INTELLIGENCE: An Admiral for Superspook?

With Paul Warnke's confirmation as the nation's chief arms negotiator expected, only one of the new Administration's top national security posts remains open: director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Late last week there were indications that it too would soon be filled. While three or four names were still being considered. White House aides let it be known that "the serious front runner" for Superspook had become President Carter's Naval Academy classmate Admiral Stansfield Turner, 53, commander of NATO's forces in Southern Europe.

If Turner is nominated, at least part of the reason may be that Carter has chosen to...

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