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William H. Webster, native of Webster Groves who led the FBI and CIA, dies at 101
Webster led the FBI for nine years, a year shy of the full term for director. In May 1987, President Ronald Reagan was seeking a replacement for controversial CIA Director William J. Casey, who had died amid Congressional investigations into the agency’s covert activities.
The ex-judge’s reputation for integrity won him responsibilities and respect in Democratic and Republican administrations.
His family announced his death in a statement that called him an “extraordinary man” who “spent a lifetime fighting to ...
Webster was appointed FBI director in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter. A former federal judge from Missouri, Webster quickly ...
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