3 INDICTED IN TERRORIST AID SCHEME

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100200047-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2007
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: April 26, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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vo' former employes,' of the;.
;Central Intelligence. Agency have
,' beers indictecl.for consptracy,:along-
.;with the president o f a .California ,
.:.based-.' explosiye .firm, i11 conger
fion with the operation of'a seeret 1
training school = for terrorists'.fi
nanced by the-Llbyaa government
'.Frank E. Terpil, 0, of 1IcLean,,were _
$I. million. fee.,
Federal prosecutors contended at _a
;court. hearing yesterday that -the-_al-i'
3twc rr?en prof ded. to?tbe I ibyan? gov
"an unsuccessful attempt in-1975'to.ov
leader:: Col:.:l:luammar Qaddafi the
Rprosecutors
Iaw :-enforcement authoritieselieve
,,'that Wi?sor alretired .CIA operative
ing'firm,-?is-.now: in Libya'or;Europe.
',.The' U.S.,Attorney's office here.obtained
aa_bench" warrant for his arrest=shortly
eetarned'the,'10-count indictment
yesterday -afternoon-at_the-US. Secret
vine; where he was .attending- a .1aie.
;;:day?,ordered =.Terpil.held' or-_'--a $100;,;
:s:000_cash bond. ~ ;__
THE WASHINGTON POST
26 April 1980
ass of Pomona, Calif.; is, scheduled ,to
appear. voluntarily. in the .U.S. District
Court here Friday foe atraignnient on
the 'conspiracy charge. : ??
Brower is also a consultant oh explo-.
sives to the joint Mouse-Senate. Office
of Technical Assistance (OTA), which-
is working on antiterrorism legislation,
jederalsoutces said yesterday. ,~.
The indictment charges that W'il'son;
Terpil and Brower conspired to ship
a variety of high-powered explosives,
explosive':. booster electric blasting
caps acid other hazardous materials tb';
Libya in connection with the terrorist
trafriing'project
As part of'the conspiracy, the' iii
dictrrient alleges the men 'recruited
American citizens, some of whom were
former military weapons ekperts,- to
construct explosive devices in Libya
and teach others the assembly process J
The indictrtieitt bays the three-men
claimed.they were working on a mine
rfleld"ciearing'project In Llby