Through this entrance, every knew agent so i officer takes their oath of office here in this lobby in front of 107 of our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. Established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tom
Recently neither man could have known the importance of the meeting at the time. In the 1850s, Pinkertons National Detective Agency would lay the foundation for what would become the most famous Detective Agency. Pinkertops agency focused on criminal matters and was often employed by government agencies. In putting together what would be a talented team of detectives, Timothy Webster who was recommend to pinkerton by a member of the new York City Police force was one of these men. Though he did not join the pinkerton Detective Agency, he may have decided to accept the offer after continuing harassment webster moved his family to illinois and went on to become one of the agencys best detectives. Though quiets and reserved personally, when on a case, webster used an outgoing personally to get information he needed. The skilled detective worked on such interesting cases as tracking the forger uncovering a plot to destroy the rock Island Bridge and investigating grave robberies in chicago.
Our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. Established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tomb of the unknown soldiers. Its our nations symbol of vij lengs, the eagle. Everybody here at the cia works for the pre
I am kelly hancock, the manager of programs here at the museum of the confederacy. We do a number of different talks throughout the year. We have a Brown Bag Lunch series that takes place on the third friday of the month. Keep those options in mind. I am here to introduce to you corey recko. His first book, murder on the white sands, was published in 2007 and won an award for the best book on wild west history. While working on the book, he began to research pinkertons National Detective agency. This led to the discovery of Timothy Webster. Timothy webster is the subject of the new book a spy for the union the life and execution of Timothy Webster. Without further ado, i will welcome corey recko. [applause] thank you, everyone. I would like to thank everyone here at the museum for setting this up. And allowing me to speak here. I am author of a spy for the union the life and execution of Timothy Webster. I would like to read the introduction to you which gives you an overview of his li