William Odom, 75, National Security Director, Dies
William E. Odom, a director of the National Security Agency in the Reagan administration who became an early and outspoken opponent of the Iraq war, died last Friday at his vacation home in Lincoln, Vt.. He was 75.
The cause was a heart attack, his family said.
Mr. Odom, who also worked at the National Security Agency under President Jimmy Carter, was once described as a “blue-ribbon hawk” for his opposition to détente with the Soviet Union. His long military and national security career added gravitas to his warnings during the approach to the invasion of Iraq four years ago, when he became one of the first former top military officers to speak out against the war.
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The cause was a heart attack, his family said.
Mr. Odom, who also worked at the National Security Agency under President Jimmy Carter, was once described as a “blue-ribbon hawk” for his opposition to détente with the Soviet Union. His long military and national security career added gravitas to his warnings during the approach to the invasion of Iraq four years ago, when he became one of the first former top military officers to speak out against the war.