ManhuntThe incredible pursuit of a CIA agent turned terrorist by New York Times best-selling author Peter Maas. Edwin P. Wilson was the Great Gatsby of the spook world, the rogue CIA agent who had already begun to amass a fortune while still in U.S intelligence. His lavish estate outside Washington, D.C. was a favoured gathering place for senators and congressmen, admirals and generals, for key intelligence officers. In addition, Wilson was also raking in millions in the service of the godfather of world-wide terrorism - Libya's Colonel Muamar el-Qaddafi. Wilson seemed above the law. Then, US attorney Larry Barcella discovered Wilson's sinister machinations, and in a chase that would go on for nearly four years and over three continents, Barcella began a manhunt that would not end until Wilson was brought to justice. In MANHUNT, Peter Maas went behind the headlines, gaining access to the secret documentation of Wilson's intelligence career, classified federal investigative reports and sealed court records. And in the course of his exhaustive research into the murky bypaths of espionage and deception, he turned over rocks that official Washington would have much preferred remained in place |
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It was what happened when the carpenter came to him a day later , while he was
still lying in his bunk trying to recover , and asked why he had gotten into the fight
. After Wilson told him , the carpenter said , “ Gee , he wasn ' t bothering me that ...
It was what happened when the carpenter came to him a day later , while he was
still lying in his bunk trying to recover , and asked why he had gotten into the fight
. After Wilson told him , the carpenter said , “ Gee , he wasn ' t bothering me that ...
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Three years later , after Sirica had presided over the Watergate trials , Barcella
happened to bump into him in a courthouse corridor . “ Well , young man , ” the
old judge said , “ that was a pretty smart move not going over there . ” Instead of
the ...
Three years later , after Sirica had presided over the Watergate trials , Barcella
happened to bump into him in a courthouse corridor . “ Well , young man , ” the
old judge said , “ that was a pretty smart move not going over there . ” Instead of
the ...
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they had warned him that if anything happened to Mulcahy , “ they would come
looking for him ” — was melodramatic fantasy , but it made for vivid reading .
There was an ominous note that Mulcahy had begun “ research for a book on his
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they had warned him that if anything happened to Mulcahy , “ they would come
looking for him ” — was melodramatic fantasy , but it made for vivid reading .
There was an ominous note that Mulcahy had begun “ research for a book on his
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