Manhuntibooks, 2002 - 301 sidor The 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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... records . A nurse fished out a folder , glanced at the cover and then angrily said , “ I don't find this a bit funny . Who are you ? " Barcella insisted that he was who he said he was and pro- duced his driver's license . The nurse ...
... records . A nurse fished out a folder , glanced at the cover and then angrily said , “ I don't find this a bit funny . Who are you ? " Barcella insisted that he was who he said he was and pro- duced his driver's license . The nurse ...
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... records , which contained no mention of Keiser's birth in the hospital , to say nothing of the fact that since 1850 every birth in New York City has had to be registered , and Keiser's wasn't listed in the city's record either . Like ...
... records , which contained no mention of Keiser's birth in the hospital , to say nothing of the fact that since 1850 every birth in New York City has had to be registered , and Keiser's wasn't listed in the city's record either . Like ...
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... records on Keiser . A search of dead files did reflect some intelligence work between 1947 and 1955 in Europe and the Middle East . The trouble was that records for the period weren't all that complete . The Immigration and ...
... records on Keiser . A search of dead files did reflect some intelligence work between 1947 and 1955 in Europe and the Middle East . The trouble was that records for the period weren't all that complete . The Immigration and ...
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