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| − | '''William Colby''' (d. April 27, 1996) was a former Director of Central Intelligence for the [[CIA]] from 1973 to 1976 under [[Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford|Ford]]. | + | '''William Colby''' (died April 27, 1996) was a former Director of Central Intelligence for the [[CIA]] from 1973 to 1976 under [[Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford|Ford]]. |
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| | ==The family jewels== | | ==The family jewels== |
| | During the Ford administration Colby insisted on going public about the CIA's role in [[illegal]] activities such as tapping the telephones and opening the mail of Americans; plotting the assassination of [[Fidel Castro]], and using human guinea pigs for mind-control experiments involving [[LSD]]. These were released in the so-called 'Family Jewels'.<ref>National Security Archive [http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/ "Family Jewels".]</ref> | | During the Ford administration Colby insisted on going public about the CIA's role in [[illegal]] activities such as tapping the telephones and opening the mail of Americans; plotting the assassination of [[Fidel Castro]], and using human guinea pigs for mind-control experiments involving [[LSD]]. These were released in the so-called 'Family Jewels'.<ref>National Security Archive [http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/ "Family Jewels".]</ref> |
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| − | Testifying before the House Select Committee on Intelligence on November 6, 1975, CIA Director William Colby acknowledged that in the [[1964 presidential election]] a CIA official working in the [[White House]] and attached to the [[National Security Council]] spied on and procured documents from the [[Barry Goldwater]] campaign under orders from President [[Lyndon Johnson]]. With the help of another CIA employee, Johnson and the White House received advance texts of Goldwater's speeches and other reports on the campaign.<ref>Victor Lasky, ''It Didn't Start With Watergate Dell, 1978, p. 187 </ref> | + | Testifying before the House Select Committee on Intelligence on November 6, 1975, CIA Director William Colby acknowledged that in the [[1964 presidential election]] a CIA official working in the [[White House]] and attached to the [[National Security Council]] spied on and procured documents from the [[Barry Goldwater]] campaign under orders from President [[Lyndon Johnson]]. With the help of another CIA employee, Johnson and the White House received advance texts of Goldwater's speeches and other reports on the campaign.<ref>Victor Lasky, ''It Didn't Start With Watergate Dell, 1978, p. 187</ref> |
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| | [[George H.W. Bush]] was his successor as CIA director. | | [[George H.W. Bush]] was his successor as CIA director. |
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| | Morgan wrote in his March 28, 1995 letter to ''Strategic Investments'' ' publisher, | | Morgan wrote in his March 28, 1995 letter to ''Strategic Investments'' ' publisher, |
| | {{Quotebox|Systematics was not in any way involved in any investigation by Danny Cassalario [sic]".}} | | {{Quotebox|Systematics was not in any way involved in any investigation by Danny Cassalario [sic]".}} |
| − | [[Danny Casolaro]]'s files and manuscript went missing at the time of Casolaro's death in 1991. Critics question how Charles O. Morgan knew what Casolaro was investigating at the time of Casolaro's death, and was Charles O. Morgan an informant for Casolaro at the time of Casolaro's death, or did Charles O. Morgan examine Casolaro's papers and notes following Casolaro's death, to determine if there were any references to Systematics?<ref>[https://ia800203.us.archive.org/7/items/VinceFoster-NSA-Banking-Transactions-Spying/02%20Charles%20O.%20Morgan%20threatens%20to%20sue%20anyone%20who%20says%20Systematics%20has%20a%20relationship%20with%20the%20NSA.txt] </ref> Systematics was an Arkansas check processing firm for the [[Worthen Bank]] and the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]]. [[Webster Hubbell]] and Vince Foster represented Systematics as attorneys. [[Hillary Clinton]] was the intellectual property attorney for Systematics while it marketed pirated software worldwide. [[Federal court]]s ruled the [[US Justice Department]] had "stolen" the pirated software from [[Inslaw Inc]]. | + | [[Danny Casolaro]]'s files and manuscript went missing at the time of Casolaro's death in 1991. Critics question how Charles O. Morgan knew what Casolaro was investigating at the time of Casolaro's death, and was Charles O. Morgan an informant for Casolaro at the time of Casolaro's death, or did Charles O. Morgan examine Casolaro's papers and notes following Casolaro's death, to determine if there were any references to Systematics?<ref>[https://ia800203.us.archive.org/7/items/VinceFoster-NSA-Banking-Transactions-Spying/02%20Charles%20O.%20Morgan%20threatens%20to%20sue%20anyone%20who%20says%20Systematics%20has%20a%20relationship%20with%20the%20NSA.txt]</ref> Systematics was an Arkansas check processing firm for the [[Worthen Bank]] and the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]]. [[Webster Hubbell]] and Vince Foster represented Systematics as attorneys. [[Hillary Clinton]] was the intellectual property attorney for Systematics while it marketed pirated software worldwide. [[Federal court]]s ruled the [[US Justice Department]] had "stolen" the pirated software from [[Inslaw Inc]]. |
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| | On May 6, 1997, Colby's body was found just 20 yards from where his canoe had been recovered, in an area that had been thoroughly searched several times by helicopters and search teams. | | On May 6, 1997, Colby's body was found just 20 yards from where his canoe had been recovered, in an area that had been thoroughly searched several times by helicopters and search teams. |