{"id":45896,"date":"2025-08-10T02:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=45896"},"modified":"2025-08-10T03:46:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T08:46:40","slug":"william-h-webster-former-fbi-and-cia-director-dies-at-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=45896","title":{"rendered":"William H. Webster, former FBI and CIA director, dies at 101"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">William H. Webster, a longtime U.S. public servant who served as the head of both the FBI and the CIA, has died. He was 101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The FBI confirmed his death in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Webster, who was the only person to have led both agencies, &#8220;was a dedicated public servant who spent over 60 years in service to our country, including in the U.S. Navy, as a federal judge, director of the CIA, and his term as our Director from 1978-1987,&#8221; the FBI statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A statement from Webster&#8217;s family said, &#8220;We are proud of the extraordinary man we had our lives who spent a lifetime fighting to protect his country and its precious rule of law.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A memorial service for Webster will take place in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18, the family said.<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/senior-fbi-leaders-ousted-explanation-sources\/story?id=124459472\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As FBI director, Webster served under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He then served as CIA director from 1987 to 1991 under Reagan and President George H.W. Bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;As the only individual to have led both the FBI and the CIA, Judge Webster\u2019s unwavering integrity and dedication to public service set a standard for leadership in federal law enforcement,&#8221; the FBI Agents Association said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Webster was born on March 6, 1924, in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Amherst College in Massachusetts and earned his law degree at Washington University Law School in St. Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He served as a U.S. Navy lieutenant in both World War II and the Korean War. A practicing attorney in St. Louis from the late 1940s to the late 1950s, Webster went on to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In the 1970s, he was appointed as a U.S. District Court judge and then a U.S. Court of Appeals judge before taking the FBI director post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He also served as chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee from 2005 to 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He was predeceased by his first wife, Drusilla Laneis, and survived by his second wife, Lynda Clugston Webster, three children, 7 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren, his family said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/former-fbi-cia-director-william-webster-dies-101\/story?id=124500307\">abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William H. 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