Theodore "Ted" Shackley was an American CIA officer involved in many important and controversial CIA operations during 1960s and 1970s. He was commonly known as the “Blond Ghost” due to his dislike of being photographed. His work included being station chief in Miami in the early 1960s during the period of the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as Operation Mongoose, which he directed. Wikipedia
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Theodore Shackley is gone. That probably doesn't mean much to you. But I once spent five years researching and writing a book on this notorious CIA official, who days ago died at the age of 75. (The biography's title was drawn from a nickname a few col www.alternet.org/story/14767/
Blond Ghost is a biography of Ted Shackley, who in his twenty eight year career with the Central Intelligence Agency, rose to be the Associate Deputy Director for Operations, one of the top positions at the CIA. www.bearcave.com/bookrev/blond_ghost.htm
In the context of an agency and a profession whose watchwords are secrecy and deception, Mr. Shackley was a legendary figure. www.historicalmilitaria.com/Obituaries/Shackley.html
Award winning author, columnist, and broadcaster Eric S. Margolis has covered 14 wars and is a leading authority on military affairs, the Middle East, South Asia, and Islamic movements. www.ericmargolis.com/archives/2003/11/edwin_wilson_am.php