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A conversation with author Stansfield Turner.
with Stansfield Turner on Oct 21, 1997
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with Stansfield Turner on Oct 21, 1997
Stansfield Turner is a former Admiral and Director of Central Intelligence. He is currently a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy.
During his naval career Turner served as commander of U.S forces in Japan and Korea, as well as commander in chief Allied Forces Southern Europe within the NATO. He served as president of Naval War College from 1972 to 1974, where he successfully introduced a radical improvement of that College’s curriculum, introducing educational approaches based on his experience as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. After serving as Commander, United States Second Fleet, he commanded the Southern region of NATO and was subsequently Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1977 to 1981.
Turner served as Director of Central Intelligence from March 9, 1977 - January 20, 1981. Since that position ended, he has written several books, including 2005’s “Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence,” in which he advocates disbanding the CIA. Turner also serves on the Military Advisors Committee for the Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, whose mission is to reduce the amount of the discretionary budget going to the military by 15% and reallocate that money to education, healthcare, renewable energies, job training, and humanitarian aide programs.
Source - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stansfield_Turner#Central_Intelligence_Agency
