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Revision as of 12:09, 11 October 2015

Person.png Richard M. Bissell   SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook)
Richard Bissell.jpg
BornSeptember 18, 1909
Hartford, Connecticut
DiedFebruary 7, 1994 (Age 84)
Member ofJFK/Assassination/Perpetrators, The Georgetown Set

He studied history at Yale University, and was tapped, but declined membership in Skull and Bones, although his brother William joined.

CIA career

Frank Wisner persuaded him to join the Central Intelligence Agency. Bissel became a senior CIA officer responsible for major projects such as the U-2 spy plane and the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

 

A Document by Richard M. Bissell

TitleDocument typePublication dateDescription
Document:1968 Bissell Meetingspeech1968Spook meeting discussing the inner workings of the CIA

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndDescription
Colloquium on Counterintelligence24 April 198026 April 1980Spooky 1980 Washington conference
Colloquium on Intelligence and Policy9 November 198410 November 1984A spooky conference in November 1984
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