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William Egan Colby (January 4, 1920 – May 6, 1996) was an American intelligence officer who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from September 1973 to January 1976. During World War II Colby served with the Office of Strategic Services. After the war he joined the newly created Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
May 6, 1996 · WASHINGTON (AP) _ William E. Colby was a professional spy and a man of contradictions. He was denounced as a war criminal over CIA assassinations in Vietnam. But he was fired as CIA director after advocating a retreat from cloak-and-dagger operations. The contradictions followed him to the end.
Apr 23, 2023 · William Colby, in full William Egan Colby, (born January 4, 1920, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.—died April 27, 1996, Rock Point, Maryland), U.S. government official who pursued a policy of openness during his turbulent tenure (1973–76) as director of the CIA.
Former CIA Director William Colby, who played a significant role in U.S. Vietnam War policy-making, was founded dead in 1996, eight days after going missing on a solo canoe trip near his Maryland home. The new documentary, The Man Nobody Knew , produced by the spymaster’s son Carl Colby, looks at the odd circumstances surrounding his father ...
“This 76-year-old white male, William E. Colby, died of drowning and hypothermia associated with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He was found floating in an advanced state of decomposition nine days after being reported missing. Identity was confirmed by dental examination.
Apr 27, 2022 · On May 7, 1996, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office found the body of former CIA Director William E. Colby, 76, washed up on the shore of the Wicomico River near his canoe, about a quarter mile from his country home on Cobb Island, Maryland. Colby’s death was ruled a drowning accident.
Oct 14, 2011 · Talking With the Son of 'The Man Nobody Knew'. A new documentary tells the tale of William Colby, the enigmatic intelligence agent and C.I.A. director, and the family he kept at a distance. A new ...
Jun 15, 2006 · Michael Holzman has recently assessed the theory that William Colby was a Soviet spy (Lobster 51). The original claim that Colby was a spy came from James Jesus Angleton. Mind you, according to Angleton, several CIA senior officials were spies and he leaked this information to several journalists.
May 5, 1996 · Colby: The Man Who Told the Secrets. In the 20 years since President Gerald R. Ford fired him as director of the CIA, William E. Colby was shunned and reviled by many of his former colleagues ...
Dec 31, 2014 · assassination, CIA, William Colby, Disclosure Project, Franklin Coverup. Steven Greer (from disclosureproject.org) reveals to Art Bell the circumstances surrounding William Colby's death. This interview is from August 8th 2004. The following is a transcript of the part of the interview that is available here as a streaming mp3 file:
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