Richard Pickney person
also: Pickney, Station Chief Pickney
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Richard Pickney headed
CIA documented
“Langley's experts advised ISI on the weight of the explosives needed, which essentially was to create a truck bomb. A truck bomb? The ISI tried several times to carry out the mission, but couldn't do it. Meanwhile, the CIA's relationship wi…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43) @ 19:53
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for the station in Islamabad. Pickney pulled off some coups, notably the recovery of an intact Soviet gunship helicopter downed by rebels, but his support at Langley wavered. Brigadier General Mohammed Yusuf of the Afghan Bureau continued a…
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That summer, he took Pillsbury, a former staffer whom many regarded as a loose cannon. They were to inspect Pakistani Army House along with General Zia. Before the encounter, Station Chief Pickney, on instructions from Langley, took Hatch, …
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to relent. Casey apparently felt that he had erred in agreeing to Pillsbury's participation, but he blamed the station chief. After the Pickney's stock at headquarters went into freefall, at his meeting with the Senators, General Zia now sa…