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Iowa Public Radio
April 3, 2015
When Thomas Twetten graduated from Iowa State, he knew he was interested in foreign countries and psychology. When he graduated with a masters degree in international affairs from Columbia University, he knew he wanted to serve his country. His only quandary was whether to join the StateÃâà...
Washington Examiner
January 12, 2015
It was trying as best it could to explain the Islamic Republic's internal politics. The chief of the Near East Division, Thomas Twetten, and George Cave, the Persian-speaking, semi-retired, unofficial lord of Iranian operations who accompanied Oliver North and Robert McFarlane to Tehran, were writing memosÃâà...
Chron.com
September 21, 2014
But because we had the general coordinates of the Soviets' Jalalabad air base, the CIA's imagery analysts were able to quickly produce eighteen-by-eighteen-inch pictures of the destroyed Hinds. As soon as I got the photos, the day after the attack, I called Thomas Twetten, head of the Near East Division,Ãâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
September 10, 2012
The Cold War is over,'” Thomas Twetten, Stolz's deputy, told The New York Times. Yet even as the geopolitical map changed, Stolz – himself a career Cold Warrior – was quick to recognise new potential threats and realign the agency's posture to promote counter-terrorism and counter-narcotics operations.
New York Times
June 15, 2012
Mr. Stolz was aware that he had been chosen to help repair the agency's image because, having been away from the C.I.A. for so long, he was not tainted by Iran-contra, Mr. Murray said. Thomas Twetten, who served as Mr. Stolz's deputy and replaced him when he retired for the second time in 1990, saidÃâà...
University of Central Florida
January 31, 2011
Thomas Twetten, a former chief of CIA clandestine operations, discussed national security threats and global terrorist networks during a presentation at the University of Central Florida. Twetten spoke to more than 200 people Thursday, Jan. 27. His presentation, organized by the UCF Global PerspectivesÃâà...
University of Central Florida
January 31, 2011
Thomas Twetten, a former chief of CIA clandestine operations, discussed national security threats and global terrorist networks during a presentation at the University of Central Florida. Twetten spoke to more than 200 people Thursday, Jan. 27. His presentation, organized by the UCF Global PerspectivesÃâà...
Prison Planet.com
August 15, 2009
Gannon's father-in-law Thomas Twetten was then chief of Middle East operations based in Langley. He was also Oliver North's CIA contact. McKee, Gannon and three other members of the team decided to fly back to CIA HQ and expose the COREA unit's secret deal with al- Kassar. They booked seats onÃâà...
Mother Jones
November 5, 2004
... Islamabad station chief from 1984 to 1986; Cofer Black, Khartoum station chief in the mid-1990s and director of the Counterterrorist Center from 1999-2002; Fred Hitz, a former CIA Inspector General; Thomas Twetten, Deputy Director of Operations, 1991-1993; Milton Bearden, chief of station at Islamabad,Ãâà...
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