Word: webster
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Despite this, Webster often admonished his FBI colleagues that the end does not justify the means. Fretting over a request to bug the chambers of a Chicago judge, he told an associate, "We have to take a strategic look. Even if we win, do we lose? Are they going to say we will be in the confessional next?" He ultimately approved the bugging, but insisted the conversations could be recorded only when agents watching the judge's chambers had good reason to suspect that the visitor would offer a bribe. The case, known as Operation Greylord, resulted in the conviction...
...Webster's passion for the law will shape his first days at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. Former CIA Director William Casey moved the CIA's office of legal counsel to a Virginia office building miles from Langley, demoralizing agency lawyers and symbolizing his indifference to their work. At FBI headquarters Webster keeps his legal specialists a few steps away and is sure to continue that practice when he moves across the river. "Adherence to the rule of law, both nationally and internationally, is a very important principle," he said last week...
...Webster prepares for his Senate hearings, he is likely to have little time for his fiercely competitive tennis games or his weekends on the farm in rural Missouri. A widower with three grown children, Webster seldom drinks anything stronger than soda pop and is a devout Christian Scientist. A history and poetry buff, he is fond of quoting Lincoln and John Kennedy, a choice that displays admirable bipartisanship, if nothing else...
Even those who favored Deputy Director Robert Gates to succeed the ailing William Casey seem reconciled to Webster. "Anything is better than the current lack of direction," says a CIA official. Those who know the Judge well insist that he is the best man for the job, but for reasons that may not go down well with those agency types who are used to skirting the law to get things done. "They're bound to feel a little besieged at the CIA right now," said former Attorney General Griffin Bell, who recruited Webster for the FBI post. "The FBI felt...
...masterly speech and an influx of experienced men in key posts revitalize the embattled Administration. New Chief of Staff Howard Baker scores a hit at the White House and on Capitol Hill. William Webster prepares to head the CIA, while Frank Carlucci rebuilds the NSC. Yet a full recovery is threatened by ongoing investigations of the scandal' s damning details. See NATION...