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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017

      Lyman Kirkpatrick: “I feel that many others can do what I am, but are constrained by fear of the unknown…” http://1.usa.gov/1MidWOU  #OSS75pic.twitter.com/Qc5HRSMuxE

      20 replies 79 retweets 242 likes
    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      Lyman, born in Rochester in 1916, was graduate of @Deerfield. He went to play football @Princeton & join Coordinator of Information. #OSS75

      3 replies 22 retweets 38 likes
    3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA @Deerfield @Princeton

      1942: CIO turned into #OSS & Lyman was sent to London & served as liaison w British, French, Norwegian, Czech & Polish intel services #OSS75

      1 reply 21 retweets 44 likes
    4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      1943: Lyman was commissioned as lieutenant in @USArmy & served as intel briefing officer for Gen Omar Bradley until the end of #WWII. #OSS75

      3 replies 24 retweets 53 likes
    5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      1947: Joined CIA & served as division chief & executive assistant to very demanding DCI, Walter Bedell Smith. http://1.usa.gov/1jLlyP0  #OSS75

      4 replies 17 retweets 42 likes
    6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      At the age of 36, Lyman thought he had a bad cold, but it turned out to be polio, which required months of recovery & rehab. #OSS75

      4 replies 23 retweets 53 likes
    7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      At that time, polio halted a clandestine career, but Lyman went on to senior CIA jobs, including Inspector General & Executive Dir. #OSS75

      3 replies 23 retweets 49 likes
    8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      In tribute to his willingness to take independent & sometimes unpopular stances, Lyman’s staff nicknamed him “Hell on Wheels.” #OSS75

      7 replies 30 retweets 65 likes
    9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      Lyman’s performance earned him the National Civil Service Award & the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. #OSS75

      6 replies 20 retweets 50 likes
      CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017

      After leaving CIA, Lyman taught political science at @BrownUniversity & wrote several books, including "The Real CIA" (1968). #OSS75

      2:39 PM - 21 Jun 2017
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        2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 21 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Lyman has been called the best director CIA never had & was named one of our first 50 Trailblazers in 1997. http://1.usa.gov/1MidWOU  #OSS75pic.twitter.com/rUR8AzUGCb

          31 replies 38 retweets 129 likes
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        1. Christopher Sneddon‏ @Christo13179468 22 Jun 2017
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          Only 200 Isis to get rid of in Mosul. Full throttle on that one!👍

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