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1978: Former Head of CIA’s Soviet Operations Appointed Head of Counterintelligence

David Blee, a former head of the CIA’s Soviet division (see 1971), is appointed head of counterintelligence at the agency. [New York Times, 8/17/2000; Los Angeles Times, 8/18/2000]