Douglas Schlachter
 Douglas Schlachter  (spook) | |
|---|---|
| Perpetrator of | Arms for Libya |
A CIA spook and associate of Edwin Wilson who plead guilty in the Arms for Libya weapons deal. | |
A business associate of Edwin Wilson who in a plea deal decided to plead guilty to two charges in the Arms for Libya case.[1]
Arms for Libya
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Schlachter was indicted in connection with the criminal investigations of former CIA employees Frank Terpil and Edwin Wilson for selling arms to Libya.[2]
The New York Times reported in 1982 that "Mr. Schlachter, according to Federal investigators, is the first person to provide detailed first-hand information linking senior Central Intelligence officials to Mr. Wilson's operations in Libya."[1]
Secord v. Schlachter
Schlachter was then hiding from United States authorities in central Africa and had been threatened by Wilson, then in Libya.
Schlachter told a CBS reporter that Major General Richard Secord had helped Edwin Wilson buy Russian military equipment in Libya, and that Secord had helped Wilson sell military equipment to Iran, including an intelligence ship, and that Secord shared in the profits of those sales with Wilson.
Richard Secord sued Schlachter, won the case, and was awarded $1,000,000 compensatory damages and $1,000,000 punitive damages.[2]
An event carried out
| Event | Location | Description |
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| Arms for Libya | Libya US | Around 20 tonnes of C-4 plastic explosive, training in bomb making, together with thousands of rifles, handguns & other weapons sold by a CIA operative to Muammar Gaddaffi's Libya in the late 1970s - early 1980s. Then "the biggest arms-dealing case in U.S. history", still lacking its own page on Wikipedia as of 2020. |
