Former CIA Director Woolsey Dies at 84, Remembered for a Hawkish, Party-Spanning Career
R. James Woolsey, CIA director from 1993 to 1995, died at 84 from a stroke; a conservative Democrat who drifted right, he backed the 2003 Iraq invasion and Donald Trump’s 2016 bid, leaving a hawkish legacy and a rocky tenure marked by the Aldrich Ames spy case and strained relations with the Clinton White House.