CIA director James Woolsey resigns

Title

CIA director James Woolsey resigns

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

29 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:45

Description

Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports on problems for US President Bill Clinton who is looking for a new director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) following the surprise resignation of James Woolsey. He’s been under fire in recent months for his handling of the Aldrich Ames spy scandal and resisting Congress cuts to the CIA budget. Includes comments from James Woolsey; Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman, Dennis DeConcini; former head of the CIA, William Webster.

Contributors

Simon Marks; James Woolsey; Dennis DeConcini; William Webster

Keywords

USA; Budgets; Politics; Cost reduction; Espionage; Spies; CIA; Intelligence service; Resignation (employee); Aldrich Ames; James Woolsey

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