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Voltaire Network
February 13, 2018
President Jimmy Carter decided to end the programme, while Admiral Stansfield Turner purged the CIA. International public opinion has retained that for almost thirty years, the United States was a crypto-dictatorship under which hundreds of thousands of citizens were forbidden professional activity, andÃâà...
The Times
February 7, 2018
Soon after Stansfield Turner became President Carter's CIA director in 1977 he faced an acute dilemma. An agent seeking to penetrate a terrorist organisation had to kill a member of a foreign government to prove himself. Turner, asked for his approval, replied: “No. We pull him out.” He later explained: “IÃâà...
The Cipher Brief
January 22, 2018
Former CIA director and retired Adm. Stansfield Turner passed away last week at 94. Former CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin offered this remembrance. Stansfield Turner arrived at CIA in March 1977 at a tumultuous time — the nation was still shaking off Watergate and the Nixon resignation, and it hadÃâà...
New York Times
January 19, 2018
An obituary on Friday about Stansfield Turner, who ran the Central Intelligence Agency under President Jimmy Carter, referred incorrectly to part of his education. He received a single degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University — not separate degrees in each subject. Errors areÃâà...
NPR
January 19, 2018
Keep up to date on the day's top headlines from NPR, delivered to your inbox once daily. E-mail address. By subscribing, you agree to NPR's terms of use and privacy policy. More Stories From NPR. Business Ãâ÷ Uber, Lyft Drivers Earning A Median Profit Of $3.37 Per Hour, Study Says Ãâ÷ Economy Ãâ÷ U.S. PlanÃâà...
New York Times
January 18, 2018
Stansfield Turner, who led the Central Intelligence Agency through four tumultuous years under President Jimmy Carter, starting small covert actions against international communism that grew into some of the biggest battles of the Cold War, died on Thursday at his home in Redmond, Wash. He was 94.
MuckRock
August 4, 2017
This swanky event might have been intended to overshadow a more grim autumn memory at the Agency - 1977's “Halloween Massacre.” No deaths, but then-director Stansfield Turner (same DCI throwing the bash) abruptly fired about 200 employees. Apple-bobbing beats a pink slip any day of the week.
MuckRock
May 30, 2017
A declassified CIA memo on the eve of the 1979 Iranian Revolution shows the Carter Administration scrambling for a basic grasp of the details mere months before the Shah was overthrown. The memo, dated October 30, 1978, describes a meeting a few days prior between the Director of CentralÃâà...
Foreign Affairs
May 30, 2012
It is difficult to exaggerate how thoroughly the gathering of information on the Soviet Union, and especially its military power, has dominated U.S. intelligence operations since the Cold War began. Today, in light of the diminished Soviet military threat to western Europe, the sharp decline in the Soviet economy and theÃâà...
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