William W. Turner

William W. Turner (1927–2015) was an American writer and FBI agent.

Turner was born on 14 April 1927 in Buffalo, New York. During World War 2 he served in the US Navy and later studied chemistry at Canisius College.[1]

Turner was an FBI agent from 1951 to 1961, specializing in counter-espionage and major crime cases. Over the years he became increasingly critical of J. Edgar Hoover's management of the FBI.[2] Afterwards he began writing articles and books critical of the FBI which drew their ire. When Turner appeared on Joe Pyne's talk show in 1968, the FBI provided background information on Turner to Pyne in an attempt to discredit him.[3] Hoover himself, in an internal memo, wrote of Turner "It's a shame we can't nail this jackal".[4]

He was on the staff of Ramparts magazine.[4] Turner was critical of official explanations of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He sat on the Committee to Investigate Assassinations[5] and aided Jim Garrison in his investigation into the assassination.[6]

Bibliography

  • Invisible Witness: The Use and Abuse of the New Technology of Crime Investigation (1968)
  • The Police Establishment (1968)
  • Hoover's FBI: The Men and the Myth (1970)
  • Power on the Right (1971)
  • The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: A Searching Look at the Conspiracy and the Cover-Up, 1968-1978 (with John G. Christian, 1978)
  • The Fish Is Red: The Story of the Secret War Against Castro (with Warren Hinckle, 1981)
  • Deadly Secrets: The CIA-Mafia War Against Castro & the Assassination of J.F.K. (with Hinckle, 1981)
  • Rearview Mirror: Looking Back at the FBI, the CIA and Other Tails (2001)
  • Mission Not Accomplished: How George Bush Lost the War on Terrorism (2004)
  • The Cuban Connection: Nixon, Castro, and the Mob (2013)

References

  1. ^ "William Weyand Turner". Marin Independent Journal.
  2. ^ "Did the CIA assassinate JFK? Former FBI agent dedicated to case believes he knows answer". CBS Sacramento. 16 November 2013.
  3. ^ "F.B.I. Move to Discredit Former Agent Disclosed". The New York Times. 9 October 1979.
  4. ^ a b Richardson, Peter (2009). A Bomb in Every Issue: How the Short, Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed America. New Press. pp. 56–57.
  5. ^ "Say Evidence Is Ignored". The New York Times. 18 March 1969.
  6. ^ Talbot, David (15 September 2004). "The mother of all coverups". Salon.
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