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|WP=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Waller_(CIA_official) | |WP=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Waller_(CIA_official) | ||
+ | |birth_date=May 8, 1923 | ||
+ | |birth_place=Paw Paw, Michigan, USA | ||
+ | |image=John H. Waller.jpg | ||
+ | |death_date=November 4, 2004 | ||
+ | |death_place=Arlington, Virginia, USA | ||
|constitutes=spook | |constitutes=spook | ||
+ | |description=Produced a report into the infamous [[Arms For Libya]] scandal which exonerated the [[CIA]]. | ||
|employment={{job | |employment={{job | ||
|title=Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency | |title=Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency | ||
|start=July 1976 | |start=July 1976 | ||
|end=January 1980 | |end=January 1980 | ||
− | |description=}} | + | |description=Successfully cover up the Arms for Libya deal.}} |
}} | }} | ||
+ | ==Career== | ||
+ | In 1943 after he was rejected for military service due to an ear disorder, Waller began serving in the [[Office of Strategic Services]], working in [[counterespionage]].<ref name="The Washington Post; November 7, 2004"/><ref name="The New York Times; November 9, 2004"/> From 1947 to 1953, Waller served as [[vice-consul]] with the [[United States Foreign Service]] in [[Iran]].<ref name="Contemporary Authors"/> He was a special assistant to the ambassador in [[New Delhi, India]] from 1955 to 1957 and from 1968 to 1971.<ref name="Contemporary Authors"/> Waller served in [[Khartoum, Sudan]] from 1960 to 1960, then as an analyst in the [[United States Department of State]] from 1962 to 1968.<ref name="Contemporary Authors"/> Waller was Chief of the CIA's Near East Division from 1971 to 1975, then Inspector General of the Agency from 1976 to 1980.<ref name="The Washington Post; November 7, 2004"/> | ||
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+ | ===Arms for Libya Cover-up=== | ||
+ | {{FA|Arms for Libya}} | ||
+ | During his tenure as Inspector General, Waller led the CIA's internal investigation of the [[arms for Libya]] weapons deal involving CIA agents [[Edwin P. Wilson]] and [[Frank E. Terpil]].<ref name="The New York Times; February 1, 1982">{{cite news |last=Taubman |first=Philip |date=February 1, 1982 |title=House is Starting Hearings on C.I.A. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/01/us/house-is-starting-hearings-on-cia.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York |access-date=April 30, 2015}}</ref> His report was released {{when}} and exonerated senior intelligence officials [[Theodore Shackley]], deputy to the director of clandestine operations, and [[Thomas Clines]], director of training in the clandestine services.<ref name="The New York Times; February 1, 1982"/> | ||
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+ | ==Later activities== | ||
+ | During [[Lawrence Walsh]]'s investigation of the [[Iran–Contra affair]], Waller and four other former CIA officials served as [[trustee]]s of a [[defense fund]] set-up to help pay the legal expenses of at least six individuals who were serving or had served with the CIA during the event.<ref>http://www.deseretnews.com/article/177890/EX-CIA-OFFICIALS-FORMING-DEFENSE-FUND.html?pg=all</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Produced a report into the infamous Arms For Libya scandal which exonerated the CIA.
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Career
In 1943 after he was rejected for military service due to an ear disorder, Waller began serving in the Office of Strategic Services, working in counterespionage.[1][2] From 1947 to 1953, Waller served as vice-consul with the United States Foreign Service in Iran.[3] He was a special assistant to the ambassador in New Delhi, India from 1955 to 1957 and from 1968 to 1971.[3] Waller served in Khartoum, Sudan from 1960 to 1960, then as an analyst in the United States Department of State from 1962 to 1968.[3] Waller was Chief of the CIA's Near East Division from 1971 to 1975, then Inspector General of the Agency from 1976 to 1980.[1]
Arms for Libya Cover-up
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Arms for Libya
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During his tenure as Inspector General, Waller led the CIA's internal investigation of the arms for Libya weapons deal involving CIA agents Edwin P. Wilson and Frank E. Terpil.[4] His report was released [When?] and exonerated senior intelligence officials Theodore Shackley, deputy to the director of clandestine operations, and Thomas Clines, director of training in the clandestine services.[4]
Later activities
During Lawrence Walsh's investigation of the Iran–Contra affair, Waller and four other former CIA officials served as trustees of a defense fund set-up to help pay the legal expenses of at least six individuals who were serving or had served with the CIA during the event.[5]
References
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