2014 Event The U.S. Senate intelligence committee releases its report on CIA interrogation methods after 9/11; the report found that the CIA hid many of its actions from Congress and former President George W. Bush and claims that little useful intelligence resulted 2014 Event The White House supports release of a report detailing CIA interrogation methods while acknowledging that the report details will likely spur violence by parties and nations hostile to the U.S. 2013 Event Declassified CIA documents reveal that during the Iran-Iraq War, top Reagan administration officials gave Iraq information on the location of Iranian troops 2013 Event Americans learn the FBI and CIA had previous intelligence from Russia warning U.S. intelligence agencies about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's extremist connections before the Boston Marathon bombings 2013 Event U.S. Republican Chuck Hagel is nominated to be the country's next Secretary of Defense by President Barack Obama; John O. Brennan is nominated to be the next CIA Director 2012 Event Under intense media scrutiny for an extramarital affair, U.S. CIA Director David Petraeus submits his resignation to President Barack Obama 1996 Death William E Colby, director of CIA (1973-76), dies 1996 Death William Egan Colby, cIA Director, dies at 76 1994 Death Richard M Major, U.S. anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72 1994 Event Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer and wife Rosario plead guilty to spying 1994 Death Richard Bissell, U.S. under director of CIA (Pig's Bay), dies at 84 1993 Death Mary C Lawton, jurist (CIA's Agency Seal Medallion), dies at 58 1993 Event James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA 1993 Event Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA 1993 Event Admiral Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA 1993 Event Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA 1992 Event William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA 1991 Event Robert M. Gates, becomes 15th director of CIA 1991 Event Richard J. Kerr, ends term as acting director of CIA 1991 Event Richard J Kerr, serves as acting director of CIA 1991 Event Richard J. Kerr, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1991 Event William H. Webster, ends term as 14th director of CIA 1991 Event Defense releases docs claiming Noriega is "CIA's man in Panama" 1991 Event Robert M. Gates becomes head of CIA 1991 Event CIA director William H. Webster resigns 1991 Death John A McCone, Head of CIA (1961-65), dies 1991 Event U.S. acknowledges CIA and U.S. Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career 1989 Event Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA 1987 Event William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA 1987 Death William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73 1987 Event William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA 1986 Event Mr Gates, serves as acting director of CIA 1986 Event CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure 1986 Event Robert M. Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA 1986 Event John N. McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1985 Event Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China 1985 Event Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley - CIA station chief in Beirut 1984 Event U.S. Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors 1984 Event Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut 1982 Event John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman becomes deputy director of CIA 1981 Event President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence 1981 Event Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA 1981 Event William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987) 1981 Event Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA 1981 Event Frank C Carlucci, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1978 Event CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy 1978 Event Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA 1977 Event E Henry Knoche, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1977 Event John F. Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA 1977 Event Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche 1977 Event George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA 1977 Event Mr. Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA 1976 Death John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered 1976 Event E. Henry Knoche, becomes deputy director of CIA 1976 Event Vernon A. Walters, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1976 Event George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977) 1976 Event William E. Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA 1975 Death Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead 1975 Event Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans 1975 Event Vice President Rockefeller finds no pattern of illegal activities at CIA 1975 Event Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the U.S. (No 11828) 1973 Event William E. Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA 1973 Event General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA 1973 Event General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA 1973 Event James R. Schlesinger, ends term as 9th director of CIA 1973 Event ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean President election 1973 Event James R. Schlesinger, becomes 9th director of CIA 1973 Event Richath Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA 1972 Event Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate 1972 Event Lt. General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1971 Event Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman,, Jr., USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1969 Event Robert E. Cushman, Jr., becomes deputy director of CIA 1969 Event Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1969 Death Allan Welsh Dulles, U.S. diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75 1968 Event CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA 1966 Event Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA 1966 Event Richath Helms, promoted from deputy director to 8th director of CIA 1966 Event Vice Admiral William F Raborn, Jr., USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA 1965 Event Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA 1965 Event William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA 1963 Event 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely 1963 Event CIA Domestic Operations Division created 1962 Event Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1962 Event General Charles P. Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1961 Event John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA 1960 Event U.S.S.R. announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy 1960 Event Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA 1960 Event CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft 1955 Event Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters 1954 Event CIA exile army lands in Guatemala, JF Dulles and United Fruit Co 1954 Event Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project 1953 Event General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA 1953 Event Allen W. Dulles, promoted from deputy to 5th director of CIA 1953 Event General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA 1951 Event William H. Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1951 Birthday David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film 1950 Event Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head 1950 Event William H. Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA 1949 Event Brigadier General Edwin K. Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1947 Event National Security Act establishes CIA 1947 Event Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA 1947 Event Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA 1947 Event Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1946 Event Kingman Douglass, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1946 Event Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA 1946 Event Kingman Douglass, becomes deputy director of CIA 1946 Event Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA 1946 Event U.S. president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency 1943 Birthday Bob Woodward, investigative reporter, Watergate, CIA crimes 1938 Birthday Porter Goss, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Representative-R-Florida 1989 - 2004, Director of CIA 2004 - 2006 1936 Birthday Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1930 Birthday G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host 1924 Birthday William H. Webster, U.S., judge and head FBI/CIA 1923 Birthday Stansfield Turner, CIA director 1922 Birthday Norodom Sihanouk, king/president/prem Cambodia, My War with the CIA 1920 Birthday William Egan Colby, CIA director, Nixon 1918 Birthday E. Howard Hunt, born in New York, American author, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, involved in Watergate 1913 Birthday Jacobo Arbenz, president of Guatemala, 1951-54, ; overthrown by CIA 1913 Birthday Richard Helms, CIA head, 1966-73 1913 Birthday William J. Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal, 1981-87 1895 Birthday Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general, WW II, head of CIA, 1950 - 1952 1893 Birthday Allan W. Dulles, U.S. diplomat and CIA head 1953-61, Germany's Underground
