John M. Maury

John M. "Jack" Maury Jr. was an American intelligence officer and diplomat, notable for his extensive service within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the State Department.

Life Maury pursued higher education at the University of Virginia, earning a law degree in 1936. For the next four years, he served as a prosecutor for Albemarle County, Virginia.

From 1940 to 1946, Maury served in the United States Marine Corps.

Maury served as the CIA Station Chief in Athens during the 1967 Greek coup, a period of significant political upheaval. Phillips Talbot, the US ambassador in Athens, disapproved of the military coup which established the "Regime of the Colonels" (1967–1974), complaining that it represented "a rape of democracy"—to which Jack Maury, the CIA chief of station in Athens, answered, "How can you rape a whore?"

From 1968 to 1974, Maury was the CIA's Legislative Counsel, acting as the principal liaison between the agency and the U.S. Congress. Following his tenure at the CIA, Maury was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs from 1974 to 1976. In this role, he continued to engage with legislative matters, facilitating communication between the Department of Defense and Congress.