James Jesus Angleton

James Jesus Angleton (December 9, 1917 – May 12, 1987) was a long-serving chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) counter-intelligence (CI) staff (Associate Deputy Director of Operations for Counter-Intelligence/ADDOCI).

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"Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State."

- James Jesus Angleton

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"It is inconceivable that a secret arm of the government has to comply with all the overt orders of the government."

- James Jesus Angleton

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"In his day, Jim was recognized as the dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world."

- James Jesus Angleton

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