William Francis Buckley
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William Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928 – June 3, 1985) was a U.S. Army officer and intelligence agency operative. He was kidnapped by the Islamist group Hezbollah on March 16, 1984, while serving as CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, and was subject to torture and interrogation at the hands of his captors for 444 days; the man overseeing his torture was Imad Mugniyah[[Citing sources citation needed]], a former leader of Hezbollah. Buckley was eventually smuggled to Tehran via Damascus aboard an Iranian plane. He died in captivity in Beirut after illness and torture. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
CIA Director William H. Webster eulogized Buckley, saying, "Bill's success in collecting information in situations of incredible danger was exceptional, even remarkable."
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