He first gave a speech about certain CIA abuses before the Council on Foreign Relations. Since Angleton had been handed carte blanche powers first by CIA Director Allen Dulles, and then by Richard Helms, he was not willing to leave quietly. At this time, CIA Director William Colby had decided that Angleton had to go. The veil around Jim Angleton began to be dropped in December of 1974. To my knowledge there has been no biography of Phillips yet published. But what makes the Angelton instance even odder is that, unlike with Phillips, there have been at least three other books based upon Angleton’s career. Which puts Angleton in some rather select company. Was there ever a person who was so hidden from public view in 1963, yet ended up being such a key character in the JFK case than James Angleton? Offhand, the only other character in the saga I can think of to rival him is David Phillips.
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