Goulden,J. The Death Merchant. 1985
Goulden, Joseph C. The Death Merchant: The Rise and Fall of Edwin P. Wilson.
New York: Bantam Books, 1985. 438 pages.
This book details the activities of Edwin Wilson, from a CIA contract
agent to an arms dealer and terrorist for Libya. While working for the CIA
Wilson became an expert at creating and organizing CIA front companies, most
of which were engaged in the transport of weapons by cargo ships. Wilson was
fired by the CIA in 1971 and began working for the U.S. Navy's secret Task
Force 157, but was fired in 1976 after Bobby Inman pulled the plug on his
budget.
Next the ever-resourceful Wilson used his contacts to begin sales of
arms and C-4 plastique to Libya. His services to Libya later involved a more
direct approach to terrorism when he attempted to have a Libyan dissident
assassinated. Wilson was finally imprisoned for his activities, but argued
at his trial that he was still working for the CIA while engaged in arms
smuggling. (This "CIA defense" was later used by contra supporters and
drug smugglers who felt that their services entitled them to a "get out of
jail free card.") Also featured in this book is ex-CIA officer Frank Terpil
who worked with Wilson in Libya. Terpil, a well known confidant with Middle
East terrorists, had also worked for the infamous Idi Amin of Uganda.
-- Wendell Minnick
ISBN 0-553-25117-1
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- ANDERSON JACK (COLUMNIST) (307-9)
- ANDERSON ROLAND B (216)
- API DISTRIBUTORS INC (155-6)
- AROUNDWORLD SHIPPING INC (156)
- BARCELLA E LAWRENCE (xvi, 151)
- BARNES ROBERTA JEAN (BOBBI) (xv, 157, 163-6, 411)
- BAST RICHARD (309-11)
- BECK KENNETH G (182-3)
- BITTMAN WILLIAM O (153)
- BLOOM EDWARD J (138-43)
- BRILL ANDREW (132)
- BROWER JEROME S (xvi, 98-100, 137-44, 288-9, 411)
- CAMPBELL DONALD E (JUSTICE DEPT) (228)
- CAPPUCCI JOSEPH J (GEN) (27, 320)
- CHAVEZ RICARDO (156)
- CLINES THOMAS G (xv, 15, 109-10, 116, 155-7, 379-80, 411)
- CONKLIN KENNETH E (110, 329)
- CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL INC (28, 66)
- COUGHLIN EDWARD J (160-1, 411)
- CUMMINGS SAMUEL (214)
- CYR PAUL (49-51, 215-6, 411)
- DAMIS JOHN J (103)
- DEAN JAMES CLINTON (219-21, 257-8)
- DONNAY ARMAND (xvi, 165, 249, 290-3, 411)
- DORRITY GEORGE (132)
- DRAKE DANIEL S (354-5)
- DUBBERSTEIN WALDO H (145-50, 378-9)
- DUTCHER JOHN (212)
- DUVAL THOMAS J (25)
- EGYPTIAN-AMERICAN TRANSPORT SERVICE COMPANY (156-7, 343-4)
- GLANZER SEYMOUR (233-4)
- GOULDING PETER R (xv, 162-3, 175-6, 411-2)
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- GRAY ROBERT KEITH (29)
- GREAT CHARLES X (63)
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- HERSH SEYMOUR M (252-3)
- HIJAZZI ABDULLAH (xvi, 90)
- HITCHMAN ROBERT W III (xvi, 179-82)
- HOFI YITZHAK (HACKA) (131)
- INMAN BOBBY RAY (xv, 62-6)
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- LOOMIS PATRY E (85, 154)
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- MCKENZIE BRUCE (282)
- MONSEUR EZZEDINE (xvi)
- MULCAHY DONALD V (83, 352)
- MULCAHY KEVIN PATRICK (xv, 82-9, 110-6, 352-3, 374-6)
- PEDERSON RICHARD (xvi)
- PENNER DEAN (7-8)
- PRECHT HENRY (41-2)
- PROPPER EUGENE M (150-1)
- QADDAFADAM SAYED (xvi, 90-2, 209-11)
- QUINTERO RAFAEL (CHI CHI) (xv, 15-6, 105-10, 412)
- RAFFIO ALEXANDER W (xv, 30, 33-60, 196-208, 412)
- RAUCOLES ROLAND (222)
- RICHARDSON ROBERT C III (27)
- ROCKFORD BRAD (14-5, 18-20, 109)
- SALEM HUSSEIN K.E.I. (157, 343-4)
- SANDS JOSEPH (xvi, 71-2)
- SCHLACHTER DOUGLAS M JR (xv, 48, 57-60, 412)
- SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS INC (96-7)
- SECORD RICHARD V (27, 376-7)
- SECRET ARMY ORGANIZATION (OAS) (221-2)
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- SHARP TOM (BRITAIN) (177)
- SINUSI ABDULLAH (123)
- SLOCOMBE REGINALD (xv, 141, 247-8, 412)
- SNEPP FRANK W (348-9)
- STANFORD TECHNOLOGY (114)
- STEINIGER WOLFGANG (204-5, 412)
- STREETER GLORIA (189-90)
- STREETER STEVE (258-60, 412)
- SWALLOW ROBERT EARL (121)
- SYSTEMS SERVICES INTERNATIONAL (156)
- TAFOYA EUGENE A (xvi, 252-79, 345-9, 412)
- TASK FORCE 157 (24-33)
- TERPIL FRANK EDWARD (xv, 75-89, 159-60, 280-7, 412)
- TESSEYDRE PIERRE (222)
- TOUTUT PHILIPPE (222)
- TURNER STANSFIELD (153-5)
- UNIVERSITY CLUB (20)
- VILLAVERDE RAFAEL (107-9)
- VILLAVERDE RAUL (107-9)
- WADSWORTH RICK (xvi)
- WEISENBURGER WILLIAM (97-8, 154)
- WELLS WILLIAM W (154)
- WESTERN RECRUITMENT INC (184)
- WILSON CHARLES NESBITT (D-TX) (58)
- WILSON DENNIS J (121, 130-1)
- WILSON EDWIN PAUL
- WINTER MICHAEL (222)
- ZACHARIAS ZAK (xvi)
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