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+ | |image_caption=Artist's impression of Richard Helms testifying to congress | ||
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+ | |alma_mater=Le Rosey,Williams College | ||
+ | |birth_date=1913-03-30 | ||
+ | |birth_name=Richard McGarrah Helms | ||
+ | |birth_place=St. Davids, Pennsylvania | ||
+ | |death_date=October 23, 2002 | ||
+ | |death_place=Washington DC | ||
+ | |nationality=United States | ||
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+ | |title=United States Ambassador to Iran | ||
+ | |start=April 5, 1973 | ||
+ | |end=January 1, 1977 | ||
+ | }}{{job | ||
|title=Director of Central Intelligence | |title=Director of Central Intelligence | ||
|start=June 30, 1966 | |start=June 30, 1966 | ||
|end=February 2, 1973 | |end=February 2, 1973 | ||
+ | |description=Covered up a lot of the details of Project MKUltra by ordering extensive destruction of the CIA documents on the matter. | ||
+ | }}{{job | ||
+ | |title=Deputy Director of Central Intelligence | ||
+ | |start=April 28, 1965 | ||
+ | |end=June 30, 1966 | ||
+ | }}{{job | ||
+ | |title=CIA/Deputy Director for Plans | ||
+ | |start=17 February 1962 | ||
+ | |end=28 April 1965 | ||
+ | |next=28 June 1965 | ||
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− | + | '''Richard M. Helms''' was a US [[spook]] and member of the [[US deep state]] who was caught lying to the [[US congress]].<ref name=spartacusea/> | |
+ | ==Career== | ||
+ | [[Fletcher Prouty]] states that Richard Helms was second in command of the CIA's "focal point network" established under [[Allen Dulles]], and that he took control of it after Dulles was fired.<ref name=ug740>http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/740</ref> | ||
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+ | ==JFK Assassination== | ||
+ | [[Peter Dale Scott]] writes that Richard Helms lied to the [[Warren Commission]] about the [[CIA]] and about [[Lee Harvey Oswald]].<ref>https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-jfk-assassination-why-cias-richard-helms-lied-about-oswald/5497663</ref> | ||
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+ | ===MK-Ultra=== | ||
+ | {{FA|Project MKUltra}} | ||
+ | As [[Director of Central Intelligence]], Helms was boss of the Technical Services Division, whose Chemical Division was headed up by [[Sidney Gottlieb]]. The family of [[Stanley Glickman]] took unsuccessful legal action against the CIA in this regard,<ref>http://whowhatwhy.org/2011/06/02/us-government-experiments-on-americans-lsd-and-mkultra/</ref> which was hampered by Helms' 1973 decision just before leading as DCI to order the complete destruction of all documents regarding the CIA's [[Project MKUltra]]. In 1977 it transpired that around the purge had missed about 20,000 documents about the accounts since they had been wrongly located at the time. | ||
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+ | Helms was found guilty of lying to [[congress]] about [[Covert operation | covert operations]] in relation to the overthrow of [[Salvador Allende]] in 1973<ref>https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/01/11/new-book-explains-why-ex-cia-director-richard-helms-lied-to-congress</ref> and given a 2 year suspended sentence.<ref name=spartacusea>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKexecutiveA.htm</ref> | ||
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==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
*CIA [http://www.foia.cia.gov/helms.asp A Life in Intelligence - The Richard Helms Collection] | *CIA [http://www.foia.cia.gov/helms.asp A Life in Intelligence - The Richard Helms Collection] | ||
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{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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Born | Richard McGarrah Helms 1913-03-30 St. Davids, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | October 23, 2002 (Age 89) Washington DC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Le Rosey, Williams College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Association of Former Intelligence Officers, JFK/Assassination/Perpetrators, Office of Strategic Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard M. Helms was a US spook and member of the US deep state who was caught lying to the US congress.[1]
Career
Fletcher Prouty states that Richard Helms was second in command of the CIA's "focal point network" established under Allen Dulles, and that he took control of it after Dulles was fired.[2]
JFK Assassination
Peter Dale Scott writes that Richard Helms lied to the Warren Commission about the CIA and about Lee Harvey Oswald.[3]
MK-Ultra
- Full article: Project MKUltra
- Full article: Project MKUltra
As Director of Central Intelligence, Helms was boss of the Technical Services Division, whose Chemical Division was headed up by Sidney Gottlieb. The family of Stanley Glickman took unsuccessful legal action against the CIA in this regard,[4] which was hampered by Helms' 1973 decision just before leading as DCI to order the complete destruction of all documents regarding the CIA's Project MKUltra. In 1977 it transpired that around the purge had missed about 20,000 documents about the accounts since they had been wrongly located at the time.
Helms was found guilty of lying to congress about covert operations in relation to the overthrow of Salvador Allende in 1973[5] and given a 2 year suspended sentence.[1]
External Resources
References
- ↑ a b http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKexecutiveA.htm
- ↑ http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/740
- ↑ https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-jfk-assassination-why-cias-richard-helms-lied-about-oswald/5497663
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.org/2011/06/02/us-government-experiments-on-americans-lsd-and-mkultra/
- ↑ https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/01/11/new-book-explains-why-ex-cia-director-richard-helms-lied-to-congress