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James Jesus Angleton (December 9, 1917 – May 11, 1987) was an American intelligence operative who served as chief of the counterintelligence department of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1954 to 1975.
Almost no one, however, would be able to identify James Jesus Angleton, despite his key role as leader of the agency’s head of counter-intelligence (CI) operations during the height of the Cold...
Jan 1, 2018 · The Counterintelligence Staff, created in 1954, had been headed for 20 years by James Jesus Angleton, a legendary spy who deployed the techniques of literary criticism learned at Yale to find...
Perhaps one of the most well-known Agency figures is James Angleton. In particular, Angleton was noted for his work as the Chief of Counterintelligence during the Cold War. James Angleton was born in Boise, Idaho, on December 9, 1917.
May 12, 1987 · James Angleton, the erudite Central Intelligence Agency officer whose search for Soviet agents inside the Government stirred an uproar in the murky worlds of intelligence for a generation,...
The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton - CSI. Volume 61, No. 4 (December 2017)
As chief of counterintelligence for the Central Intelligence Agency from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, James Jesus Angleton built a formidable reputation. Although perhaps best known for leading the agency's notorious “Molehunt”—the search for a Soviet spy believed to have infiltrated the upper levels of the American government ...
Mr. Angleton developed and later ran the CIA's counterintelligence section between 1954 and 1973, at a time when counterintelligence - de- tecting and exploiting enemy spies --playe&a major role in U.S. intelli- gence.
As chief of counterintelligence for the Central Intelligence Agency from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, James Jesus Angleton built a formidable reputation....
Jun 25, 1978 · From forced retirement, James Jesus Angleton wages covert war on those who, he feels, have weakened the C.I.A. The man and the issues raise important questions about the intelligence game.
