMES ANGLETON, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE FIGURE, DIES, by Stephen Engleberg, New York Times, 12 May 1987.
- ↑ ASC's Security and Intelligence Fund, American Security Council Foundation, archived at the Internet Archive 12 October 2003, accessed 15 January 2013.
