Backstory: William Colby and the CIA

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 12, 2011

Carl Colby talks about his father, William Colby, who was director of the CIA from 1973 to 1976, a tumultuous time in the agency's history that saw the resignation of Richard Nixon, the implosion of the Vietnam War and the Church Committee Hearings. Carl Colby directed the film "The Man Nobody Knew," about Colby's tenure at the agency and his life before and after.

"The Man Nobody Knew" is playing at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and the Quad Cinema.

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