William Colby

William Colby
Born	William Egan Colby 1920-01-04 St. Paul, Minnesota
Died	1996-04-27 (Age 76) Rock Point, Maryland
Alma mater	Princeton University, Columbia Law School
Religion	Roman Catholic
Children	• 5 children w • Heinzen
Spouse	Barbara Heinzen
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
Director of Central Intelligence In office September 4, 1973 - January 30, 1976 Preceded by Vernon A. Walters Succeeded by George H. W. Bush The 10th DCI, who died in a suspicious boating accident. Appointed as "a professional who would not make waves."  Head of Clandestine Branch? In office 1973 - September 1973 Appointed by James Schlesinger  Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency In office 1971 - 1973

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. 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."

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.. The boating accident story has even been termed "laughable".

 

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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