SENATE OVERWHELMINGLY CONFIRMS WEBSTER AS NEW CIA DIRECTOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403220021-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: May 20, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON POST
MAY 20 1987 SAGE 193
Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms
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Director
Webster as New
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Webster as director 01 the entrap
Integi Agency.
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restored public confidence in the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
during his nine years as its director,
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rew sr name ram r ooMSOSrs ing
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strip 31=Uwgl ~- - Web- - 4 sod-f ed~s WibstIF himsdL Aid
.ter nomination 24~to 1. with Sen. not respond to the danger sIWls
Harry ht Reid (D'Nev.) dissenting irnprapef and eras illegal sctivitils
became of what he said were IbF by Col. Noah." said Sea. Aston
gerbsg queatsoaa abort FBI oossdssct Sperm (R-Pa). a member of the
during a series of criminal inroad- inwassecepask
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gations in his hones state. __-_ -. the whole Ludes Webster edit
will he over the nation's intdh- ate a all
which were extended to
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the agency's role in the Iran-contra Pry the FBA's dealing with ked
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W~r a mSa end of The hearings disclosed that Web-
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tics of the late Wiliam J? Css~ criminal probe bemuse at hi role is
Gates. President Rea gas's first providing arms to the Nicaraguan
outstanding record as a judge, prso-
tking attorney and director of pia
FBI."
Cal
Boren D-Okk-) said that as "*?
'fie review" of Webster's c~-
reer showed .that he is "fully qww
shed in AB respects to provide the
leadership seeded by the inteUi-
geoce community at this critical
time
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