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William Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928 – June 3, 1985) was a United States Army officer in the United States Army Special Forces, and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 until his kidnapping and execution in 1985.
William F. Buckley, a legendary Agency officer, died on June 3, 1985 after enduring 14 months in terrorist custody. Bill was abducted in Beirut, Lebanon, which set off one of the most grueling periods in the CIA’s history.
The story of William F. Buckley, a CIA oficer and Special Forces veteran who was kidnapped and murdered in Lebanon in the 1980s, deserves to be told and told well.
30 de nov. de 1986 · Se confirma definitivamente la muerte de William Buckley, máximo responsable de la CIA en Beirut. William Buckley, el veterano de los rehenes norteamericanos en Líbano, ha muerto.
Buckley wrote the 1976 spy novel Saving the Queen, featuring Blackford Oakes as a rule-bound CIA agent, based in part on his own CIA experiences. Over the next 30 years, he would write another ten novels featuring Oakes.
2 de jun. de 2023 · In the sprawling saga of American bravery and self-sacrifice, few figures tower as high as William Francis Buckley. This CIA station chief in Beirut during the tempestuous 1980s was the embodiment of indomitable courage and tireless service.
Buckley apareció en la escena pública con su ensayo crítico God and Man at Yale (Dios y Hombre en Yale, 1951); junto con más de cincuenta libros posteriores sobre escritura, dialéctica, historia, política y navegación, y una serie de novelas en que aparece el personaje de la CIA, agente Blackford Oakes.
