William H Webster, former director of FBI and CIA, dies aged 101
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Appointed by Carter to head FBI in 1978, Webster helped improve the image of an agency tarnished by scandal
William H Webster, the former FBI and CIA director whose troubleshooting skills and integrity helped restore public confidence in those federal agencies, has died, his family announced on Friday. He was 101.
Webster led the FBI from 1978 to 1987 and the CIA from 1987 to 1991, the only person to guide the nation's top law-enforcement agency and its primary intelligence-gathering organization.
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