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==Affiliations==
 
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*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version)
 
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==Death==
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On Saturday, April 27, 1996, Colby died in what [[Wikipedia]] says "appears to be a boating accident" near his home in Rock Point, Maryland.
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===Official narrative===
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The Maryland state coroner ruled that Colby had suffered either a heart attack or a stroke and had fallen into the water and drowned.<ref>{{cite news | title = Post Mortem Examination Report, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, Report on Death of William E. Colby | url = http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/PostMortem.pdf | work=Huffington Post}}</ref>  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."<ref>{{cite news | title = The William Colby We Knew | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-william-colby-we-knew/2011/11/29/gIQAxbtJMO_story.html | work = [[The Washington Post]] | date = 2011-12-02 | accessdate = 2011-12-08 | first=David | last=Maraniss}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Former CIA Director's Death Raises Questions, Divides Family | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/former-cia-directors-death-raises-questions-divides-family_n_1130176.html?1323131905 | work = [[The Huffington Post]] | date = 2011-12-05 | accessdate = 2011-12-08 | first=Christina | last=Wilkie}}</ref>
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===Foul play===
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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.<ref>{{ cite news | title = WHO MURDERED THE CIA CHIEF?| url = http://www.pythiapress.com/wartales/colby.htm}}</ref>. The boating accident story has even been termed "laughable".<ref>http://www.serendipity.li/us_political_assassinations.htm</ref>
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Person.png William Colby  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
William Colby.jpg
Born1920-01-04
St. Paul, Minnesota
Died1996-04-27 (Age 76)
Rock Point, Maryland
Member ofArlington 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

Employment.png Director of Central Intelligence

In office
September 4, 1973 - January 30, 1976
Preceded byVernon A. Walters
Succeeded byGeorge H. W. Bush
10th DCI

Affiliations

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.[1] 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."[2][3]

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.[4]. The boating accident story has even been termed "laughable".[5]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndDescription
Colloquium on Analysis and Estimates30 November 19791 December 1979Spooky 1979 Washington conference
Colloquium on Intelligence and Policy9 November 198410 November 1984A spooky conference in November 1984

 

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