Difference between revisions of "Thomas Devine"
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | Devine | + | Devine joined the CIA, The {{on}} states that he left it in 1953 to help his associate, [[George H. W. Bush]] to establish [[Zapata Oil]], though many have doubted that he really left.<ref name=MaryFerrell>{{cite web |
| − | + | |url=http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?docId=12758&relPageId=2 | |
| − | [[Russ Baker]] notes that "For Devine, who would have been about twenty-seven years old at the time, to resign at such a young age, so soon after the CIA had spent a great deal of time and money training him, was, at minimum, highly unusual. It would turn out, however, that Devine had a special relationship allowing him to come and go from the agency, enabling him to do other things without really leaving its employ."<ref>''[[Family of Secrets]]''</ref> | + | |title=Memorandum: To: Deputy Director of Operations; Subject: Messrs. George Bush and Thomas J. |
| + | |date=November 29, 1975 | ||
| + | |author=Withheld (sanitized, unclassified document), [[Central Intelligence Agency]] | ||
| + | |publisher=NARA Record Number: 104-10310-10271}}</ref> [[Russ Baker]], for example, notes that "For Devine, who would have been about twenty-seven years old at the time, to resign at such a young age, so soon after the CIA had spent a great deal of time and money training him, was, at minimum, highly unusual. It would turn out, however, that Devine had a special relationship allowing him to come and go from the agency, enabling him to do other things without really leaving its employ."<ref>''[[Family of Secrets]]''</ref> | ||
==JFK Assassination== | ==JFK Assassination== | ||
Revision as of 15:45, 11 October 2015
 Thomas Devine    (spook) | |
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| Born | c. 1926 |
| Founder of | Zapata Petroleum |
Career
Devine joined the CIA, The official narrative states that he left it in 1953 to help his associate, George H. W. Bush to establish Zapata Oil, though many have doubted that he really left.[1] Russ Baker, for example, notes that "For Devine, who would have been about twenty-seven years old at the time, to resign at such a young age, so soon after the CIA had spent a great deal of time and money training him, was, at minimum, highly unusual. It would turn out, however, that Devine had a special relationship allowing him to come and go from the agency, enabling him to do other things without really leaving its employ."[2]
JFK Assassination
It is unclear whether Devine had any involvement in the JFK Assassination.[3]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:1975 WUBRINY Memo | memo | 29 November 1975 | FBI Gale Allen | A 1975 memo from before George H. W. Bush was made DCI that reveals years of involvement in CIA operations. |
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References
- ↑ Withheld (sanitized, unclassified document), Central Intelligence Agency (November 29, 1975). "Memorandum: To: Deputy Director of Operations; Subject: Messrs. George Bush and Thomas J." NARA Record Number: 104-10310-10271.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Family of Secrets
- ↑ http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKdevineTJ.htm
