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	{{Infobox politician\|name=William Colby\|image_size=200\|birth_date=January 4, 1920\|birth_place=Saint Paul, [[Minnesota]], [[United States]]\|death_date=May 6, 1996\|death_place=Rock Point, [[Maryland]], United States\|nationality=Statesian\|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]\|image=William Colby.png}}		{{Infobox politician\|name=William Colby\|image_size=200\|birth_date=January 4, 1920\|birth_place=Saint Paul, [[Minnesota]], [[United States]]\|death_date=May 6, 1996\|death_place=Rock Point, [[Maryland]], United States\|nationality=Statesian\|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]\|image=William Colby.png}}

	'''William Egan Colby''' (January 4, 1920 – May 6, 1996) was the Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] from 1973 to 1976. He died mysteriously in 1996 after revealing many of the CIA's crimes to the public.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Jeremy Kuzmarov\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Who Whacked CIA Spy Chief William Colby?\|date=2022-04-27\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/04/27/who-whacked-cia-spy-chief-william-colby/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911133241/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/04/27/who-whacked-cia-spy-chief-william-colby/\|archive-date=2024-09-11}}</ref>		'''William Egan Colby''' (January 4, 1920 – May 6, 1996) was the Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] from 1973 to 1976. He died mysteriously in 1996 after revealing many of the CIA's crimes to the public. Before his death, he also said that [[organized crime]] may be controlling all levels of the [[Government of the United States of America\|U.S. government]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Jeremy Kuzmarov\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Who Whacked CIA Spy Chief William Colby?\|date=2022-04-27\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/04/27/who-whacked-cia-spy-chief-william-colby/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911133241/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/04/27/who-whacked-cia-spy-chief-william-colby/\|archive-date=2024-09-11}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
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	== War crimes ==		== War crimes ==
	In the late 1960s, Colby was the head of the [[Phoenix Program]], which killed at least 40,000 [[Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975)\|Vietnamese]] civilians. He oversaw the secret CIA war in [[Lao People's Democratic Republic\|Laos]].<ref name=":0" />		In the late 1960s, Colby was the head of the [[Phoenix Program]], which killed at least 40,000 [[Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975)\|Vietnamese]] civilians. He oversaw the secret CIA war in [[Lao People's Democratic Republic\|Laos]], including opium trafficking.<ref name=":0" />

	== Confessions ==		== Confessions ==
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	== Death ==		== Death ==
	On April 27, 1996, Colby was working on his boat ''Eagle Wind II'' on the coast of Cobb Island. He returned home at 7:00 p.m and was seen in his garden at 7:15 p.m. but disappeared halfway through eating his dinner.<ref name=":0" />		On April 27, 1996, Colby was working on his boat ''Eagle Wind II'' on the coast of Cobb Island. He returned home at 7:00 p.m and was seen in his garden at 7:15 p.m. but disappeared halfway through eating his dinner. Afterwards, two helicopters, more than 20 Navy divers, and 80 volunteers searched for him.<ref name=":0" />

	Colby's body was found in the water nine days later, about 40 meters from his sand-filled canoe. Medical examiners determined that he died between 8:45 and 10:00 p.m. Searchers found many life jackets, but none matched Colby's.<ref name=":0" />		Colby's body was found in the water nine days later, about 40 meters from his sand-filled canoe. Medical examiners determined that he died between 8:45 and 10:00 p.m. The body was in surprisingly good condition and showed only one or two days worth of decay instead of nine. Searchers found many life jackets, but none matched Colby's.<ref name=":0" />

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{{Infobox politician|name=William Colby|image_size=200|birth_date=January 4, 1920|birth_place=Saint Paul, [[Minnesota]], [[United States]]|death_date=May 6, 1996|death_place=Rock Point, [[Maryland]], United States|nationality=Statesian|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]|image=William Colby.png}}

'''William Egan Colby''' (January 4, 1920 – May 6, 1996) was the Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] from 1973 to 1976. He died mysteriously in 1996 after revealing many of the CIA's crimes to the public.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Jeremy Kuzmarov|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]|title=Who Whacked CIA Spy Chief William Colby?|date=2022-04-27|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/04/27/who-whacked-cia-spy-chief-william-colby/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911133241/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/04/27/who-whacked-cia-spy-chief-william-colby/|archive-date=2024-09-11}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Colby attended [[Princeton University]] and parachuted behind [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi]] lines as part of the [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref name=":0" />

== War crimes ==
In the late 1960s, Colby was the head of the [[Phoenix Program]], which killed at least 40,000 [[Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975)|Vietnamese]] civilians. He oversaw the secret CIA war in [[Lao People's Democratic Republic|Laos]].<ref name=":0" />

== Confessions ==
In December 1974, Colby told the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] that the three-year imprisonment of [[Committee for State Security|KGB]] defector [[Yuri Nosenko]] may have violated U.S. kidnapping laws. He also exposed illegal CIA spying on journalists and Victor Marchetti, a former CIA operative. He admitted that earlier CIA leader [[Richard Helms]] lied to [[United States Congress|Congress]] about the CIA's role in the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]].<ref name=":0" />

At Church Committee hearings in 1975, Colby admitted that the CIA spied on U.S. citizens through their telephones and mail and that it experimented on humans with [[LSD]].<ref name=":0" />

In July 1991, Colby co-wrote an article in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' that exposed President [[George H. W. Bush|Bush]]'s lies about [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraqi]] chemical weapons.<ref name=":0" />

== Death ==
On April 27, 1996, Colby was working on his boat ''Eagle Wind II'' on the coast of Cobb Island. He returned home at 7:00 p.m and was seen in his garden at 7:15 p.m. but disappeared halfway through eating his dinner.<ref name=":0" />

Colby's body was found in the water nine days later, about 40 meters from his sand-filled canoe. Medical examiners determined that he died between 8:45 and 10:00 p.m. Searchers found many life jackets, but none matched Colby's.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:CIA directors]]
[[Category:Victims of assassination]]
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