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Theodore G. "Ted" Shackley, Jr. (July 16, 1927 - December 9, 2002) was an American CIA officer involved in many important and controversial CIA operations during the 1960s and 1970s. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all He was commonly known as the "Blond Ghost" due to his dislike of being photographed.

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Overview

Shackley's work included being station chief in Miami in the early 1960s during the period of the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as the Cuban Project (also known as Operation Mongoose), which he directed. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba during the Cold War. The Cuban Project (also known as Operation Mongoose) is the general name for CIA Covert operations and plans developed during the early administration He was also said to be the director of the controversial "Phoenix Program" during the Vietnam War, as well as the CIA station chief in Laos between 1966-1968, and Saigon station chief from 1968 through February 1972. The Phoenix Program ( Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Phượng Hoàng, a word related to Fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix) was a military The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma In 1976, he was appointed Associate Deputy Director for Operations, and was in charge of the CIA's worldwide covert operations. A covert operation is a Military or political activity carried out in such a way that the parties responsible for the action can be an Open secret, but

Shackley is perhaps best known for his involvement in numerous CIA "Black operations", such as "Phoenix" and "Mongoose", as well as his alleged involvement in other operations. A Black Operation or Black Op is a Covert operation typically involving activities that are highly Secret due to questionable Ethics and

Shackley died on December 9, 2002, after struggling with cancer for a long period. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled He was 75.

Biography

Early years

Shackley was born on July 16, 1927, and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the He enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 23, 1945 at Springfield, Massachusetts as a private, eventually becoming part of the Allied Occupation Force in Germany on completion of basic training. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Recruit training is the initial Indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel Due to his knowledge of the Polish language (his mother was a Polish immigrant), he became a recruit of U. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term S. Army Counter Intelligence. This article is a subset article of Intelligence cycle security. As an Army recruit he studied at the University of Maryland, and returned to Germany as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1951. The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services Again he served as a member of Army Counter Intelligence, where his linguistic skills were used in the recruitment of Polish Agents. It was at this time that he was recruited by the CIA, and in 1953 he was assigned to work under William Harvey at the CIA's Berlin Station. William King "Bill" Harvey ( September 13, 1915 in Danville Indiana - June 1976 was a CIA officer, best known for his role in Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.

Miami and the Cuban crisis

Shackley was station chief in Miami, Florida during the period of (1961 - 1962). While heading the CIA office (known as "JMWAVE") shortly after the Bay of Pigs invasion, Shackley dealt with operations in Cuba (alongside Edward Lansdale). JMWAVE or JM/WAVE or JM WAVE was the codename for a major secret United States Covert operations and Intelligence gathering The Bay of Pigs Invasion (aka Playa Girón) was an unsuccessful attempt by a U The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Edward Geary Lansdale ( February 6, 1908 &ndash February 23, 1987) was a U JM/WAVE employed more than 200 CIA officers, who handled approximately 2,000 Cuban agents. These included the famous "Operation Mongoose" (aka "The Cuban Project"). The Cuban Project (also known as Operation Mongoose) is the general name for CIA Covert operations and plans developed during the early administration The aim of this was to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime" (of Fidel Castro Ruz). The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until During this period as Miami Station Chief, Shackley was in charge of around 400 agents and general operatives (as well as a huge flotilla of boats), and his tenure here encompassed the "Cuban Missile Crisis" of October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba during the Cold War.

Vietnam, Laos and the "Phoenix Program"

In 1966, Shackley moved on to the Vietnam War, becoming the CIA station chief in Laos between 1966-1968, where directed the CIA's secret war of pitting the Hmong villagers against Vietcong who used the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma The terms Hmong (m̥ɔ̃ŋ and Mong ( both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of southern China. The Ho Chi Minh trail was a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam to the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam through He also helped coordinate local army efforts against the Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese Army in the northern regions of Laos. The Pathet Lao ( Lao ປະເທດລາວ, "Land of Laos" was a communist, Nationalist Political movement and The Vietnam People's Army ( VPA) (Quân Đội Nhân Dân Việt Nam is the official name of the Armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

