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| − | Briggs produced a mendacious affidavit, claiming to have searched all the CIA's files for mention of [[Edwin P. Wilson]]'s activities after 1971, and stating that there was only one reference, in 1972. In fact this was very far from the truth, as | + | As a vital part of the [[Arms For Libya]] trial, Briggs produced a mendacious affidavit, claiming to have searched all the CIA's files for mention of [[Edwin P. Wilson]]'s activities after 1971, and stating that there was only one reference, in 1972. In fact this was very far from the truth, as Wilson had had at least formal 80 meetings with CIA staff, and numerous less formal engagements. |
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Charles A. Briggs was the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency in the early 1980s.
Official narrative
No wikipedia page as of July 2015.
"Briggs affidavit"
As a vital part of the Arms For Libya trial, Briggs produced a mendacious affidavit, claiming to have searched all the CIA's files for mention of Edwin P. Wilson's activities after 1971, and stating that there was only one reference, in 1972. In fact this was very far from the truth, as Wilson had had at least formal 80 meetings with CIA staff, and numerous less formal engagements.
'Too bad'
When the deception was exposed, around 20 years later, he was ruled immune from prosecution by judge Lee Rosenthal. As Edwin Wilson's lawyer, Steve Berman, summarised it "There were lies told before, during and after his trial, and the judge [Lee Rosenthal] basically said, 'too bad.'"[1]
