James Woolsey, Clinton CIA Director, Dies at 84 After Stroke
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 22
James Woolsey, Clinton CIA Director, Dies at 84 After Stroke
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 22
Summary
James Woolsey, the former U.S. director of central intelligence under President Bill Clinton, died Tuesday at his Washington home at 84.
A stroke caused his death, his wife, Conchita Sarnoff Woolsey, said.
Clinton appointed Woolsey in 1993, but his CIA tenure was brief and often strained as the two never developed a close working relationship.
Before and after that post, Woolsey built a long bipartisan national security career, serving in the Carter and Reagan years, then later backing the Iraq invasion and Donald Trump.