George H. White | |
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| Born | 22 June 1908 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | 23 October 1975 (aged 67) San Francisco, California |
| Allegiance |  United States |
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| Known for | Killing suspects, consuming drugs, alcoholism, arrest of Billy Holliday |
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| Alma mater | Oregon State College |
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George Hunter White remains one of the most controversial federal agents in American history, and highly debated subject within law enforcement circles. [1][2] A lifelong Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) investigator, undercover operative, spymaster, World War II hero, one of the men responsible for the capture of Lucky Luciano, known for killing suspects, and known to have consumed most of the drugs he was chasing. [3] While working for the famous Commissioner of the FBN, Harry J. Anslinger, White travelled all across the world hunting drug dealers and crime lords. He notoriously hated jazz, believed it to have a corrupting influence on the youth, and arrested Billie Holiday. [3] During World War II, he trained undercover Allied operatives for the Office of Strategic Services on the fundamentals of counterespionage before they were deployed on operations in Europe, Asia, and Africa. [4] He was also a federal observer to the controversial narcotics experiments by the Central Intelligence Agency as part of MK-ULTRA and Midnight Climax. [5]
In later life, he became the Chief of the Stinson Beach Fire Department. [6]
He died in 1975 at age 67 at Luke's Hospital in San Francisco. [6]
- ^ (VIDEO) McWilliams, John C.; Lutz, Charles H.; Fearns, Sean (15 October 2014). "Standing In The Shadows: The Legacy Of Harry J. Anslinger, First Commissioner Of Narcotics". Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Transcript of the above video" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Fresh Air: The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief'". National Public Radio. 9 September 2019.
- ^ "OSS Agents: Kill or be Killed". Warfare History Network. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ "Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD | Feature | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly". web.archive.org. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ a b "George Hunter White obituary 1975". The San Francisco Examiner. 1975-10-24. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
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