For most of his career, Shackley was in the field administering operations from behind a desk. After Germany in the 1950s, he directed the huge Miami station during the war against Castro. Then it was off to Laos, and later Saigon, at the height of those wars. When not in the field, Shackley was administering from CIA headquarters: during the 1970s he helped with the overthrow of Allende in Chile and Whitlam in Australia (both of them elected leaders), and also directed damage control against Philip Agee. This may look like a string of failures, but not for an Agency that prides itself on deniability rather than accountability. Then came the Edwin Wilson scandal — ironically inconsequential when compared to Shackley’s career of covert war-mongering. As an associate of Wilson, Shackley was damaged goods, and Stansfield Turner had all he needed to shunt Shackley’s fast-track career off to the side. Blessed deliverance for the world’s people.

Of late, Corn has become a bit of a CIA apologist, attacking Mike Ruppert regarding the Mike Vreeland affair. Suspicious minds might even suggest that the proverbial “someone” has gotten to him. Perhaps a dalliance with a female other than his wife, or even one of the same sex? Could it be a taste for illegal consumables, or a business deal gone south? If not him, then perchance a relative? You see, in the See-Eye-Aye world, every American is a straw dog, infinitely pliable if they know a match is close at hand…

On Friday the 13th, 2002, Ted Shackley finally left this planet. We have no doubt as to where he was headed. Now when is Henry Kissinger going to join him?

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