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...Inman's telltale fidgeting was sub conscious rather than intentional, it was one of his few professional imperfections. In Washington's atmosphere of political intrigue, most high CIA officials develop more enemies than friends. But when the White House last week announced Inman's impending retirement from both the CIA and the Navy, the praise for the four-star admiral was downright gushy. Democratic Congressman Edward P. Boland, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, called Inman "the nation's finest professional intelligence officer." Democratic Senator Joseph Biden even called Inman "the single most competent...
...Inman's bipartisan popularity stems largely from his straight talk and incisive mind. His virtually photographic memory and workaholic habits pushed him to the top of a career in military intelligence: director of Naval Intelligence from 1974 to 1976; vice director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, 1976 to 1977; director of the National Security Agency...
...head of the NSA, a supersecret agency that uses satellites, sophisticated monitoring techniques and more employees (more than 20,000) than the CIA (some 16,000) to gather intelligence information, Inman developed considerable rapport with congressional committees. When President Reagan was looking for a CIA chief in late 1980, Inman was pushed hard by diverse Capitol Hill backers, most notably Republican Senator Barry Goldwater. Instead, Reagan picked Casey, who had been his campaign director. A bit reluctantly, Inman left NSA to become Casey's deputy. Reagan talked him into it, he said, with "the smoothest job of arm twisting...
...Inman, 51, now leaving the CIA? The admiral told TIME that he felt he had accomplished what he had set out to do at the agency: "Get a road map created for a long-range rebuilding program all across the whole intelligence community." Having done that, he insisted, he was stepping down to build a second career in private business, earn enough money (he now gets $59,500) to put two teen-age sons through college, and spend more time with his family. Admitting that his career had involved "wretched work habits and hours," Inman said his eldest...
...Inman's associates said, however, that the admiral chafed at playing second fiddle to Casey after running the NSA. When Casey came under fire last July for alleged business improprieties, Goldwater called for his resignation, hoping Inman would succeed him. But White House aides warned that if Casey were pushed out, Inman would not replace him and might be fired too-and the congressional pressure on Casey subsided. Inman contends that this fuss was "One of the most discomforting periods of my entire life. I found the invidious comparisons both unfair to Bill and embarrassing...