He then moved on to become station chief for Vietnam (in what was then Saigon) in 1968. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Despite popular opinion Shackley did not in fact run the Phoenix Program. The Phoenix Program ( Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Phượng Hoàng, a word related to Fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix) was a military This was another assassination campaign incorporating "death squads", and was aimed at non-combatant Viet Cong infrastructure, but it is alleged that thousands of civilians were killed who had little or nothing to do with the V. A death squad is an armed Squad that kills civilians terrorists or guerillas Non-combatant is a military and legal term describing Civilians not engaged in combat Infrastructure typically refers to the technical structures that support a society such as Roads Water supply, Wastewater, Power grids C. After the US Bureau of Narcotics' "Operation Eagle" busted a drug-running scheme in 1970, several of the Cuban-Americans involved in the Bay of Pigs came to work for Shackley and Donald Gregg in Vietnam, including Felix Rodriguez. The Federal Bureau of Narcotics (or FBN) was an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury. For the United States invasion at the Bay of Pigs see Bay of Pigs Invasion. Donald P Gregg worked for the CIA for 31 years from 1951-1982 then was National Security Advisor to Vice-President George H The Phoenix Program was eventually handed over to the U. S. and South Vietnamese armies, and was subsequently considered by both to be a "failure" and counterproductive in terms of producing negative propaganda. He eventually stayed through February 1972 when he returned to Langley, Virginia. This article describes the unincorporated community of Langley in McLean Virginia

Western Hemisphere Division and Chile

From 1972, Shackley ran the CIA's "Western Hemisphere Division". The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere or western hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies West One of Shackley's jobs whilst in charge of the CIA's Western Hemisphere Division was to discredit ex-CIA officer turned KGB,[this is in serious need of sourcing since Agee's Wikipedia page has a KGB source talking about turning him down] Philip Agee who was writing an "expose" on the CIA entitled "Inside The Company". KGB ( Transliteration of "КГБ" is the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security ( Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty Philip Burnett Franklin Agee ( July 19, 1935 &ndash January 7, 2008) was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA Case officer After Shackley's best efforts to discredit Agee, the parts of the book that would have caused most damage to the reputation of the CIA were not included.

Deputy Director of Covert Operations

In May 1976, Shackley was made Deputy Director of Covert Operations, serving under director George H.W. Bush, before officially retiring from the organization in 1979. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 However, it has been widely reported that in reality he was forced out of the organization by Bush's successor as Director, Stansfield Turner. Stansfield M Turner (born December 1, 1923 in Highland Park, Illinois, USA) was an Admiral and Director of Central Turner disapproved of Shackley’s close involvement with agent Edwin P. Wilson and ex-CIA employee, Frank Terpil. Edwin P Wilson (born 1928 was a former CIA officer who was convicted of illegally selling weapons to Libya. Wilson was later convicted in 1982 for selling 22 tons of "Composition 4" plastic explosive to Muammar al-Gaddafi's Libya, and also the charge of exporting guns. C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of military Plastic explosive. Plastic explosive (or the obsolete term plastique) is a specialised form of Explosive material. Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi 1 (معمر القذافي) (born 7 June 1942) also known as Colonel Gaddafi Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab The conviction on the explosives charge was reversed on October 29, 2003. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. However, in the midst of this scandal, Shackley was relieved of his deputy directorship in December 1977, and when the Jimmy Carter administration announced wide cuts in the CIA's network of officers and informants, Shackley finally left the organization. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002

October Surprise

Despite his retirement in 1979, controversy continued to surround Shackley over alleged involvement in the alleged "October Surprise" of 1980, and later the "Iran-Contra" affair of the mid eighties. A controversy or dispute is a commencement of a conflict between statements of accepted fact and a new or unaccepted proposal that disagrees with argues against In American Political Jargon, an October surprise is a news event with the potential to influence the outcome of an election particularly one for the presidency The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in November 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration.

He had hoped to return to the Agency, and according to Rafael Quintero, during the 1980 presidential campaign, Shackley met Bush almost every week, and his wife, Hazel, also campaigned for Bush. Rafael "Chi Chi" Quintero (September 16 1940 - October 1 2006 was a CIA operative Rafael Quintero Ibaria known as "Chi Chi" was born in Camagüey

Iran-Contra Affair

On 16 March 1984, William Francis Buckley, a diplomat attached to the U. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) For other persons with a similar name see William F Buckley (disambiguation. Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states S. Embassy in Beirut was kidnapped by the Hezbollah, a fundamentalist Shiite group with strong links to the Khomeini regime. Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation Islamic fundamentalism Arabic: usul (from usul the "fundamentals"] is a term used to describe religious ideologies seen as advocating a return to the Buckley was tortured and it was soon discovered that he was the CIA station chief in Beirut.

