WILLIAM WEBSTER, NEWLY RETIRED HEAD OF THE CIA, USED CABLE NEWS NETWORK TO TRACK IRAQI SCUD MISSILES.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000401660007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 27, 1991
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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William Webster, newly retired
hea3? t e use able News
Network to trac ra i cu mis-
siles. "I used to get the cal when
the sensors detected a Scud going
up in the air with its probable des-
tination. And I would push the but-
ton to (National Security AdviserI
Brent Scowcroft and I'd say a Scud
has just been launched from
southern Iraq headed in the gen-
eral direction of Dhahran or
Riyadh. as the case might be. ibrn
on CNN"
Mr. Webster said television
showed where the missiles landed
before the intelligence community
could make a prediction. "We
couldn't know where those Scuds
were going to go. The Iraqis didn't
know where they were going. But
the cameras were there to record
the event. And it was very useful;'
he said.
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