DEPUTY HAS FULL POWERS IN CASEY'S ABSENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301220013-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: December 19, 1986
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/08/15: CIA-RDP99-01448R000301220013-7
DEPUTY HAS FULL POWERS IN CASEY'S ABSENCE
WASHINGTON
Robert Gates a Soviet affairs specialist and a Nation
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veteran is in car e of the A and a
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absence of ailing Director William asey, a icia s Y.
Casey, 73, the nation's chief spy since 1981, underwent surgery to remove a
brain tumor Thursday. Officials at Georgetown University Hospital said they were
not yet sure how long he would be in the hospital.
Gates, a Kansas native, joined the CIA in 1966 and was appointed by Casey
as his principal deputy eight months ago. In that role, he assumes all of
Casey's powers while the director is unable to head the agency, officials said.
NBC News, citing senior administration officials, reported Thursday night
that Casey.'s wife does not want him to return to the CIA, although his doctors
said after the surgery he should be able to ''resume his normal activities..''
There has been some speculation about who would succeed Casey if he retires.
Gates was assigned in 1974 to the NSC staff and served nearly six, years on
the top-secret council during the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations. He
returned to the CIA in January 1980.
In addition to directing the CIA in Casey's absence, Gates is responsible
for all U.S. intelligence agencies -- including the Defense Intelligence Agency,
various branches of the armed forces, the State Department's Bureau of
Intelligence and certain branches of the FBI and other government agencies.
''He has just about the same powers as the director,'' a CIA spokeswoman
said this week. ''When one of them is not there, the other is in charge.''
Gates received his bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary in
1965 and a master's degree in history at Indiana University in 1966. He earned a
doctorate in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown University in 1974.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/08/15: CIA-RDP99-01448R000301220013-7