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*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version) | *[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version) | ||
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| + | On Saturday, April 27, 1996, Colby died in what [[Wikipedia]] says "appears to be a boating accident" near his home in Rock Point, Maryland. | ||
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| + | ===Official narrative=== | ||
| + | The Maryland state coroner ruled that Colby had suffered either a heart attack or a stroke and had fallen into the water and drowned.<ref>{{cite news | title = Post Mortem Examination Report, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, Report on Death of William E. Colby | url = http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/PostMortem.pdf | work=Huffington Post}}</ref> Most of Colby's family and his biographer viewed a suicide as completely inconsistent with his character. However, in a biographical documentary developed by his son [[Carl Colby]], he speculated that Colby had simply "...had enough of this life."<ref>{{cite news | title = The William Colby We Knew | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-william-colby-we-knew/2011/11/29/gIQAxbtJMO_story.html | work = [[The Washington Post]] | date = 2011-12-02 | accessdate = 2011-12-08 | first=David | last=Maraniss}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Former CIA Director's Death Raises Questions, Divides Family | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/former-cia-directors-death-raises-questions-divides-family_n_1130176.html?1323131905 | work = [[The Huffington Post]] | date = 2011-12-05 | accessdate = 2011-12-08 | first=Christina | last=Wilkie}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Foul play=== | ||
| + | Some have suggested that since Colby was revealing information which was damaging to the CIA, his death may have been a [[CIA]] damage limitation exercise.<ref>{{ cite news | title = WHO MURDERED THE CIA CHIEF?| url = http://www.pythiapress.com/wartales/colby.htm}}</ref>. The boating accident story has even been termed "laughable".<ref>http://www.serendipity.li/us_political_assassinations.htm</ref> | ||
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| Born | 1920-01-04 St. Paul, Minnesota | |||||||||||||||
| Died | 1996-04-27 (Age 76) Rock Point, Maryland | |||||||||||||||
| Member of | Arlington Institute, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Committee on the Present Danger/Members, Knights of Malta, Le Cercle, Office of Strategic Services | |||||||||||||||
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Contents
Affiliations
- Committee on the Present Danger (1976 version)
Death
On Saturday, April 27, 1996, Colby died in what Wikipedia says "appears to be a boating accident" near his home in Rock Point, Maryland.
Official narrative
The Maryland state coroner ruled that Colby had suffered either a heart attack or a stroke and had fallen into the water and drowned.[1] Most of Colby's family and his biographer viewed a suicide as completely inconsistent with his character. However, in a biographical documentary developed by his son Carl Colby, he speculated that Colby had simply "...had enough of this life."[2][3]
Foul play
Some have suggested that since Colby was revealing information which was damaging to the CIA, his death may have been a CIA damage limitation exercise.[4]. The boating accident story has even been termed "laughable".[5]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colloquium on Analysis and Estimates | 30 November 1979 | 1 December 1979 | Spooky 1979 Washington conference |
| Colloquium on Intelligence and Policy | 9 November 1984 | 10 November 1984 | A spooky conference in November 1984 |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Affidavit of William Casey | Wikispooks Page | William Casey | An admission by William Casey, DCI, that he approved smuggling of cocaine into USA, having chosen Mena, Arkansas as a shipment point, with the support of Bill Clinton and Bill Weld. Casey names a range of names, including John Poindexter, Robert McFarlane, Oliver North and William Colby, the CIA, NSA and ASA. |
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