James Taylor
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US spook who was Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency then Executive Director. He retired in 1991, saying he "needed to find something useful for my life."
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James H. Taylor was a US spook who was Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency then Executive Director for Science and Technology[1]. He retired in 1991, saying he "needed to find something useful for my life."
Career
He worked in the CIA as Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 1982.
He also worked as Executive Director of the agency under William H. Webster & William J. Casey.[2]
Later activities
In 1994, the Los Angeles Times quotes Taylor as explaining his career switch to become editor/producers of the newsletter "Bicycle Travel and Review," a Manhattan Beach-based "guide to riding in all the right places" as follows: "When the Cold War ended, I, like thousands of others, needed to find something useful for my life."[2]
