[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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            TRIBUTE TO A CIA LEGEND, WILLIAM L. MOSEBEY, JR.

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                            HON. BUD SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 27, 1996

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to William Mosebey 
who will receive, on Friday, March 29, 1996, the Central Intelligence 
Agency's Distinguished Intelligence Medal from Director of Central 
Intelligence, John Deutch.
  Bill Mosebey has served our country with distinction for 34 years in 
the faroff outposts of the cold war. In those years, he rose to the 
highest level in the Central Intelligence Agency's clandestine service, 
but, more importantly he became a legend. Not since Chinese Gordon 
defended the gates of Khartoum has an officer reached the stature of 
William Mosebey. With a wry sense of humor, and a brilliant operational 
mind, he managed and executed the most difficult of clandestine 
operations, fulfilling every objective set out for him. He served as a 
chief of station in four countries. In each of them, he spent his share 
of time recruiting and managing wellplaced human penetrations.
  His arrival in any post was a sure signal that the country was high 
on our President's priority list. His foes across the stark lines of 
the cold war knew that they were facing the ultimate professional--one 
who stands in the intelligence hall of fame with men like Richard Helms 
and Alan Dulles. At the same time, there was always time for a visit to 
the Bundu to add a new trophy to his wall.
  Bill Mosebey is one of the unsung heros of our great victory over 
Marxism, but there is also another unsung hero and that is his wife 
Carolyn. In Bill's own words:

       Whatever contribution I was able to make to our national 
     effort over the years of the cold war and after was sustained 
     by the fact that I had a very engaged and supportive wife 
     who, without question, would go anywhere and do anything the 
     job demanded. As far as I am concerned she is stamped ``keep 
     forever'' (an old KGB classification).

  In Washington, a place that always made him long for the bush, he set 
an example for young officers. Never was there a time when he didn't 
have a moment to walk a new recruit through the intricacies of running 
a spy. Always ready to open his home with a homecooked meal from 
Carolyn's kitchen, he would entertain into the night with stories and 
laughter, but one came away from these evenings knowing that they had 
been in the presence of one of the great ones.
  Mr. Speaker, Bill Mosebey is the Central Intelligence Agency's 
``Riley Ace of Spies.'' We owe him our gratitude and should shower him 
with our thanks. But knowing Bill, who has returned to his roots as a 
farmer in central Pennsylvania, he will be happy if the Sun shines, if 
it rains after the spring planting, and the hunting remains good this 
fall. But, he should also be pleased knowing that he left the Central 
Intelligence Agency with honor, with a distinguished record, and my 
enduring respect, along with those in the intelligence community, for a 
job well done.

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