R. James Woolsey, who served as CIA director from early 1993 after being appointed by President Bill Clinton, has died at age 84. He died of a stroke at his Washington home, according to the Guardian. Woolsey's tenure was turbulent, and he later backed the 2003 Iraq invasion and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential bid.
NYTimes – US Woolsey died of a stroke at Washington home after facing ‘Havana syndrome’ reported by some government officials R James Woolsey , a national security expert who led the CIA for two turbulent years after his appointment by Bill Clinton , has died. He was 84. Woolsey, who became CIA director in early 1993, died on Tuesday at his home in Washington, according to several newspapers. Conchita Sarnoff Woolsey, his wife,…
Woolsey died of a stroke at Washington home after facing ‘Havana syndrome’ reported by some government officials R James Woolsey , a national security expert who led the CIA for two turbulent years after his appointment by Bill Clinton , has died. He was 84. Woolsey, who became CIA director in early 1993, died on Tuesday at his home in Washington, according to several newspapers. Conchita Sarnoff Woolsey, his wife,…
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