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George Cave was Ollie North's translator. In the fifties, while working for the CIA in Iran, he foiled a bomb threat intended to kill his boss, Chief of Station there. This was due in great measure to his ability to rapidly learn languages, dialects and immerse himself in the cultures of the region. He is a graduate of Princeton University (and not Columbia). He published an article in 1992 in the Washington Post in which he discussed the affiliations between Shiites in Iran and Iraq. Here we see the possible rationale for the invasion of Iraq under the administration of George W Bush. And he was more than just a translator for Ollie North. After that initial meeting he continued to hold ex-officio talks with Iranian officials in |
George Cave was Ollie North's translator. In the fifties, while working for the CIA in Iran, he foiled a bomb threat intended to kill his boss, Chief of Station there. This was due in great measure to his ability to rapidly learn languages, dialects and immerse himself in the cultures of the region. He is a graduate of Princeton University (and not Columbia). He published an article in 1992 in the Washington Post in which he discussed the affiliations between Shiites in Iran and Iraq. Here we see the possible rationale for the invasion of Iraq under the administration of George W Bush. And he was more than just a translator for Ollie North. After that initial meeting he continued to hold ex-officio talks with Iranian officials in Rome until George Schultz asked Ronald Reagan to end them as they were outside of the State Department's purview and under Mr. Schultz's authority. |
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So, yes he did indeed work for the CIA, but is not affiliated with any conspiracy theory or theorist. The WIKI should know better? |
So, yes he did indeed work for the CIA, but is not affiliated with any conspiracy theory or theorist. The WIKI should know better? |
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George Cave was an alias used by a CIA operative.[1] He first served in Teheran during the 1953 Iranian coup d'état that restored the Shah of Iran to power.[2] In the mid 1970s he served in Tehran as deputy CIA station chief, with personal ties to the Shah.[2] Some sources claim he is in fact the same person as Oswald LeWinter.[1]
References
- ^ a b Philip Willan (2002). "Celli and America". Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy. iUniverse. p. 81. ISBN 0595246974.
- ^ a b "Plumbing the Cia's Shadowy Role". TIME. December 22, 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
George Cave lived with his family for many years on Burning Bush Lane in Silver Spring, Maryland.
George Cave was Ollie North's translator. In the fifties, while working for the CIA in Iran, he foiled a bomb threat intended to kill his boss, Chief of Station there. This was due in great measure to his ability to rapidly learn languages, dialects and immerse himself in the cultures of the region. He is a graduate of Princeton University (and not Columbia). He published an article in 1992 in the Washington Post in which he discussed the affiliations between Shiites in Iran and Iraq. Here we see the possible rationale for the invasion of Iraq under the administration of George W Bush. And he was more than just a translator for Ollie North. After that initial meeting he continued to hold ex-officio talks with Iranian officials in Rome until George Schultz asked Ronald Reagan to end them as they were outside of the State Department's purview and under Mr. Schultz's authority.
So, yes he did indeed work for the CIA, but is not affiliated with any conspiracy theory or theorist. The WIKI should know better?