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Carl Colby Speaks About the Man Nobody Knew: in Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Georgetown CITIZENS V OLUME X X V I / I SSUE 4 / A PRIL 2 0 1 2 WWW . CAGTOWN . ORG Carl Colby Speaks about The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby arl Colby will be our became a major force in featured speaker at American history, paving Cthe CAG meeting on the way for today’s Tuesday April 17. He will tell provocative questions the fascinating back stories about security and secre- behind the film he made cy versus liberty and about his father, Georgetown morality. The film forges resident and former Director a fascinating mix of rare of the CIA, William E. archival footage, never- Colby: The Man Nobody before-seen photos, and Knew: In Search of My Father, Filmmaker Carl Colby interviews with the CIA Spymaster William “who’s who” of Colby. He recently produced American intelligence, including former and directed this feature- National Security Advisers Brent Scowcroft length documentary film on and Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Secretary of his late father, William E. Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary Colby, former Director of the of Defense and Director of the CIA James CIA, as well as the evolution Schlesinger, as well Pulitzer Prize journalists of the CIA from OSS in Bob Woodward, Seymour Hersh and Tim WWII to today. The story is Weiner. Through it all, Carl Colby searches a probing history of the CIA as well as a personal mem- for an authentic portrait of the man who remained oir of a family living in clandestine shadows. masked even to those who loved him. From the beginning of his career as an OSS officer Carl is an award-winning documentary filmmaker parachuting into Nazi-occupied Europe, William Colby whose credits include films about Franz Kline, Willem rose through the ranks of “The Company,” and soon was De Kooning, Bob Marley, Frank Gehry, George Hurrell involved in covert operations in hot spots around the and Franco Zeffirelli (an Emmy Award winner). He was globe. He swayed elections against the Communists in born in Washington, DC, graduated from Georgetown Italy, oversaw the coup against President Diem in Saigon, University and lived in New York and Los Angeles and ran the controversial Phoenix Program in Vietnam, before returning to Washington in 2003 to make The which sparked today’s legacy of counter-insurgency. But Man Nobody Knew. He is a member of the Board of after decades of obediently taking on the White House’s Directors of The OSS Society. toughest and dirtiest assignments, and rising to become Director of the CIA, Colby defied the President. Braving The April 17 CAG meeting will be at the Georgetown intense controversy, he opened up to Congress some of Library (R Street and Wisconsin Avenue) where there will the agency’s darkest, most tightly held secrets and extra- be a special display of CIA and intelligence related materi- legal operations. als. Weather permitting, the 7:00 reception will be on the lovely Book Hill terrace; and at 7:30 we will move to the Now, his son asks a series of powerful and relevant main meeting room to enjoy the talk by Carl Colby. questions about the father who was a ghost-like presence in the family home - and the intelligence officer who 1 G EORGETOWN C ITIZENS / A PRIL 2 0 1 2 President’s letter Ah Spring! Oh Rats! where they can get a crowd and a small side street in the h, the first day of Spring. middle of the community Cherry blossoms, daffodils, probably isn’t a draw. But strolls along the canal and you never know, so we A asked for the pilot program ... rats. Ugh! As the weather gets warmer we need to be extra vigi- so we aren’t stuck with a lant about rodent control. So here bad situation should one is my Springtime reminder. If you arise. In the meantime, check are not part of the solution then out some fantastic mobile you are part of the problem. It is cuisine at the upcoming DC law that all household trash Concerts in the Parks. Jennifer Altemus, Leslie Lee, Jim Lee, Elizabeth Miller, be placed on the curb for pick up Constance Chatfield Taylor, and Betsy Cooley inside the CAG Meetings in containers with tight fitting lids TD Bank vault at the Concerts in the Parks kick off party One of the many wonder- no earlier than 6:30pm the night ful benefits of membership in before pick up (Tuesdays and Fri- sources and hiding places for our association is our monthly mem- days unless there is a holiday). Resi- rodents. If everyone does their part, bership meetings. We host these events dents who put their trash on the curb the