
James Jesus Angleton
James Jesus Angleton was an American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer who served as chief of the counterintelligence department of the CIA from 1954 to 1975. According to director of central intelligence Richard Helms, Angleton was "recognized as the dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world".
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- Boise
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- Yale UniversityHarvard Law SchoolMalvern College
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1917
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