William Casey asked Shackley for help in obtaining Buckley's freedom. William Joseph Casey ( March 13, 1913 &ndash May 6, 1987) was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987 Shackley was horrified when he discovered that Buckley had been captured. Buckley had been a member of Shackley's Secret Team. Three weeks after Buckley's disappearance, President Ronald Reagan signed the National Security Decision Directive 138. This directive was drafted by Oliver North and outlined plans on how to get the American hostages released from Iran and to "neutralize" terrorist threats from countries such as Nicaragua. Oliver Laurence North (born October 7 1943 in San Antonio Texas) is an American best known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America This new secret counterterrorist task force was to be headed by Shackley’s old friend, General Richard Secord. Major General Richard V Secord, Retired was a United States Air Force officer convicted for his involvement with the Iran-Contra scandal. This was the beginning of the Iran-Contra deal.

In November 1985, Shackley traveled to Hamburg where he met General Manucher Hashemi, the former head of SAVAK's counterintelligence division at the Atlantic Hotel. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany SAVAK ( Persian: ساواک short for سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور Sazeman-e Ettela'at va Amniyat-e Keshvar, National Intelligence and Security Also at the meeting on 22 November was Manuchehr Ghorbanifar. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran According to the report of this meeting that Shackley sent to the CIA, Ghorbanifar had "fantastic" contacts with Iran.

At the meeting Shackley told Hashemi and Ghorbanifar that the United States was willing to discuss arms shipments in exchange for the four Americans kidnapped in Lebanon. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية The problem with the proposed deal was that William Francis Buckley was already dead (he had died of a heart attack while being tortured). Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally

Shackley recruited some of the former members of his CIA Secret Team to help him with these arm deals. This included Thomas G. Clines, Rafael Quintero, Ricardo Chavez and Edwin Wilson of API Distributors. Thomas G Clines was a Central Intelligence Agency covert operations agent who was a prominent figure in the Iran-Contra Affair. Rafael "Chi Chi" Quintero (September 16 1940 - October 1 2006 was a CIA operative Rafael Quintero Ibaria known as "Chi Chi" was born in Camagüey Also involved was Carl Elmer Jenkins and Gene Wheaton of National Air. Carl Elmer Jenkins (born October 1, 1926) is a retired Central Intelligence Agency officer The plan was to use National Air to transport weapons. A weapon is a Tool used either in Hunting, or attack or defence in Combat for the purpose of subduing enemy personnel or to destroy enemy weapons

On October 5, 1986, a Sandinista patrol in Nicaragua shot down a C-123K cargo planethat was supplying the Contras. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) is a socialist Nicaraguan Political party. Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names are Airlines dedicated to the Transport of Cargo. Eugene Hasenfus, an Air America veteran, survived the crash and told his captors that he thought the CIA was behind the operation. Eugene H Hasenfus (born January 22, 1941 in Florida) is a United States citizen who was an unemployed Construction worker and former Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA from 1950 to 1976 This resulted in journalists being able to identify Rafael Quintero and Felix Rodriguez as the two Cuban-Americans mentioned by Hasenfus. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Rafael "Chi Chi" Quintero (September 16 1940 - October 1 2006 was a CIA operative Rafael Quintero Ibaria known as "Chi Chi" was born in Camagüey A Cuban American ( Cubanoamericano) is a United States citizen who traces his or her "national origin" to Cuba. It gradually emerged that Thomas G. Clines, Oliver North, Edwin P. Wilson and Richard Secord were also involved in this conspiracy to provide arms to the Contras. Thomas G Clines was a Central Intelligence Agency covert operations agent who was a prominent figure in the Iran-Contra Affair. Oliver Laurence North (born October 7 1943 in San Antonio Texas) is an American best known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair. Edwin P Wilson (born 1928 was a former CIA officer who was convicted of illegally selling weapons to Libya. Major General Richard V Secord, Retired was a United States Air Force officer convicted for his involvement with the Iran-Contra scandal.

Further reading (including sources)

External links

The Edwin Wilson Affair

Operation PBFORTUNE / PBSUCCESS

October Surprise

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