
After resigning from the CIA after 20 years heading up the counter-espionage division, Angleton retired to a life of fly-fishing. Was awarded the CIA's highest honor, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal in 1975 and was called the "most professional counter-intelligence officer" in the OSS.
Angleton died in 1987.
![]() Spytime: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton |
![]() Inside the Cia Revealing the Secrets of the World's Most Powerful Spy Agency |
Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton: The Cia's Master Spy Hunter |