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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...
...these arguments are fiercely disputed. Stansfield Turner, who was Carter's CIA director, contends that AWACS would hinder rather than increase Saudi security. As he wrote last week in the Washington Post: "There is no way they can absorb AWACS into their military structure without detracting from their primary concerns," which he defined as preparing to combat "insurrection and guerrilla warfare." Indeed, Turner claimed the Saudis' real reason for wanting AWACS is not military but political: "asking us to take an action that would be opposed by Israel" in order "to test whether we would eventually pressure Israel...
...levels; in fiscal 1980, 9,200 men and women asked for posts, for which 1,458 were hired. In addition to new hands, Casey is expected to bring back some of the talented oldtimers who were ousted in successive housecleanings during the past few years. The current director, Admiral Stansfield Turner, downgraded the importance of human beings in intelligence gathering on the scene. Says a veteran intelligence officer: "His big mistake was becoming intoxicated with our technical proficiency. It is a great instrument, but only an instrument." The agency has been particularly short of analysts in the world...