Reddit mentions of Casey: The Lives and Secrets of William J. Casey: from the OSS to the CIA

I've got dozens of friends who grew up in this neighborhood. I used to party in houses all around this area, then we'd walk to Politics and Prose or American City Diner for hangover food in the morning (long before Comet came around). This whole thing is so fucking stupid.

I was reading Casey, about Reagan's director of the CIA, last weekend. After Carter and the Church hearings dismantled the CIA due to the insane over reach and corruption that was taking place, William Casey rebuilt it with Reagan's blessing. It tripled(ish) in size in the early 80's to something like 15,000 employees. There's a quote in there somewhere in which Casey says something like, "Now the CIA would be in the top 5% of all corporations in the US, given the budget and number of employees." That's entirely due to GOP policy and GOP politics.

So is it possible that there are a large number of people affiliated with the CIA in one of DC's nicer neighborhoods in the NW quadrant favored by well paid government workers? Sure. Does that have anything to do with Comet Ping Pong? No.