William W. Turner

William W. Turner was an American writer and former FBI agent.
Turner was born on 14 April 1927 in Buffalo, New York. During World War 2 he served in the US Navy and later studied chemistry at Canisius College.
Turner was an FBI agent from 1951 to 1961, specializing in counter-espionage and major crime cases. Over the years he became increasingly critical of J. Edgar Hoover's management of the FBI. Afterwards he began writing articles and books critical of the FBI which drew their ire. When Turner appeared on Joe Pyne's talk show in 1968, the FBI provided background information on Turner to Pyne in an attempt to discredit him. Hoover himself, in an internal memo, wrote of Turner "It's a shame we can't nail this jackal".
He was on the staff of Ramparts magazine. Turner was critical of official explanations of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He sat on the Committee to Investigate Assassinations and aided Jim Garrison in his investigation into the assassination.