Bobby Ray Inman
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| Born | 1931-04-04 Rhonesboro, Texas |
| Alma mater | University of Texas, Austin |
| Party | Republican |
NSA director 1977-1981 | |
Bobby Ray Inman became Director of the National Security Agency.
Career
He was assistant naval attaché in Sweden[1] in the 1960s[when?], where made an arrangement with the Swedes to covertly place hydrophones in Swedish water, a breach of the official Swedish neutrality policy. [Citation Needed] This success was part of the reason he rose fast to senior positions.
In February 1976, when Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, was Director of Naval Intelligence, he ran into Edwin Wilson by chance and learned to his surprise that Wilson was working for Task Force 157. When Wilson’s contract came up for renewal a few months later, he discovered that the ONI had canceled it on Inman’s orders, so Wilson continued arms dealing outside government employment, which eventually lead to his arrest and trial as a principal in the Arms for Libya case.[2]
