William Webster, Who Led FBI And CIA Through Crises, Dies At 101

By T. Rees Shapiro

William H. Webster, a former federal judge who became the only person to head both the FBI and CIA and who is credited with restoring trust to the two sullied agencies after the domestic-spying and Iran-contra scandals of the 1970s and 1980s, has died. He was 101.

His family announced the death in a statement but did not provide additional details.

Mr. Webster served as FBI director from 1978 to 1987 and as the director of central intelligence from 1987 to 1991. He was universally addressed as Judge Webster, reflecting his years on the federal bench during the 1970s and his reputation for integrity. Inside the White House, officials once referred to him as “Mr. Clean.”

A Republican, Mr. Webster was appointed to the judiciary by President Richard M. Nixon, but he acquired a reputation for objectivity on partisan issues and was courted by presidents from both parties for high-profile posts.

“The liberals who like me think I’m liberal; the conservatives who like me say I’m conservative,” Mr. Webster once said.

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