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- William Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928 – June 3, 1985) was a United States Army officer in the United States Army Special Forces, and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 [ 1 ] until his kidnapping and execution in 1985.
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William Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928 – June 3, 1985) was a United States Army officer in the United States Army Special Forces, and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 [1] until his kidnapping and execution in 1985. Buckley's cover was as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy.
William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; [ a ] November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator. [ 1 ] Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child. [ 2 ]
- Early Years
- Life at Cia
- His Last Mission
Bill joined the CIA after distinguishing himself during the Korean War as Company Commander with the US Army’s 1st Cavalry Division. His heroism was on full display when he captured a North Korean machine gun nest, an act of valor that earned him a Silver Star. His military valor also earned him two Purple Hearts, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, an...
Elements of Bill’s career at the CIA 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, Bill helped develop the Incident Response Team and the Counterterrorism Group, the forerunner to today’s Counterterrorism Center. His assignments took him aroun...
It was in the service of this mission on a clear March morning that Islamic Jihad operatives kidnapped Bill while he was en route to work. Despite a government-wide rescue effort, Bill died in captivity on June 3, 1985. The CIA that year held a memorial service and honored him with a star on the Memorial Wall and with the Distinguished Intelligence...
Aug 24, 2024 · William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008), American editor, author, and conservative gadfly who became an important intellectual influence in conservative politics in the United States. He founded the magazine National Review in 1955, and he hosted the television program Firing Line from 1966 to 1999.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 19, 2024 · William F. Buckley, Jr. is widely considered one of the architects of the modern conservative movement who influenced generations of politicians, including Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater.
May 13, 2017 · When the conservative editor and intellectual William F. Buckley, Jr., ran for mayor of New York in 1965, he may have been the first conservative to endorse affirmative action, or, as he called...
Mar 29, 2024 · Discove...more. American conservative author and commentator (1925–2008) Official website: http://www.pbs.org/americanmasters | #AmericanMastersPBS Watch the first ten minutes of The...
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