WILSON DENIES TRAINING TERRORISTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000606560096-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 96
• Publication Date: August 27, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ABC World News Tonight
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DAME August 27, 1981 7:00 PM
Wilson Denies Training Terrorists
Washington, DC
FRANK REYNOLDS: Yesterday it was reported that a
former Special Forces sergeant, a Green Beret, had been re-
cruited to go to Libya in 1977 and train terrorists.
That man, Luke Thompson, who was on active duty at
the time, says he thought it-was a CIA operation to infiltrate
Libyan Intelligence. The CIA denies the agency was officially
involved, though.it admits two of its agents were fired after
it was learned they were working with the alieged mastermind
of the, deal, Edwin Wilson, himse.if a former CIA agent.
ABC News has located Wilson. And for that story we
go to our foreign desk in London and Peter Jennings.
PETER JENNINGS: Ed Wi.ison..is an acknowledged fugitive
from US justice. He's been indicted for conspiring to commit
murder on behalf of the Libyans, being the Libyan government's
agent without registering as such with the Justice Department,
and illegally exporting explosives to Libya from the United
States.
Wilson lives in Libya where he says he continues to
legally conduct his import-export business. He agreed to be
interviewed by ABC News. But, saying he didn't wish to be
harassed by the public, he insisted he not be visibly indenti-
fiable as he looks today.. He sat down in Tripoli with ABC's
Greg Dobbs.
GREG DOBBS: Ed Wilson does admit he has worked as a
private contractor for the Libyan government, but says he is
not guilty of the federal charges. He does acknowledge, as
middleman for a commercial Swiss firm he prefers not to name,
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