William H Webster, former director of FBI and CIA, dies aged 101 | US politics
In his statement on Friday, the former FBI and CIA Director William H Webster, who helped the public reclaim their trust in these federal agencies. He was 101 years old.
From 1978 to 1987, Webster directed the CIA to the FBI and from 1987 to 1991, the only person who guided the country’s best law enforcement and primary intelligence collection organization.
When he came to Washington, 53 years old, Webster has applied laws for about 20 years, served as a federal prosecutor and spent almost nine years on the federal bench in the domestic St Louis. Those who opposed him in court or who did not agree with their decisions accepted that his honesty was beyond the problem.
“Every director of the CIA or FBI should be ready to resign if he is asked to do something he knows is wrong,” he said, after agreing to lead the spy agency.
Former Republican President George W Bush said on Friday night, Webster’s “rule of law and his passion for America’s size has made him a model public official.”
Late Democratic President Jimmy Carter chose the Republican Webster as a chief of the FBI for a 10 -year period, because the office tried to develop an image that was darkened by revelation of internal espionage, internal corruption and other power abuse. The demanding but his agents were treated, usually, the agency was loan to improve the ability to cope with new challenges such as terrorism.
Republican President Ronald Reagan chose Webster to replace the CIA chief William J Casey, who was criticized for being very political, ignoring the congress and playing a role in the housing scandal known as Iran.
Webster tried to rapidly alleviate the tension with the congress in the role of a foreign role without political agenda. He regularly reported CIA’s activities against MPs accused of intelligence supervision and avoided trying to shape the policy. In 1991, he joined a Washington law firm who retired from federal service, but still served in various boards and commissions related to policy.
In 2002, the Securities and Stock Exchange Commission (SEC) chose the Partisan vote to lead the Webster in the vote to lead a board to control the accounting profession after the scandals containing Enron and other companies.
However, before the first meeting of the Board, Webster resigned among the questions about the role of the Audit Committee of the US Technologies, a company accused of fraud. Discussions about the role of Webster in his appointment contributed to the resignation of Harvey Pitt, SEC President Harvey Pitt.
