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Feb 9, 2015 · Articles & Testimony. From the Beirut embassy bombing to the torture and murder of station chief William Buckley, the agency had ample motivation to plan a hit on the Hezbollah arch-terrorist years later. The CIA doesn't assassinate often anymore, so when it does the agency picks its targets carefully.
Jul 23, 2021 · During that questioning, Buckley denied he had retaliated against Bakaj for his “claimed whistleblowing,” despite the fact that an independent government agency substantiated those allegations.
May 30, 2024 · On Friday morning March 16, 1984, William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, began his 343rd day in Beirut. He was alone in his 10th floor apartment in the al-Manara apartment building in...
Mar 16, 2014 · Elements of Buckley’s CIA tenure remain classified, but he was one of the first Agency officers to grasp the growing threat from international terrorism. In the late 1970s, for example, Buckley helped develop the Incident Response Team and the Counterterrorism Group, the forerunner to today’s Counterterrorism Center.
Nov 25, 1986 · It did obtain “irrefutable” evidence that Buckley was tortured and, after initially resisting, finally broke down and disclosed information about CIA operations, one source said.
Sep 28, 1988 · William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut who died at the hands of Iranian terrorists in 1985, was brutally tortured until he revealed government secrets. The terrible details of Buckley's death have been kept under wraps until now.
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Dec 28, 1991 · Bones dumped along a roadside in south Beirut yesterday have been tentatively identified as the remains of William Buckley, the CIA station chief who died in captivity in 1985 after suffering 15...
