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| − | + | '''Systems Services International''' (S.S.I.) was am illegal weapons dealing holding company. | |
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| − | Systems Services Inc. at one point held a 49 percent interest in [[ | + | It was founded with a loan from [[Edwin Wilson]].<ref name=wp/> S.S.I., incorporated in [[Delaware]] in September [[1978]], was founded to sell to security systems and to handle the procurement and sale of military hardware, according to a company official. <ReF>https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/06/us/ex-cia-agent-s-associates-run-arms-export-concerns.html</ref> |
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| + | It combined to form the equally shady [[Egyptian American Transport and Services Corp.]] ([[EATSCO]]).<ref>https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/01/16/A-company-owned-by-former-CIA-official-Thomas-Clines/8927443077200/</ref> | ||
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| + | Systems Services Inc. at one point held a 49 percent interest in [[EATSCO]], which pleaded guilty in July 1983 to collecting $8 million in illegal profits from overbilling the government for the shipment of tanks, jet fighters, radar devices and other U.S. military items to [[Egypt]]. | ||
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| + | [[Thomas Clines]] received about $2.5 million from the $8 million in inflated claims, according to court documents, but court officials agreed not to pursue claims further after Clines plead guilty and paid a $10,000 fine. Clines' [[lawyer]], [[John Ellsworth Stein]] stated "We're very pleased with the outcome".<ref name=wp>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/01/17/firm-headed-by-ex-cia-official-pleads-guilty-in-arms-sale-case/7e12a93d-7f41-4e4d-b221-78d89262ba55/</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:48, 2 March 2024
 Systems Services International  | |
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| Formation | 1978 |
| Founder | Thomas Clines |
| Type | commercial |
| Membership | • Thomas G. Clines • Edwin Wilson • Ted Shackley |
| Illegal weapons dealing holding company. | |
See also EATSCO
Systems Services International (S.S.I.) was am illegal weapons dealing holding company.
Actvities
It was founded with a loan from Edwin Wilson.[1] S.S.I., incorporated in Delaware in September 1978, was founded to sell to security systems and to handle the procurement and sale of military hardware, according to a company official. [2]
It combined to form the equally shady Egyptian American Transport and Services Corp. (EATSCO).[3]
Systems Services Inc. at one point held a 49 percent interest in EATSCO, which pleaded guilty in July 1983 to collecting $8 million in illegal profits from overbilling the government for the shipment of tanks, jet fighters, radar devices and other U.S. military items to Egypt.
Thomas Clines received about $2.5 million from the $8 million in inflated claims, according to court documents, but court officials agreed not to pursue claims further after Clines plead guilty and paid a $10,000 fine. Clines' lawyer, John Ellsworth Stein stated "We're very pleased with the outcome".[1]
Known members
All 2 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
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| Theodore Shackley | A key member of the US deep state, involved in a huge list of deep events from the JFK assassination, Iran Contra, Arms for Libya and possibly also 9-11 |
| Edwin P. Wilson | CIA, Operation 40 member, US deep state arms dealer caught doing selling a mammoth consignment of C-4 explosive to Libya. He was thrown under a bus by the CIA's plausible deniability policy, but eventually exposed the CIA lie and overturned his conviction after 20 years in jail. |
References
- ↑ a b https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/01/17/firm-headed-by-ex-cia-official-pleads-guilty-in-arms-sale-case/7e12a93d-7f41-4e4d-b221-78d89262ba55/
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/06/us/ex-cia-agent-s-associates-run-arms-export-concerns.html
- ↑ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/01/16/A-company-owned-by-former-CIA-official-Thomas-Clines/8927443077200/
