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    Posted: 21-Sep-2015 at 14:33
Like most I felt it was an accident at the time...but further research indicates other possibilities. Is it a case of an honest man who revealed much during Congressional investigations? Disgruntled employees who lost their jobs because of this? A case of a man who knew to much? Or all of the above.

Only the dead man knows for sure.

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''WHO MURDERED THE CIA CHIEF?

William E. Colby: A Highly Suspicious Death''
By Zalin Grant

http://web.archive.org/web/20110429054414/http://www.pythiapress.com/wartales/colby.htm


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Colby, William; Peter Forbath (1978). Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-22875-7.
Colby, William; James McCargar (1989). Lost Victory: A Firsthand Account of America's Sixteen-Year Involvement in Vietnam. Chicago: Contemporary


Waller, Douglas C. (2015). Disciples: The World War II Spy Story of the Four OSS Men Who Later Led the CIA: Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, William Casey. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781451693720. OCLC 911179767.


Colby, Carl (2011). Colby: A Secret Life of a CIA Spymaster. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. ISBN 9781591141228. OCLC 751577970.
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  Quote medenaywe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27-Oct-2015 at 13:01
He died by bulet or bomb?
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  Quote red clay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Oct-2015 at 07:48
Originally posted by medenaywe

He died by bulet or bomb?



As I recall, neither. He was found in his boat or something like that.
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  Quote Centrix Vigilis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Oct-2015 at 13:55
He is alleged to have drowned while rowing at night near his home.

The physical evidence and physical location of his body, and more, after a lengthy search; does not necessarily support this.
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  Quote medenaywe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Oct-2015 at 14:32
Suicide excluded?!I suppose your government check mental conditions of top leading persons?
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  Quote Centrix Vigilis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Oct-2015 at 16:16
suicide was proposed by a son iirc later...but it don't wash either. more than likely it was a hit by disgruntled employees or the agency itself.

And yes mental screening for intel services positions is a mandatory and can be an exhaustive process depending on the level of access. His was the very top. it can also be a regular process ie. annually or event driven specific reaction.
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  Quote marka3441 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Aug-2016 at 02:38
CIA are expert in manipualting murder as a suicide , well am not surprised even if it murder. You can let your secrets out isn't it
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  Quote Centrix Vigilis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Aug-2016 at 19:40
Acutaly they were novices who learned quckily; as much was acquired frim the NKVD-KGB-Surete-Mossad and MI6.

Which is to say the possibility of eradication of an 'in house' prob was never and remains never not new for any intel agency.

International 'intel agendas' and their operational security, secrecy, and culpable deniability, which drive international and national real politik remains a dangerous field of endeavor.

Spooks don't want leaks period. Bad press is not what they can accept willingly.

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