QUESTIONS:
1. George Tenet recently passed his sixth year as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, making him the director third-longest in tenure since the CIA was founded in 1947. What two directors served longer than Tenet?
2. Although the CIA has traditionally been above politics, two of its directors were candidates for office before their appointment. Can you name them?
3. Who was the only CIA director to go on to serve in the President's Cabinet?
4. This November will mark the 50th anniversary of "Operation Ajax," the CIA-backed coup in Iran that returned the Shah to power. What was the name of the prime minister ousted in "Ajax?"
5. What grandson of a U.S. President was the CIA agent who masterminded and executed "Ajax"?
ANSWERS:
1. Allen Dulles, director from 1953-61, and William J. Casey, director from 1981-87.
2. George H.W. Bush, director from 1975-76, who had previously served in the House (1966-70) and was twice the Republican U.S. Senate nominee from Texas (1964, ’70), and Casey, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the House from New York in 1966.
3. James Schlesinger, director from 1972-73, who served as secretary of defense under Presidents Nixon and Ford.
4. Muhammad Mosadegh.
5. Kermit Roosevelt, grandson of Teddy Roosevelt.
