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On the role of the U.S.: I think [the new regime] is going to appeal to the outside world as much as possible to recognize the result of the election no matter what it might be. This will probably be their last card. It will be a do-or-die...
Too few covert operations, however, can be as dangerous as too many. Such actions used to consume about half the agency budget; today they account for a mere 2%. Certainly one of the worst setbacks the U.S. has suffered in recent months was the fall of the Shah, including the...
In the early and mid-'70s, a series of scandals rocked the intelligence establishment. The CIA and FBI were accused of engaging in illegal covert activities at home and abroad under the guise of national security. Out of congressional investigations came several indictments: Gray and two other FBI officials...
Sisco proudly proclaimed himself to be, like Helms, a member of the "old school" of diplomacy, but he was nonetheless cautious about using gunboats. Closely questioned, he said he would send in the Marines to, say, Saudi Arabia in response to a plea from the government to counter a threat...
Richard M. Helms, 65, headed the CIA from 1966 to 1973, then became Ambassador to Iran until late 1976. He now heads an international consulting firm.