WILLIAM WEBSTER, NEWLY RETIRED HEAD OF THE CIA, USED CABLE NEWS NETWORK TO TRACK IRAQI SCUD MISSILES.
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CIA-RDP99-01448R000401660007-5
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December 22, 2016
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May 22, 2012
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September 27, 1991
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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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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/23: CIA-RDP99-01448R000401660007-5