Colby Mugged by Four Men Near His Washington Home
Former CIA Director William Colby described Wednesday how he was “knocked down and given a great big shiner” by four muggers near his home last week.
The 67-year-old former intelligence chief, who as a saboteur-spy parachuted into German-occupied Norway in World War II, said he was walking back to his Georgetown home last Friday night after escorting a friend to a main street to catch a taxi when he was attacked by four men.
“One of the guys knocked me down,” Colby said. “My glasses blew off and I got a great big shiner on the right eye. One of them had a gun--an automatic.
“But I had left my wallet and stuff at home and all they got was my wristwatch,” he said.
Colby said it was his first mugging experience. “Yes, I reported it to the police,” he said.
Colby was U.S. intelligence chief from 1973 to 1976 and an active agent in the Office of Strategic Services, predecessor to the CIA, during World War II.
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