James Jesus Angleton December 9, — May 11, [ 1 ] was an American intelligence operative who served as chief of the counterintelligence department of the Central Intelligence Agency from to According to Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms , Angleton was "recognized as the dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world".
After the war, he returned to Washington, D. He was initially responsible for the collection of foreign intelligence and liaison with counterpart organizations in allied countries.
Through Golitsyn, Angleton became convinced the CIA harbored a high-ranking Soviet mole and engaged in an intensive search. Whether this was a highly destructive witch hunt or appropriate caution remains a subject of intense historical debate.
Investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein agrees with the high regard in which Angleton was held by his colleagues in the intelligence business, and adds that Angleton earned the "trust of six CIA directors—including Gen. Walter Bedell Smith , Allen W.
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Dulles and Richard Helms. They kept Angleton in key positions and valued his work. Army cavalry officer serving under General John Pershing. Carmen Moreno was born in Mexico but was already a naturalized American citizen before she married James H. Angleton in December In Italy, he became head of the American Chamber of Commerce. Angleton's boyhood was spent in Milan , Italy. Furioso published many of the best-known poets of the interwar period , including William Carlos Williams , E.
