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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).
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.
Apr 23, 2024 · William 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. He showed unusual candour while testifying before Congress in 1975 in the wake of various leaks about CIA covert ...
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby is a 2011 American documentary film exploring the life and career of former CIA director William Colby.
Sep 22, 2011 · Former CIA Director William Colby: The Man Nobody Knew. By Maureen Orth. September 22, 2011. On September 11, Carl Colby, a documentary filmmaker and son of the late C.I.A. director William...
Jan 16, 2020 · The CIA’s station chief in Vietnam from 1959 to 1962, as the United States became mired in what was earlier a disastrous French colonial war, Colby was responsible for all agency covert operations in Asia from 1962 to 1967.
Jul 18, 2015 · From 1945 until their divorce in 1984, she was the wife of William E. Colby — the spy and later spymaster who, as CIA director from 1973 to 1976, revealed the assassination attempts and other...
