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William H. Webster, native of Webster Groves who led the FBI and CIA, dies at 101
Webster led the FBI for nine years, a year shy of the full term for director. In May 1987, President Ronald Reagan was seeking a replacement for controversial CIA Director William J. Casey, who had died amid Congressional investigations into the agency’s covert activities.
Webster was appointed FBI director in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter. A former federal judge from Missouri, Webster quickly ...
William H. Webster, the only person to serve as both FBI and CIA director and whose integrity was credited with restoring ...
William H. Webster, a longtime U.S. public servant who served as the head of both the FBI and the CIA in a career spanning ...
The ex-judge’s reputation for integrity won him responsibilities and respect in Democratic and Republican administrations.
His family announced his death in a statement that called him an “extraordinary man” who “spent a lifetime fighting to ...
William Webster, a longtime U.S. public servant who served as the head of both the FBI and the CIA in a career spanning the ...
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