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...Bobby Inman leaves the CIA, claiming the reasons are personal...
Whenever CIA Director William Casey was testifying in secret meetings, the Congressman watched the feet of Casey's deputy, Admiral Bobby Inman. If the admiral shuffled his feet or reached down to pull up his socks, the Congressman concluded that Inman knew that his boss was shading the facts. Sure enough, when questioned, the admiral would delicately correct the director...
...disrupt" the Nicaraguan regime. The next day, the New York Times said that the U.S. was providing the money for covert support of individuals and organizations within Nicaragua, in an attempt to bolster that country's moderate elements, but had rejected any paramilitary action. The Times story quoted Inman's dismissal of the Post's allegations about more provocative activities: "I would suggest to you that $ 19 million, or $29 million, isn't going to buy you much of any kind these days...
...operative for the CIA who helped organize the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion by anti-Castro Cubans in 1961. He officially left the Government in 1976, when the naval intelligence branch for which he was working, known as Task Force 157, was being disbanded by Navy Rear Admiral Bobby Inman. Wilson tried to persuade Inman to save Task Force 157 by offering what Inman took to be a bribe; the admiral, offended, immediately decided to abolish the operation. In 1980 Wilson was indicted on charges of illegally shipping explosives to Libya. He has been a fugitive, mainly in Tripoli, since...
...President chooses, he can ignore the recommendations and sign the Executive Order as it is now drafted. White House officials say there is disagreement between hard-liners like National Security Council Adviser Richard Allen and moderates like CIA Deputy Director Bobby Inman on how far the Administration should go to accommodate congressional critics. In Congress, even the CIA's boosters would rather avoid yet another damaging, headline-making controversy. "Why is the Administration doing this?" asks Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. "They're making...