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| Born | 1923-12-01 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Amherst College, United States Naval Academy, Exeter College (Oxford) | |||||||||||
| Religion | Christian Scientist | |||||||||||
| Party | Democratic | |||||||||||
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Stansfield Turner was Jimmy Carter's Director of Central Intelligence.
Background
Stansfield Turner attended Amherst College, possibly at the same time as fellow DCIA William Webster.
Purging the CIA
When Stansfield Turner learned of Ted Shackley and Ray Cline's close friendship with Edwin Wilson,[1] he pressured them both to quit the CIA and also removed a lot of top officers from the organisation. Peter Dale Scott suggests that far from limiting the influence of the US deep state, it relocated to offshore milieux - such as Le Cercle and The Safari Club - that were probably more or less unknown to Stansfield Turner, so by the late 1970s, the deep state was more secure than ever.[2]
Operation Gladio
- Full article:
Operation Gladio
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During a television interview in Italy in 1990, Stansfield Turner refused to confirm or deny that the Italian Strategy of Tension was orchestrated within the CIA. Out of respect for the victims of the numerous massacres, the Italian journalist conducting the interview insisted that Turner clarify the strategy of tension. But Turner angrily ripped off his microphone and concluded the interview by shouting: "I said, no questions about Gladio!"[3]
References
- ↑ https://www.oathkeepers.org/more-cia-treachery-nugan-hand-bank-ltd/
- ↑ http://unwelcomeguests.net/719
- ↑ The Independent, 1 December 1990.
