WILLIAM J. CASEY

Most CIA Directors have not had this extreme attitude, but because Casey did, journalists, members of Congress, other government officials and even Presidents have often distrusted the CIA and their personnel more than was necessarily warranted.

Webster had been a lawyer his entire professional life and served as a distinguished Federal Judge and later as Director of the CIA and FBI. He was a stickler for adhering to the law. Casey, in contrast, was very frequently trying to get around any legal or Constitutional restrictions that might prevent him from doing what he liked. Since most of the CIA activity is secret and not amenable to oversight, his violations were not known to Congress and the public until years after his service.

Response to an aide who was worrying that the CIA was recruiting too many radical fundamentalists to fight in Afghanistan against the Russians as opposed to middle of the road Muslims. The fundamentalists were very successful against the Russians, but then they turned on the United States and we had to go to war to rout them out.

Response to an aide who was worrying that the CIA was recruiting too many radical fundamentalists to fight in Afghanistan against the Russians as opposed to middle of the road Muslims. The fundamentalists were very successful against the Russians, but then they turned on the United States and we had to go to war to rout them out.

Most CIA Directors have not had this extreme attitude, but because Casey did, journalists, members of Congress, other government officials and even Presidents have often distrusted the CIA and their personnel more than was necessarily warranted.

Webster had been a lawyer his entire professional life and served as a distinguished Federal Judge and later as Director of the CIA and FBI. He was a stickler for adhering to the law. Casey, in contrast, was very frequently trying to get around any legal or Constitutional restrictions that might prevent him from doing what he liked. Since most of the CIA activity is secret and not amenable to oversight, his violations were not known to Congress and the public until years after his service.