Burt Dunn person
also: Dunn, Bert Dunn, Bertie Dunn
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Tom Twetten succeeded
Burt Dunn documented
“Burt Dunn, his successor, had no dog in the fight, and several people were banished to the African division. In a significant breach of Langley's tribal culture, the new Afghanistan Ops Group chief, Jack Devine, came where? From Latin Ameri…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43) @ 44:49
Claire George appointed
Burt Dunn documented
“George, in turn, persuaded William Casey to approve a comrade from the African division, Burt Dunn, to head the Near East. Then came the matter of a task force chief. Alan Friars, the lead candidate, still had a few months to run on a tour …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43) @ 15:52
Burt Dunn succeeded
Jack Devine documented
“Burt Dunn, his successor, had no dog in the fight, and several people were banished to the African division. In a significant breach of Langley's tribal culture, the new Afghanistan Ops Group chief, Jack Devine, came where? From Latin Ameri…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43) @ 44:49
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▶ 15:52
George, in turn, persuaded William Casey to approve a comrade from the African division, Burt Dunn, to head the Near East. Then came the matter of a task force chief. Alan Friars, the lead candidate, still had a few months to run on a tour …
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had been deputy to Mac Gaffin from the early days and knew all the players, but he was on the wrong side of the new boss, Claire George. Abratosis, Kutos, campaigned for the position, and one day when George was out of town, convinced Assoc…
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get it messages, both of which Yusuf figured CIA ought to have known. The ISI leader loved the CIA satellite photos and its radio intercepts, but thought the secret warriors spent too much time spinning their wheels. Bert Dunn, the incoming…
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and as a special forces officer with the army, had served in both Pakistan and Afghanistan as far back as the 60s. Monitoring U.S. aid to the Pakistanis with whom he had contacts, but not even done, could calm the waters, undoubtedly becaus…
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because he always arrived on black aircraft. Sometimes Casey brought his wife, Sophia. Sometimes he even brought his daughter to Pakistan in the middle of a war. A couple of times he had John McMahon, but he always had his Near East chief, …
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He recalled that on these long flights where the only people on board were Dunn and Casey and one or two others and a security detail, he really got close to William Casey. There was the normal inspection or some demonstration of some new g…
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on the CIA side. For Casey, relentlessly enthusiastic, butted heads with his more cautious officers. Dunn seems to have been of two minds about William Casey. The ISI were impressed when Casey overruled his people who thought something unpr…
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Fred Eichel, at one meeting, advocated cutting out the ISI middleman by flying arms directly to the Mujahideen. Inevitably, someone raised the danger of a Soviet-American confrontation. Bertie Dunn's deputy, Thomas Twinton, attended this re…
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Nudged by Zia, within a month, Reagan approved an immediate shipment of 100 of them. While the joint staff, Pentagon and State Department opposition melted away. Brigadier Yusuf began to organize and train the rebels to use them. In October…
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General Zia again emphasized giving the rebels Stinger missiles. Finally, the log jam was broken. At a breakfast in early December, McMahon told Fred Eichel that the CIA would ship as many of the missiles as the Pentagon could provide. When…
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The task force chief, an inside agitator in the victory camp, had been protected from Claire George by his connections to senior people, including Congressman Wilson. But as CIA budgets began to change, congressional backing became ever mor…
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Burt Dunn, his successor, had no dog in the fight, and several people were banished to the African division. In a significant breach of Langley's tribal culture, the new Afghanistan Ops Group chief, Jack Devine, came where? From Latin Ameri…
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who went over to the rebels, felt Dewey's charm, and witnessed his aggressiveness. Colleague Bert Dunn admired Claridge, though the two never actually served together. Dunn saw Claridge as the first real case officer that he'd ever met. In …