George Hunter White

thumb|George Hunter White George Hunter White (June 22, 1908 – October 23, 1975) was an American federal agent. He was a Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) investigator, undercover Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative, World War II veteran, and one of the men responsible for the capture of Lucky Luciano. 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 missions in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He was also a federal observer for the controversial narcotics experiments by the Central Intelligence Agency as part of MK-ULTRA and Midnight Climax. Quotes I was a very minor missionary, actually a heretic, but I toiled wholeheartedly in the vineyards because it was fun, fun, fun. Where else could a red-blooded American boy lie, kill, cheat, steal, rape, and pillage with the sanction and blessing of the All-Highest? Letter to Sidney Gottlieb, reminiscing about Operation Midnight Climax. Cited in J. D. Marks, The Search for the Manchurian Candidate (New York: Times Books, 1978), p. 101 External links Category:Spies Category:Central Intelligence Agency personnel Category:People from Los Angeles Category:1908 births Category:1975 deaths