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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | When Paisley was two-years-old, his father left the family.<ref name="The Washington Post; October 11, 1978"> | + | When Paisley was two-years-old, his father left the family.<ref name="The Washington Post; October 11, 1978">http://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/10/11/no-clues-to-suicide-given-by-paisley/410a68ad-55c6-4c81-81c0-8267e9a32532/</ref> He was raised by his grandparents when his mother went to work as a practical nurse.<ref name="The Washington Post; October 11, 1978"/> |
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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Paisley officially joined the [[CIA]] in December, 1953. However, his friend, [[Leonard Masters]], believes that Paisley was in fact recruited several years earlier at university by [[Richard Innes]]. Paisley joined the CIA's new Electronics Branch as an Economics Intelligence Officer. While based in Washington, Paisley became friends with [[Bernard Fensterwald]].<ref>http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/3017-john-paisley/</ref> | Paisley officially joined the [[CIA]] in December, 1953. However, his friend, [[Leonard Masters]], believes that Paisley was in fact recruited several years earlier at university by [[Richard Innes]]. Paisley joined the CIA's new Electronics Branch as an Economics Intelligence Officer. While based in Washington, Paisley became friends with [[Bernard Fensterwald]].<ref>http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/3017-john-paisley/</ref> | ||
| − | During his career, he was heavily involved in Soviet operations.<ref name="Snider">{ | + | During his career, he was heavily involved in Soviet operations.<ref name="Snider">{https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/agency-and-the-hill/13-The%20Agency%20and%20the%20Hill_Part2-Chapter10.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/agency-and-the-hill/The%20Agency%20and%20the%20Hill_Book_1May2008.pdf </ref> |
=="Plumbers Unit"== | =="Plumbers Unit"== | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
| − | On September 24, 1978, Paisley disappeared after setting sail on the Chesapeake Bay with his sloop ''Brillig''.<ref name="Chicago Tribune; January 14, 1979"> | + | On September 24, 1978, Paisley disappeared after setting sail on the Chesapeake Bay with his sloop ''Brillig''.<ref name="Chicago Tribune; January 14, 1979">http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1979/01/14/page/38/article/probers-ask-did-top-spy-die-and-go-to-russia </ref> On October 1, his body was found floating in the Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River with a gunshot wound to his head and a weighted [[diving weighting system|dive belt]] around his waist.<ref name="Snider"/> His boat was found the previous week run aground.<ref name="The New York Times; January 5, 1984">http://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/05/us/senate-committee-to-enter-cia-death-case.html</ref><ref name="The Washington Post; October 11, 1978"/> Paisley's death was officially recorded as [[suicide]], although very widely believed to be [[murder]]. Indeed, Police investigators described it as "an execution-type murder".<ref name=spartacus/> Former CIA agent, [[Victor Marchetti]], told [[Harrison Edward Livingstone]] and [[Steve Parks]] of the ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'' that he thought that Paisley was killed because of fears that he was "about to blow the whistle" to the [[House Select Committee on Assassinations]]. |
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Latest revision as of 03:14, 9 August 2021
 John Paisley     (spook, HSCA/Premature death) | |
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| Born | August 25, 1923 Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA |
| Died | September 24, 1978 (Age 55) |
Cause of death | gunshot to the head |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Victim of | Premature death |
A spook who died before he could testify in the HSCA. | |
Background
When Paisley was two-years-old, his father left the family.[1] He was raised by his grandparents when his mother went to work as a practical nurse.[1]
Career
In 1948 Paisley went to work as a radio operator for the United Nations where he was employed as a radio operator with the Bunche-Bernadotte Peace Mission in Palestine. This included visiting Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.[2]
Paisley officially joined the CIA in December, 1953. However, his friend, Leonard Masters, believes that Paisley was in fact recruited several years earlier at university by Richard Innes. Paisley joined the CIA's new Electronics Branch as an Economics Intelligence Officer. While based in Washington, Paisley became friends with Bernard Fensterwald.[3]
During his career, he was heavily involved in Soviet operations.[4]
"Plumbers Unit"
John Paisley, as the CIA's Deputy Director of Strategic Research ran the infamous “plumbers unit” that was conducting a number of CIA-sanctioned illegal break-ins. FBI agents suspected it was Paisley’s team that did the Summa Corporation break-in.[5]
Sex parties
In 1971 Paisley began organizing sex parties in Washington. Along with CIA colleague, Donald Burton, Paisley formed the Rush River Lodge Corporation. According to Joseph Trento, "Burton and Paisley staged several sex parties at the lodge." Those who attended these parties included politicians and journalists. Burton admitted that a "high-level Nixon appointee enjoyed tying up women and beating them" at these parties. Another person who attended was the beautiful Hana Koecher, an agent with the Czech intelligence service.[2]
When Jimmy Carter took office he sacked George H. W. Bush and replaced him with Stansfield Turner. Paisley continued to work for the CIA and records show that Paisley briefed Turner in 1977 and 1978. Paisley's address book included both Turner's home and White House telephone numbers.[2]
Death
On September 24, 1978, Paisley disappeared after setting sail on the Chesapeake Bay with his sloop Brillig.[6] On October 1, his body was found floating in the Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River with a gunshot wound to his head and a weighted dive belt around his waist.[4] His boat was found the previous week run aground.[7][1] Paisley's death was officially recorded as suicide, although very widely believed to be murder. Indeed, Police investigators described it as "an execution-type murder".[2] Former CIA agent, Victor Marchetti, told Harrison Edward Livingstone and Steve Parks of the Baltimore Sun that he thought that Paisley was killed because of fears that he was "about to blow the whistle" to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
References
- ↑ a b c http://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/10/11/no-clues-to-suicide-given-by-paisley/410a68ad-55c6-4c81-81c0-8267e9a32532/
- ↑ a b c d http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKpaisley.htm
- ↑ http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/3017-john-paisley/
- ↑ a b {https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/agency-and-the-hill/13-The%20Agency%20and%20the%20Hill_Part2-Chapter10.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/agency-and-the-hill/The%20Agency%20and%20the%20Hill_Book_1May2008.pdf
- ↑ https://dcbureau.org/tag/nicholas-shadrin
- ↑ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1979/01/14/page/38/article/probers-ask-did-top-spy-die-and-go-to-russia
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/05/us/senate-committee-to-enter-cia-death-case.html
