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Stansfield Turner, Who Headed CIA Under Carter, Dies At 94

The Navy admiral tapped by President Carter to lead the spy agency conducted a controversial downsizing of risky clandestine operations — a move that angered many in the intelligence community.

Adm. Stansfield Turner, who led the Central Intelligence Agency under President Jimmy Carter and presided over a controversial downsizing of its clandestine operations, has died. He was 94.

Current CIA Director Mike Pompeo said in a statement late Thursday that Turner "was a devoted patriot and public servant who led our Agency through a turbulent period of history, including both the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian revolution."

"An analyst at heart, Admiral Turner championed analytic

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