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William E. Colby

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The Resume

Why he might be annoying:

    He ran Operation Phoenix (1968-71) in which 20,000 Vietnamese were killed.
    He denied that the CIA practiced assassination and torture during Operation Phoenix but admitted there had been ‘some illegal killing’ and ‘some unjustifiable abuses.’
    He drowned while canoeing in the middle of the night without a life jacket, inspiring conspiracy theories about his death.
    His death inspired a scene in the inferior remake of ‘The Manchurian Candidate.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    During World War II, he fought alongside the French resistance.
    He felt the CIA had a moral obligation to cooperate with Congress and testified about CIA programs in mind control, domestic spying and foreign assassinations.
    He joined with former KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin to consult for Activision on the computer game ‘Spycraft.’

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 60.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 89 Votes: 50.56% Annoying