RECORDS SHOW WILS MILLIONS ON C.I.A.

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• Publication Date: November 8, 1981
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NEW YORK TIMES
8 NOVEM1352 1981
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Previous articles gave, reported on ? ?
Wilmsn's recniiimen"frica wad Records Show Wils
mechanics from the United tats and
Britain to fly and. maintain planes for
sell restricted Antericarr computer.
?technology to ths Soviet Union. his use.
of Army Special Forces troops to train.
terrorists in Libya; evidence that in-'
? V estigaftws say links. him to the az-
- tempted murder of aLibyan student iri!'
? Colorado and charges that acoinpony
he contrdled bribed a Federal
;77te House Select Committee on Intel-
ligence and the Justice Peparnmatt:..
are investigating the matter,'
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'the Libyan Air Form his .attempt to . rt
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and was serif!" by hfr,?Gerth.- .
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thee and interneves with dozens of cur- career AVOWS as prtrucapessosn
ran and former associates, shows that covert operations and business sal*
_ . -!Theethic of:intelligence," Mr.
? TianservirOte, "b tir get the job done in
, ? WASHINGTONA . , Edvrir4 spited local laws.";IFL . ??
Wilson used the ? and coniaits iiAttlbe Central Intelligence Alteact
? he developrd asatrintelligenceirgeni staals7 sPathia. the Benetal
assemble a rnuftimillbakiollar hat mid that he b? laPlathIS Weal
empire, accord** former
nteesnres to control** ?arrions of
and financial recnortsit ? yldnalirwholeave the ageincy: Mr. Spot
. An American agint, for more thee Zdyitinant refUses ruciaawMiq!???n the SP!!!ti
years, Mr. Wilson iftrowaving in Ripsaw ttispbcoecSES in mi.
? oil, a itgitive from an indictment char* Ionia My* bavegonermanswered.
Ing him with illegal dealings in explo= . The date of Mr. Wilson's reentry
sires. He works for the-Government of pivate life is recorded in
? Libya, training terrorist" and recruiting Peaulanal nka as APIS 1978. But
? Western pilots and mechanics, accord
ing toUnited States officials. -
; He has made a profession of covert
operations: From 1955 to 1978 he worked
? for the Central Intelligence Agency and
Office of Naval Intelligence, often with
distinction, and became:11111Ni at con-
ducting clandestine commercial Sen.,
tures for those agencies. ,
For the last five years be has coithi-
_ ue.c1 to practice, as a civilian, the busi-
Less or Intelligence:and eoYeigt apeat,
tons; often for pnfrieirdly
and 1191Eally at large pervonalprofit.V.5:44
Recoras show that Mn Wilson's linen-
cial assets increased enermouebtwhile,
ifras still in thetovernment and that
theynow total many millions of dollart
. Many Government employees, froia
generals to lawyers, leave public suit.
;Ice every year and Wm their orperi,
easms into private profit. But Mr.. Wil-.
case is speciaL He is wasting for
,p4artries hostile to the United States,
?employing Ms training as a spy, tweed.:
tattoos have shown. ? ?... ? - ? -1
For Government cdficlale.
illustrate:la growingproblenz: Many in-
telligence and military employee:I:leave
,the Government and enter civilian life
ci skills that are not marketable Or
?isre illegal in the United States but are in-
4114rand abroad; There in, the officiate
tbe temptation fir thee' agent! and:
ievricamen to Put their_ experience to
Nvitk.for foreign mare in a way that *
tri* in the best interest Of the United
his transidan from public to private
weathered. ? ? ? ? ,
? CsedzaengGevermnent Linke
Specifically, the-examination shows
dteatIthityla: ?
!As a Government a Mr. Wilson
? participated in operations that involved
.artnegtongennll and the intimidation of
adversaries. He also learned to set up
dummy corpora:dens and !octet. bank
an
'qFor least two years after he left
the Government, Mr. Wilson used
of the same consulting companies
private deals that earlier served as
cover forhis intelligence operations.
? fiAs prhate businessman, Mr.
30 maintained* business relstlebegPs
with key American and foreign intern
gen and military officials he had
worked withwhile in the C.I.A. ?
!Intim last five years Mr. Wilson has
usedurzwftting organizations for his
eonaltenefit, just as be once used them
forintelligencepurpcees. _
dlDrawing on his C.I.A. experience,
-Mr. Wilson created a clandestine inter
natiorial network of dozems of
floes, agents, hideouts, post office
. and secret bank accounts in the United
? Stater, GreatBritain, Belgium,
land,Malta and Libya.
. The blurring of Mr. Wilson's publia
-and. priyate-activides is of immedia
cowers to Federal prosecutors.
? have already charged Mr. Winn
.crespiring Vet former C.J.A.
ties sinndbusausly. According to a
resume he prepared for himself and in-
telligence officials, Mr. Wilson, while In
the CIA., ran oeveral coarg=stiz:
served as. cover for official
. ? Millialdre as U.S. Aide ;
'At the estme time he was ruirdng teal.
news designed as cover for intelligence
:activities; Mr. Wilson Managed to be.
a'weeithy man. According to
credit records, helloed Ms net worth at
$209,000 in 1957 and-$2 million in April
1971, the month he lett Governante
service: It is net clear preodsebr hpw he
made so much money, but Government
officials amnia that he beneftted from
the commercial activities he ran for tire
Intelligence agendas. Intelligence ofti-
dals say thatnowedays its audits would
preventinadi abuses.
-Tcday Mr: Wilson's real estate hold-
ings in northern Virginia alone are
worth more than It irminn, and his net
worth. including Wenn Europe; Swiss
beak ? aCcremts ? and corporate stock
amcinntstomanymillions more. -?
Harty in Mr. Wilepn's career as a cov-
ert operative, he became an officer in
the Seafarers International Milan. He
described the union in his rtsume as an
"unwitting U.K. labor- organization. to
mazition.? ?
-In his capacity as a union official, Mr.
Milan helped coordinate various C.ILA.
? at:doilies against Chrba,In the
Bay at Piss brasher. Ile mippllSd.
.osipsam=sdamowith arms and pat
Us, the the Cabe holm Union onichis
said than* aspobsonualist;tboy
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