Theodore Shackley
 Theodore Shackley    (deep politician) | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 16, 1927 |
| Died | December 9, 2002 (Age 75) |
| Member of | Association of Former Intelligence Officers, JFK/Assassination/Perpetrators, Le Cercle, Operation 40, Systems Services International, US/Deep state |
| Perpetrator of | Arms for Libya |
| Interest of | David Corn |
Contents
Official Narrative
Theodore 'Ted' Shackley was an American CIA officer deeply involved in many "controversial" CIA operations during the 1960s and 1970s. Commonly known as the "Blond Ghost" due to his dislike of being photographed, he was one of the most decorated CIA officers. His New York Times obituary referred to him as "enigmatic", and admitted he had "mysterious" ways. In 1979, Shackley retired from the CIA and founded Research Associates International Ltd., a Bethesda consulting firm specializing in analyzing risks and protecting executives. [1]
Deep State
A mound of unexplained evidence and strange coincidences testify that Theodore Shackley was a key player in the formation of the US deep state. For example, Le Cercle was registered at his home.
CIA Career
JFK Assassination
- Full article: JFK Assassination
- Full article: JFK Assassination
Shackley became station chief in Miami in 1962[1], so was heavily involved in the Bay Of Pigs operation. He was a member of the assassination squad Operation 40 named by Mark Gorton as a key player in the JFK Assassination[2].
Chief of Western Hemisphere division
In 1972, he returned to the Washington area to oversee the C.I.A.'s clandestine activities in the Western Hemisphere.[1]
Deputy Director of Covert Operations
In May 1976, Shackley was made Deputy Director of Covert Operations, serving under CIA director George H.W. Bush, before leaving the organization in 1979.
He remained deeply involved in deep state operations such as the October Surprise and Iran-Contra.
Lies about the 1970 Chilean ITT Plot
In 1972, syndicated journalist Jack Anderson revealed that two years earlier the CIA and the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation had been involved in a "bizarre plot" to block the election of Salvador Allende. Senior CIA and ITT officials in the United States had discussed causing economic chaos in Chile to encourage a military coup. Soon a Senate subcommittee was investigating, which Shackley was tasked to cover up. Shackley had one of his deputies conspire with an ITT operative in Chile, arranging for him to testify falsely before the subcommittee. This successfully foiled the subcommittee's efforts to uncover the truth, and the CIA's involvement in Chile was only revealed years later.[3]
Lockerbie Bombing Cover-up
Following the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the CIA is apparently worried that an investigation of the attack, which may have been conducted or assisted by Iran or one of its surrogates, will uncover dealings between the US and Iran. Journalists Joe and Susan Trento will comment: “To avoid criticism that the United States was doing business with terrorists should the secret negotiations with Iran be exposed, the CIA participated in a bizarre campaign to divert blame for terrorist acts from Iran and Iran’s surrogate, Hezbollah, to Libya. If there was a comprehensive investigation into the Pan Am 103 tragedy, everything might be exposed. The major behind-the-scenes player in all this activity was the former number two man in covert operations at the CIA, Theodore G. Shackley.” [4]
In 1966, Shackley was placed in charge of the CIA's secret war in Laos. Thomas G. Clines was appointed his deputy.
Other Activities
The Safari Club started in 1979, the year Shackley was fired from the CIA. Shackley is mentioned on the 1983 guest list of the Le Cercle, and also attended in 1987, 1989 (with Richard Perle) and 1990.[5]
George H.W. Bush helped Ted Shackley set up his oil consulting business in Kuwait, which made a lot of monay for Shackley and provided a cover for the work he did for Bush.[5]
An event carried out
| Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arms for Libya | Libya US | Around 20 tonnes of C-4 plastic explosive, training in bomb making, together with thousands of rifles, handguns & other weapons sold by a CIA operative to Muammar Gaddaffi's Libya in the late 1970s - early 1980s. Then "the biggest arms-dealing case in U.S. history", still lacking its own page on Wikipedia as of 2020. |
A Quote by Theodore Shackley
| Page | Quote | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Zakharchenko | “Keep hitting the insurgents in their base areas with small, elite anti guerilla units. Use booby traps.” | The Third Option, page 96, Dell Publishing, 1988 |
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Critchfield | “Besides the Deuss connection to Oman, Shackley's other link is James Critchfield, the former head of the CIA's Middle East desk, and later chief of intelligence for energy. Critchfield is president of Tetra Tech International, a subsidiary of Honeywell, Inc. Tetra Tech has a contract with Oman to develop the economic infrastructure of the Masandam Peninsula, which is at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz.” | Executive Intelligence Review James Critchfield | 24 June 1988 |
| Timothy Landon | “The key British power broker with influence in Oman is Timothy Landon. In 1970, the sultan ran a bloodless coup against his father with the help of Landon, a British military and intelligence figure. Known as the "Lawrence of Arabia" of Oman, Landon, who now lives in England, was the sultan's college buddy at Sandhurst. According to British intelligence sources, Shackley has a working relationship with Landon's associates and operatives.” | Timothy Landon | 24 June 1988 |
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colloquium on Clandestine Collection | 30 December 1981 | 31 December 1981 | A spooky colloquium in Washington DC | |
| Colloquium on Counterintelligence | 24 April 1980 | 26 April 1980 | Spooky 1980 Washington conference | |
| Colloquium on Intelligence and Policy | 9 November 1984 | 10 November 1984 | A spooky conference in November 1984 | |
| Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn) | 30 June 1983 | 3 July 1983 | Germany Bonn | |
| Le Cercle/1984 (Capetown) | 12 January 1984 | 15 January 1984 | South Africa Stellenbosch Capetown | 4 day meeting of Le Cercle in Capetown exposed after Joel Van der Reijden discovered the attendee list for this conference and published it online in 2011 |
| Symposium on the Role of Special Operations in US Strategy for the 1980s | 4 March 1983 | 5 March 1983 | Spooky conference attended by the US MICC |
References
- ↑ a b c http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/14/us/theodore-shackley-enigmatic-cia-official-dies-at-75.html?pagewanted=1
- ↑ Document:Fifty Years of the Deep State by Mark Gorton
- ↑ http://www.alternet.org/story/14767/the_legacy_of_theodore_shackley
- ↑ http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=theodore_shackley_1
- ↑ a b http://www.isgp.nl/Le_Cercle_membership_list
