Angleton
Americannoun
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James Angleton, the CIA’s head of counterintelligence, and Martin Furnival Jones, MI5’s director, were resigned to the fact that the KGB would always have an operational edge over its Western counterparts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Rep. Cody Vasut, the Angleton Republican chairing the House redistricting committee, said the information gathered at the hearings will shape whether and how the maps are redrawn.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025
I was 29 years old at the time, recently assigned to cover intelligence for the Wall Street Journal, and frankly, I had no idea what Angleton was talking about.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2023
He befriended Jim Angleton, a rising star at the newly created CIA who would go on to become its counter-intelligence chief, never guessing Philby was passing on his every confidence to Moscow.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Following HERO'S arrest, they had stopped recruiting Soviet informers under orders from James Jesus Angleton, the secretive and paranoid CIA chief of counterintelligence.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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