Thomas Devine

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Person.png Thomas Devine SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook)
Bornc. 1926
Founder ofZapata 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]


Phoenix Program

Devine continued to work closely with George H. W. Bush. According to the CIA memo Devine "accompanied Bush on a trip to Vietnam from 26 December 1967-11 January 1968, for which he was issued an interim top-secret clearance by the US Department of Defense." Russ Baker has suggested that there might be a link with the Phoenix Program.[3]

JFK Assassination

It is unclear whether Devine had any involvement in the JFK Assassination.[3]

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:1975 WUBRINY Memomemo29 November 1975FBI
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

  1. 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").
  2. Family of Secrets
  3. a b http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKdevineTJ.htm


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