Difference between revisions of "Frank Wisner"

Frank Wisner
Frank Wisner ; (deep politician, spook);
Born	June 23, 1909
Died	October 29, 1965 (Age 56)
Cause of death	gunshot
Children	Frank Wisner II
Founder of	The Georgetown Set
Member of	Office of Strategic Services, Seven Society, The Georgetown Set
Victim of	Premature death
Perpetrator of	Operation Mockingbird
	CIA/Deputy Director for Plans
In office
	23 August 1951 - 1 January 1959
Preceded by	Allen Dulles
Succeeded by	Richard M. Bissell

Revision as of 12:56, 28 December 2018

Frank Gordon Wisner was a US deep politician. He founded the spooky social group which came to be known as The Georgetown Set (or the "Wisner Gang"^{[citation needed]}).

Wisner was Head of the Office of Strategic Services operations in southeastern Europe at the end of World War II, head of the CIA's covert action arm, the Office of Policy Coordination from 1 September 1948 and the head of the Directorate of Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency during the 1950s. .^[1] Later he worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, founding Operation Mockingbird.

Frank Wisner reportedly committed suicide with one of his son's shotguns on October 29, 1965.^[2]

Event	Description
Operation Mockingbird	Operation Mockingbird is a CIA covert operation that began in the 1950s and is a continuing manipulation and control of the media by the CIA.

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-'''Frank Gordon Wisner''' was the founder of a social group which came to be known [[The Georgetown Set]] (or 'Wisner Gang'{{cn}}).
+'''Frank Gordon Wisner''' was a [[US]] [[deep politician]]. He founded the spooky social group which came to be known as [[The Georgetown Set]] (or the "Wisner Gang"{{cn}}).
 ==Career==
 Wisner was Head of the [[Office of Strategic Services]] operations in southeastern Europe at the end of World War II, head of the [[CIA]]'s [[covert action]] arm, the [[Office of Policy Coordination]] from 1 September 1948 and the head of the Directorate of Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency during the 1950s.