The CIA's Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley

Today I cover one of the most elusive major CIA agents in the agency's history, Ted Shackley, known by his nickname, the Blond Ghost. I also dive deep into the Gehlen Org origins of the US Green Berets, as I speculate whether Shackley, posted in Germany at the time, had a role in the creation of America's first Special Forces. Patreon Link: patreon.com/EyesWideOpen408 Allen Dulles, Mcgeorge Bundy, Edward Lansdale, ZRRIFLE, William Harvey, reinhard gehlen, gehlen org, lucien conein, bill harvey, Bay of Pigs, Brigade 2506, JMWAVE, RFK, Richard Helms, Fidel Castro, Ted Shackley, Richard Bissell, Cold War Bibliography: [1] Warren Hinckle and William Turner - The Fish is Red (p. 113) [1] David Corn - The Blond Ghost [1] Ted Shackley Deposition at the Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition https://ia803108.us.archive.org/6/ite... starts at p. 33 [1] Ted Shackley - The Third Option (p.5-7) [1] Ted Shackley - You’re Still The Target! [1] Ted Shackley Spymaster [2] Alec Dubro and David Kaplan - Yakuza (p. 48) [2] David Corn - The Blond Ghost (p.22-32, 41) [2] Ted Shackley Spymaster ( p. XVI-XVII, 94) [2] E.H. Cookridge - Reinhard Gehlen Spy of the Century (p.237-252) https://archive.org/details/gehlenspy... [2] John Loftus - The Belarus Secret (p.26, 68-80) https://archive.org/details/belarusse... [2] Christopher Simpson - Blowback (p. 46-51 139-150) https://archive.org/details/blowbacka... [2] Archive page of disclosure of US intelligence ties to former Nazis: https://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassi... [2] Lucien Conein Fort Bragg 1956 https://www.beforethequagmire.com/Bef... (p.47) [3] Charles Simpson - Inside the Green Berets (p. 19-50) 19-https://archive.org/details/insidegre... [3] H.A. Gill III - A Soldier Under Three Flags (p. 95-103, 167-170)https://books.google.ca/books/about/A... [3] Private Law from 1953 allowing Torni to immigrate legally https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/S... [3] David Corn - The Blond Ghost (p.46-55, 141)