After Vietnam, Colby became director of central intelligence and during his tenure, under intense pressure from the United States Congress and the media, adopted a policy of relative openness about U.S. intelligence activities to the Senate Church Committee and House Pike Committee.
Nakon Vijetnama, Colby postaje direktor CIA-e i tijekom toga perioda, pod intenzivnim pritiskom američkog kongresa i medija, primjenjuje politiku relativne otvorenosti oko američkih obavještajnih aktivnosti glede senatskog Crkvenog Komiteta i Kuće Komiteta Pike.