Word: stansfield
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...Inman? The Reagan Administration came up with a successor last week who pleased many of the doubters. He is John N. McMahon, 52, now the No. 3 man at the CIA. Said Washington's Democratic Senator Henry Jackson: "He's a first-rate pro." Observed Admiral Stansfield Turner, who headed the CIA from 1977 to 1981: "John McMahon is the most well-rounded intelligence professional in the U.S. today...
...agency is privy to plans and plots that could affect international economic activity, it secretly monitors overseas communications of multinational firms, and it helps to ar- range the purchases of large quantities of technological material. Thus, such past directors of the CIA as George Bush and Stansfield Turner set up blind trusts to distance themselves from their investments and avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest...
Other lecturers in the series include Stansfield Turner, former CIA director, and Samuel Wilson, a retired Lieutenant General...
Former CIA Director Stansfield Turner, who inherited the Wilson-Terpil problem in 1977, promptly fired two agents, Loomis and Weisenburger. Shackley's role is still being studied. Action against former agents is difficult because there is no law, or even a CIA regulation, banning them from selling their expertise, short of national security secrets, or exploiting past CIA commercial connections once they leave the agency. One formidable reason is that the CIA often wants to use such "former" operatives in future undercover work...
...abroad for academic purposes, suchj as attending a conference in his field, is simply a use of the academic profession as a cover and consequently compromises the integrity of the profession and casts doubts on the true purposes of the activities of all academics. --Letter to CIA Director Adm. Stansfield Turner December...