James Jesus Angleton

James Angleton

James Jesus Angleton, (1917-1987) was head of CIA counterintelligence for more than 20 years.

Affiliations

• Office of Strategic Services
• Central Intelligence Agency
• American Security Council

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.