Word: casey
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...purported Saudi connection to the contras began, say U.S. sources, after CIA Director William Casey asked King Fahd for such help on a visit to Jidda in February 1984. There are conflicting reports on Fahd's initial response. But by mid-1985 the Saudis' secret aims coincided with those of the U.S. "Since the U.S. was helping Saudi Arabia tame Iran," says Ghadry, "Saudi Arabia would help the U.S. with the contras...
...with Jimmy Carter. At the Pentagon he was extremely sensitive to leaks, and after one such incident he had some 25 high-level officials, including himself, submit to lie-detector tests. "I believe in appropriate secrets," Carlucci says, "and I believe in keeping them." But unlike CIA Director William Casey, Carlucci is comfortable with the concept of congressional oversight of intelligence activities...
...pushed into abrupt firings or show signs of yielding to pressure. He answered with a testy no! to reporters who repeatedly asked him whether he planned to jettison Chief of Staff Donald Regan, and an aide insisted that the President had no plans to sack CIA Director William Casey. But it is now quite probable that both men will be departing from their posts within the next month...
...Casey, Senate Intelligence Committee members seemed incredulous when, three weeks ago, the CIA director contended that he did not know the full details of Israel's shipments to Iran last year, which were supposedly done with U.S. approval. Later, Casey seemed to back away from that position. "I don't think he's lied to us, but I think Bill Casey is famous for instructing his subordinates and his colleagues to tell us everything they think we should know," said Committee Chairman David Durenberger with more than a hint of sarcasm. Charges continued to fly that Casey was fully aware...
Etchemendy is also well-respected by undergraduates, according to Casey A. Nevitt, a Stanford senior who Etchemendy helped start a student-initiated course on Basque Studies. Etchemendy is himself of Basque heritage...