Word: caseys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economy turned down and fuel prices turned up. Braniff went deeper into debt. Its obligations nearly doubled from 1978 to 1979. Losses mounted, ballooning to $131 million in 1980 and $161 million in 1981. In December 1980, Lawrence resigned as Braniffs boss. He was replaced first by John J. Casey, Braniffs vice chairman, and in September by Howard Putnam...
...years later he became head of the Office of Electronic Intelligence, which is responsible for the CIA'S eavesdropping operations. After moving through a series of high-level jobs during the 1970s, McMahon was placed in charge of clandestine operations in 1978. Three years later CIA Director William Casey tapped him for executive director, a post from which he has run the day-to-day operations of the agency...
...worried that although McMahon has held a number of senior posts at the agency, he may lack the analytical skills for his new job. There is also concern that McMahon lacks the clout and independence to push successfully for his own policies, and may not stand up to Casey. Some Senators feel that the CIA director is too eager to expand his agency's intelligence-gathering operations within the U.S. Inman, by contrast, had headed the National Security Agency before joining the CIA in 1981 and had already built up his own constituency within Congress...
McMahon will almost certainly be confirmed by the Senate. Hearings are expected to begin later this month, with a vote likely by early June. If McMahon clashes repeatedly with Casey, observers predict, he is independent enough to follow Inman's footsteps-right out the door. Said one former CIA official: "He's nobody's patsy. He has his pension and can leave when he likes...
...maintains Schlesinger, is also coming back into vogue. The Agency under director William Casey seems a throwback to "the freewheeling days of the 1950s when the CIA believed it was omnipotent and could shape the destinies of far-away countries. Now with its new power to intervene domestically, God knows what will happen...