problem can get MUCH better. at different venues around Georgetown in plastic bags are breaking the law and invite speakers to talk on a topic and, more importantly, inviting rats Food Trucks of interest. It’s a terrific opportunity to into the community. The Department With all the work we are putting meet new neighbors and old friends in of Public Works can and will issue into rat abatement we worry about interesting spaces around the Village citations to residents who do not put added litter on the streets. So when and maybe learn something. their trash in cans with tight fitting DCRA asked for comments on their lids. If you do not have a proper new regulations on mobile food ven- Last month the Ritz-Carlton hosted trash can you can call 311 to have dors, CAG weighed in. We stressed us in their gorgeous event space (for- one delivered to your house. that the food trucks need to take any merly the Fahrenheit Restaurant). trash generated with them when they Expert consultant and fellow George- The city has also been working leave. We suggested an 18-month pilot towner, Debbie Weil, talked about the with the Georgetown Business program for the new regulations computer and Smartphone uses that Improvement District on eighteen which we feel is crucial so we can are transforming our lives. She trouble areas, mostly alleys. The busi- revisit the issue and see how things are explained how you can use your com- nesses have hired one central extermi- going. And finally, we asked for severe puter to access the best local informa- nator, Western Pest Services. With just fines for parking too long in a residen- tion (the Georgetown Metropolitan the one contractor, efforts are coordi- tial zone. We didn’t ask that the trucks and Georgetown Dish) and how you nated so rats don’t just move from one be restricted from residential streets can “talk” with your neighbors on spot to another. I highly recommend because we haven’t seen a problem so CAG’s electronic bulletin board - that residents consider using Western far and we like them coming to things www.GeorgetownForum.com. for their homes. Residents having like the kids’ baseball games. problems are also encouraged to give I’m excited for April 17 to hear group consent to the Department of As the Concerts in the Parks Carl Colby talk about his movie on Health rodent control program to “Whodunit?” Kick Off party at TD his father, William Colby, at the exterminate on private property. Bank was winding down the Ball or Georgetown Library. Then in May Nothing food truck pulled into the the Dumbarton House will host our Other actions you can take to mit- parking lot and gave all the guests a annual awards ceremony. Hope you igate the problem include picking up delicious meatball nightcap to round can make these, too. your dog droppings and cleaning up out the evening. Really fun idea - and leaves and debris that offer rodent REALLY good meatballs! Our —Jennifer Altemus harborage. We must eliminate food thoughts are that the trucks go to 2 A PRIL 2 0 1 2 / G EORGETOWN C ITIZENS Aspects of Georgetown Treats and Treasures ecently this column featured People: Kristin at the UPS Store on in. Kids break dancing at the Water- — perhaps one should say N Street. She is unfailingly patient, front Park. The labyrinth there, it Rgave in to — venting and kind and helpful. Ditto Ozra at the challenges you to find the right path, kvetching. This was, of course, just a New York Cleaners on P Street, kind of a metaphor for life? temporary sinking spell, and will be another one of nature’s noblewomen. corrected right now. There are many Barry at Morgan’s Pharmacy. He is The echoing domes at the drop treasures in our lives here, some amusing, unboring and helpful, a solid dead gorgeous little museum at Dum- obvious, some hidden. plus in our community. Bob at the barton Oaks. That’s what domes do, Safeway, that man is a cheerful saint. they echo. The museum itself — don’t When the spacecraft from Pluto overlook it — it lifts us up and takes lands in Georgetown and the small Good things: Baked and Wired — us out of our petty little concerns in green people with pointy ears come it’s just what you want in your neigh- the best possible way. Speaking of the out and want to know what’s going borhood, it is local, well patronized, past, there is Sands of Time on P at on here, tell them. Treats and treas- has personality. Then there is Mr. Lee 30th, it sells antiquities that also give ures, right here, right now. Here are and his everything store on the corner us the long view, we who often seem some useful nuggets of information of N Street and 35th.
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