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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... taken home . Then he threw in another detail . The guard had given him a matchbook with his address written on the inside . There wasn't any mention of a matchbook in the original police report . Nor was one included in the list of ...
... taken home . Then he threw in another detail . The guard had given him a matchbook with his address written on the inside . There wasn't any mention of a matchbook in the original police report . Nor was one included in the list of ...
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... taken by his engaging manner . Wadsworth had ar- rived early . About twenty minutes later , a black - haired man rushed in and said , " You Wadsworth ? " The agent , taken aback , said , “ I thought you had one leg , " and Mulcahy ...
... taken by his engaging manner . Wadsworth had ar- rived early . About twenty minutes later , a black - haired man rushed in and said , " You Wadsworth ? " The agent , taken aback , said , “ I thought you had one leg , " and Mulcahy ...
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... taken the wrong one . The conductor arranged to have the engineer radio ahead for a taxi at the next stop . He gave them back their fare . " We are to blame , " he said . " There should be a better sign . " The airport in Madrid was ...
... taken the wrong one . The conductor arranged to have the engineer radio ahead for a taxi at the next stop . He gave them back their fare . " We are to blame , " he said . " There should be a better sign . " The airport in Madrid was ...
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