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"The Traitor: the Ed Wilson Story"
Nightline investigated the case of Ed Wilson, a former CIA agent, who was sentenced in 1983 to 52 years in federal prison for selling arms and explosives to Libya. Twenty years later he was quietly exonerated and it was brought to light that prosecutors and government witnesses had fabricated evidence against Wilson and lied under oath. Now, three of those men are federal judges and others prominent lawyers in Washington.
Tags: Miscarriage of justice; perjury; CIA; Justice Department
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Suspicion in the Ranks
This is the story of a young man in the army who served as an Islamic chaplain during the time of September 11th. He set out trying to answer questions about Islam, but eventually his superiors became suspicious of him and he got caught up in an international investigation accusing him of treason.
Tags: Muslim; Army; soldier; Guantanamo Bay; Islam; chaplain; treason; espionage; traitor; spy; military; 9/11; September 11th; wrongful charges
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At FBI, a Traitor Helped in Search for Subversives
A joint investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Los Angeles Times reveals that Robert Philip Hanssen, a confessed spy for the Soviet Union in the 1980s, headed up a domestic spying program for the FBI during that same decade."The role -- and historical irony -- of confessed traitor Hanssen has not been reported before..." The Times and CIR broke the story with the help of 2,815 pages of "formerly classified documents recently obtained under a federal Freedom of Information Act request submitted nearly 15 years ago."
Tags: Robert Philip Hanssen; spying; espionage; Soviet Union; FBI; domestic spying; Regan Administration; Bush Administration
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At FBI, A Traitor Helped Search For Subversives
The Center For Investigative Reporting reports on confessed spy Robert Hanssen. After 15 years for a FOIA request to come through, the investigation revealed that Hanssen had supervised a Regan-administration domestic spy program called "Active Measures," which reported on U.S. citizens associated with liberal causes; this was the same type of spying Hanssen did for the Soviets.
Tags: FOIA; FBI; spy; Robert Hanssen; Active Measures
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The Lori Berenson Papers
The Nation tells the story of a 26-year-old American woman who was sentenced to life in prison in Peru for treason. Now documents obtained by the magazine reveal hasty police work and negligent interrogation. Is she innocent or guilty? The question still remains unanswered.
Tags: American spy; traitor; Lori Berenson