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John Paisley | |
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| Born | August 25, 1923 Sand Springs, Oklahoma, United States |
| Died | September 24, 1978 |
| Cause of death | Gunshot (alleged) |
| Nationality | Statesian |
John Arthur Paisley (August 25, 1923 – September 24, 1978) was a CIA agent who worked for the CIA for 25 years.[1]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Paisley was born in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and studied electrical engineering at the University of Chicago. He worked as a radio operator in British-occupied Palestine.[1]
CIA career[edit | edit source]
James J. Angleton recruited Paisley for the CIA in Palestine. He helped debrief KGB defector Yuri Nosenko and tried to discredit the leakers of the Pentagon Papers. Under the Ford regime, Paisley was the deputy director of the CIA Office of Strategic Research and worked in Team B's 1976 report that criticized Nixon's detente policy and exaggerated the military power of the USSR. Many other CIA officials were suspicious of Paisley's friendship with Nosenko and believed that Nosenko was a double agent who remained loyal to the USSR or even recruited Paisley as a Soviet spy.[1]
Disappearance[edit | edit source]
Paisley disappeared on the Chesapeake Bay on September 23, 1978. His sailboat, the Brillig, was found partly submerged, and was searched by CIA officers who contaminated evidence. A body weighed down by diving belts was found in the bay with a gunshot wound behind its left ear, but the Body did not match Paisley's weight and height. The death was declared a suicide.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-04-27). "Who Whacked CIA Spy Chief William Colby?" CovertAction Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-09-11.