Persico,J. Casey. 1991
Persico, Joseph E. Casey: From the OSS to the CIA. New York: Penguin
Books, 1991. 601 pages.
The author first met William J. Casey in the course of writing an
earlier book, Piercing the Reich, on the penetration of Nazi Germany by
the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Casey spent the last part of the
war in London and then Paris, running OSS agents into Germany. In 1966 he
ran for Congress and lost, having already become a multi-millionaire from
his investments. In 1968 he worked for the International Rescue Committee
with his good friend Leo Cherne; in 1971 he was appointed chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission by Richard Nixon.
The Reagan campaign of 1980, which Casey managed, was his springboard
into the directorship of the CIA. He was the most controversial director
in the agency's history; his hands-on buccaneering style produced dirty
fingers in Central America and hostages-for-arms in Iran, despite
Congressional prohibitions against such activity. Questions also emerged
about Casey's role in the 1980 "October Surprise," an alleged scheme to
delay the release of hostages in order to prevent the re-election of
President Carter. Casey died on May 6, 1987, just one day after the first
witness was called to testify in the Iran-contra investigation. Had he
lived, there is no doubt that he would have been a major target of the
special prosecutor.
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