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''N.B. [[William Bishop]] may have used the alias 'John Adrian O'Hare'''{{cn}}
  
'''John Adrian O'Hare (aka: Jack O'Hare, Colonel Richard Gray, The Gray Ghost)''' <br><br>
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'''John Adrian O'Hare (aka 'Jack O'Hare', 'Colonel Richard Gray', 'The Gray Ghost')''' was a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, [[businessman]] and [[CIA]] contractor.  He "up and died" in March 1975 and believed to have been relocated to [[South Africa]] because of the investigation of CIA domestic improprieties (among other activities) by several senate subcommittees{{which}} in 1975.
  
John Adrian O'Hare was a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, Business man and CIA Contractor.  He "up and died" in March 1975 and believed to have been relocated to South Africa because of the investigation of CIA domestic improprieties (among other activities) by several senate subcommittees in 1975.
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==CIA career==
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Jack O'Hare walked a fine line between being a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, a businessman and a CIA Contractor.  He blended seamlessly between all three activities with ease according to his current needs. As one of the CIA's most successful hidden assets he was in different ways involved with [[JMWAVE]], Dallas, the Congo Operation, [[Chilean coup of 1973]] and domestic CIA activities which were against the CIA charter.  
  
<b>CIA Activities</b><br>
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===Exposure===
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When [[Seymour Hersh]] wrote his infamous ''[[New York Times]]'' story on December 22, 1974 on CIA Domestic improprieties, that was the end of Jack O'Hare's life as he knew it.  In the beginning of 1975 three senate subcommittees were formed to look into CIA activities and this made Jack O'Hare hot as a firecracker as he was in the middle of it. 
  
Jack O'Hare walked a fine line between being a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, a business man and a CIA Contractor.  He blended seamlessly between all three activities with ease according to his current needs.  As one of the CIA's most successful hidden assets he was in different ways involved with JMWAVE, Dallas, the Congo Operation, Chilean overthrow of 1973 and domestic CIA activities which were against the CIA charter.  When Seymour Hersh wrote his infamous New York Times story on December 22, 1974 on CIA Domestic improprieties, that was the end of Jack O'Hare's life as he knew it.  In the beginning of 1975 three senate subcommittees were formed to look into CIA activities and this made Jack O'Hare hot as a firecracker as he was in the middle of it.  That is what caused him to have to fake his own death and leave the United States and his family to never be heard from again and relocate to South Africa.<br><br>
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===Flight to South Africa===
 
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After attention from the US subcommittees, O'Hare faked his own death and left the United States and his family to never be heard from again and relocate to South Africa. The CIA pulled out all the stops to keep his role a dark secret by employing assets such as the infamous Watergate lawyer [[Bernard Fensterwald]] and Military Intelligence to help throw the trail off O'Hare.
The CIA pulled out all the stops to keep Jack's role a dark secret by employing assets such as the infamous Watergate lawyer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Fensterwald Bernard Fensterwald] and Military Intelligence to help throw the trail off O'Hare.
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Revision as of 21:55, 24 August 2017

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(spook, businessman, soldier)

N.B. William Bishop may have used the alias 'John Adrian O'Hare'[citation needed]

John Adrian O'Hare (aka 'Jack O'Hare', 'Colonel Richard Gray', 'The Gray Ghost') was a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, businessman and CIA contractor. He "up and died" in March 1975 and believed to have been relocated to South Africa because of the investigation of CIA domestic improprieties (among other activities) by several senate subcommittees[Which?] in 1975.

CIA career

Jack O'Hare walked a fine line between being a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, a businessman and a CIA Contractor. He blended seamlessly between all three activities with ease according to his current needs. As one of the CIA's most successful hidden assets he was in different ways involved with JMWAVE, Dallas, the Congo Operation, Chilean coup of 1973 and domestic CIA activities which were against the CIA charter.

Exposure

When Seymour Hersh wrote his infamous New York Times story on December 22, 1974 on CIA Domestic improprieties, that was the end of Jack O'Hare's life as he knew it. In the beginning of 1975 three senate subcommittees were formed to look into CIA activities and this made Jack O'Hare hot as a firecracker as he was in the middle of it.

Flight to South Africa

After attention from the US subcommittees, O'Hare faked his own death and left the United States and his family to never be heard from again and relocate to South Africa. The CIA pulled out all the stops to keep his role a dark secret by employing assets such as the infamous Watergate lawyer Bernard Fensterwald and Military Intelligence to help throw the trail off O'Hare.

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