William Colby

William Egan Colby (January 4, 1920–April 27, 1996) became Director of Central Intelligence on September 4, 1973, after James R. Schlesinger. It was Colby who launched the Accelerated Pacification Campaign during the Vietnam War. He later would reveal a large amount of information to Congress, such as CIA attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro. He was fired by President Gerald Ford and replaced with George H.W. Bush on January 30, 1976.

Sources

• http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/william-colby/
• William Colby and Peter Forbath, Honourable Men: My Life in the CIA, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1978
• William Colby and James McCargar, "Lost Victory: A Firsthand Account of Americas Sixteen-Year Involvement in Vietnam", Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1989
• John Prados , "Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby", Oxford University Press, 2003