WILSON CASE PRESENTS TEST FOR 'GRAYMAIL' PROCEDURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP09S00048R000100020011-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: November 1, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Case, Preeji1'est
For Grayrnil' Pro~eaures
BY DAVID BERREBY
Natiunal La-Journal St1jfl'R,p,,,,
THE UPCOMING trials of former CIA agent Edwin P. Wilson for his al-
leged criminal activities on behalf of the Libyan government will present
the first major test of the federal government's procedures for protecting
itself against "graymall" - the threat that a defendant will reveal national
security Information at trial.
Mr. Wilson's lawyer, Herald Price Fahringer of New York, says he will
challenge the Classified Information Procedures Act of 1980 on Sixth
Amendment grounds. The law requires defense attorneys to disclose to the
trial judge any classified material they plan to use in a case.
Accompanying regulations issued by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
outline complex security precautions that the courts may take, Including
authorization to obtain, "by any lawful means, Information about the
trustworthiness of persons associated with the defense [for presentation) to
the court for the framing'of an appropriate protective order."
"It's the only Instance in the law where you have to get the judge's ap-
proval of your defense," Mr. Fahringer says. "The Issue is whether our
national security is so Important that you can't defend yourself."
Mr. Wilson was seized last June after a ruse led him away from his
refuge in Libya into the hands of federal agents. A 20-year veteran of the
Central Intelligence Agency, he is charged with smuggling arms, training
terrorists and conspiring to kill on behalf of the Libyan government.
Trials to Begin Soon
His first trial, on charges of smuggling arms with two co-defendants, Is
scheduled to begin Oct. 27 In U.S. District Court in Houston. U.S. v. Wilson,
11-82-139. A second trial, on a gun-running Indictment, is slated for Nov. 15
in U.B. District Court in Alexandria, Va. U.S. v. Wilson, 82-212-A. Still
another trial - In which Mr. Wilson, fugitive former CIA operative Frank
Terpil and a third defendant are charged with arms violations and con-
spiracy to murder a Libyan dissident -- is scheduled to begin Nov. 22 in
federal court in Washington, D.C. U.S. v. Wilson, 80-200. (Mr. Fahringer,
who protests that the trial dates are too close together, is trying to change
their scheduling.)
Under the provisions of the classified procedures act, judges at the
Wilson trials will be required to review any classified information Mr.
Fahringer proposed to introduce, and decide either to allow It In, suppress
it or circumvent the problem by ordering stipulations or a government-
prepared summary of the secret material.
Under the regulations, all defense filings will be sealed and materials
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