William Colby
1920 – 1996 American Director of Central Intelligence
CIA director who disclosed the agency's Cold War abuses to Congress.
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Affiliations
- Director of the CIA from 1973 to 1976; ran the Phoenix Program in Vietnam; disclosed the agency's 'Family Jewels' abuses.
William Colby was a CIA officer who directed the agency from 1973 to 1976. He had earlier overseen the Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War. As director he disclosed the 'Family Jewels', a set of internal records documenting assassination plots and domestic spying, to congressional investigators.
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- 1953 William Colby becomes CIA station chief in Italy central figure