CARTER'S MAN FOR CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100060022-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: February 11, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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In his second attempt to fill the sensi-
five post of director of Central Intelligence War College makes him a food bet to man-
age the CIA successfully. .
President Carter. seems to have come up
with a good choice in Adm. Stansfield Tun- Carter, however, is doing his Annapolis
er-but perhaps-.to the detriment of "the. classmate " no favor. When Turner learns
Navy- exactly.what is involved controlling CIA
Turner after .. abuses, : illegalities. and "dirty tricks," and
a brilliant career' that in separating the probable from the self-
made him- commander of allied f
o
innovative officer, he could have performed -'valuable services at, 'the head of the Navy, ;,
-which tends to be one. of the-most tradition--~~
nes in
southern Europe at age 53, had appeared to
be headed in ;a - couple of years for the
Navy's top job,: chief. of naval operations.
And since he-i& n h; hl t Il
Carter did not have the luxury of waiting
for a Navy berth to open up for Turner. He -
had to find a man quickly who was quali--
Jied to lead- the CIA and who would"be;
approved by the Senate Intelligence Com-'
mittee:
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nation of Theodore Sorensen as CIA chief
As Carter calculated, Turner is.being
welcomed by the so-called intelligence com-
munity, .;which . has ..ways of sinking:-an
;unwanted nominee;:; and by the Senate: In "
.fact the-only: opposition has come from
=those' who object to a"military man" "in" the ? . rt`%.
: opposition is well-meariing but
silly. = It' presupposes that-career officers
:'are as alike as oranges, that Turner comes
equipped;with a "militarymind" and that-:;
he.wvill interpret intelligence and advise-the ".7
` Fortunately,':-.Turner''annears to be an
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Cart er ' with -':objective intelligence. His
background asra Rhodes Scholardefense;,'
systems analyst and president of the Naval I
independent-: thinker capable of furnishin -
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serving in intelligence, he may long for his
Naples. o ..:.
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