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To: Bookshelf
On Oct. 31, 1977, in what the media dubbed the "Halloween massacre," Turner announced the elimination of 820 positions among the CIA's clandestine operations staff, 649 jobs would be axed through attrition, 154 by involuntary retirement and 17 were simply fired. The Post writes: "Some of the officers who left had been with the CIA since its inception in 1947. Critics said Adm. Turner's reorganization amounted to a brain drain of the agency's most experienced covert officers. 'Many of the old cadre never forgave Turner for this reduction in force that he carried out,' said John Prados, an intelligence expert and senior fellow at the National Security Archive in Washington. It did not matter, Prados said, that Adm. Turner 'was only carrying out preordained orders.'"

Source: National Public Radio, by Scott Neuman

Question is, who all replaced them.

19 posted on 10/30/2019 9:18:10 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: 4Runner

was he removing bad eggs or good eggs?.....


30 posted on 10/30/2019 9:52:27 AM PDT by cherry
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