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Edwin Paul Wilson (May 3, 1928 – September 10, 2012) was a former CIA and Office of Naval Intelligence officer who was convicted in 1983 of illegally selling weapons to Libya. It was later found that the United States Department of Justice had relied on a false affidavit when prosecuting Wilson; as a result, Wilson's convictions were overturned in 2003 and he was freed the following year.
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- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00552r000605840015-4: DIRTY TRICKS, DIRTY HANDS?Text · 1982
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00552r000606560077-6: RECORDS: TAFOYA SAID CIA PAID FOR 'ROUGH UP'Text · 1981
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00552r000706890001-2: PAIR TESTIFIES WILSON OFFERED $1 MILLION FOR ASSASSINATIONText · 1983
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00806r000200820037-9: WILSON HEADED SCAM TO STEAL IRANIAN FUNDSText · 1981
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00552r000606560033-4: CIA HAD 'CONTACT' WITH EX-AGENT LINKED TO LIBYAText · 1981
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