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The station chief, also called chief of station (COS), is the top U.S. Central Intelligence Agency official stationed in a foreign country, equivalent to a KGB Resident. Often the COS has an office in the American Embassy. The station chief is the senior U.S. intelligence representative with his or her respective foreign government. [1]
Richard Skeffington Welch (December 14, 1929 – December 23, 1975) was a career Central Intelligence Agency officer. He was the Chief of Station (COS) in Athens, Greece, when he was assassinated by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N).
Gensui of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, mastermind of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. 1943-04-18 Bougainville Island Territory of New Guinea Japan: Plane shot down. Part of Operation Vengeance. [1] Viet Cong operatives Various. 1966–1972 Various South Vietnam: North Vietnam: Torture murder. Part of Phoenix ...
Station chiefs of the CIA (2 P) Pages in category "People of the Central Intelligence Agency" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 380 total.
William Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928 – June 3, 1985) was a United States Army officer in the United States Army Special Forces, and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 [1] until his kidnapping and execution in 1985. Buckley's cover was as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy.
Seven CIA officers, including the chief of the base, were killed and six others seriously wounded in the attack. [26] The September 11 attacks have been viewed by some as an example of shortcomings for the United States' various intelligence agencies.
Besides Matthews, the CIA personnel killed included: [46] [47] Scott Michael Roberson, 39, the CIA base security chief, was a former Atlanta undercover narcotics officer and worked with the U.N in Kosovo. Darren LaBonte, 35, a CIA case officer based in Amman, Jordan, was al-Balawi's handler.
Ames was killed on April 18, 1983, when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the United States embassy in Beirut.A total of 63 people were killed in the explosion, including Ames, the CIA Lebanon station chief and his deputy, as well as six other CIA officers and eight other Americans.