Ex-CIA Chief Colby Gets a Shiner, Loses Watch in Mugging
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WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director William Colby described today how he was “knocked down and given a great big shiner” by four muggers near his home last Friday. He said one of the attackers brandished a gun.
But all they got was his wristwatch, Colby said.
The 67-year-old ex-intelligence chief, who as a saboteur-spy parachuted into German-occupied Norway in World War II, said he was walking back to his Georgetown home after escorting a friend to a main street to catch a taxi when he was jumped by four men.
“It was 10:30 p.m.,” Colby said. “One of the guys knocked me down. My glasses blew off and I got a great big shiner on the right eye. One of them had a gun--an automatic.”
Colby said this was his first mugging experience. “Yes, I reported it to the police,” he said.
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