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WHY

WHEn

Perspective:

William Colby, CIA director

By: Marquet + Hailey

William colby: Who was He?

One of America's most important whistle blowers for national security

Colby was hired as a director to the CIA in one of the most difficult times in history for the US government.

He disclosed some dark secrets in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the internal chaos that was unraveling within the CIA.

Olson family

Meeting with the olson Family, 1975

how did the olson family stay uninformed all these years?

  • Frank's wife, Alice, is now a widow with 3 kids to raise on her own.
  • She most likely didn't want to draw more attention to herself and her children out of fear of what might happen to them.
  • The grief from the loss and the weight of being the sole provider could have left her with too much to take care of with Frank's absence.

1975

No Answers for 22 years

The lawsuit

  • Like many, William Colby was probably shocked by the lack of explanation the CIA initially gave the Olson family about Frank's death.

  • This led to the release of the "Colby documents" that Eric refers to in Wormwood -- whether they are true or not, the documents didn't provide any clarity or further information about what may have led to Frank's death.

Why did the CIA cover up Frank olson's death?

Cover Up

  • the death was labeled as an suicide
  • During the sit down meeting with his son Colby handed over some files that was suppose to do with his fathers death but it had nothing to do with it.
  • Overall, Eric Olson was given BS documents and it turns out that Frank Olson was killed because he talked too much to people outside of the CIA.

Closure

Closure

  • The Olson family never received the proper closure.
  • The CIA never gave the Olson family a real apology and they never gave the family a real answer
  • As time went on Eric Olson looked and looked for all the answers that he could possibly find about his dad.

Works cited

  • https://www.justsecurity.org/68065/how-late-dci-william-colby-saved-the-cia-and-what-that-can-teach-us-today/
  • https://sofrep.com/news/watch-secret-life-mysterious-death-cia-spymaster-william-colby/
  • https://libertyconservative.com/william-colby-liberal-cia-director/
  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/06/from-mind-control-to-murder-how-a-deadly-fall-revealed-the-cias-darkest-secrets

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