Edwin P. Wilson, The Spy Who Lived It Up, Dies At 84 -- New York Times
Part spy, part tycoon, Edwin P. Wilson lived large.
He claimed to own 100 corporations in the United States and Europe, many of them real and many of them shells. He had an apartment in Geneva; a hunting lodge in England; a seaside villa in Tripoli, Libya; a town house in Washington; and real estate in North Carolina, Lebanon and Mexico. He entertained congressmen, generals and Central Intelligence Agency bigwigs at his 2,338-acre estate in Northern Virginia.
He showered minks on his mistress, whom he called “Wonder Woman.” He owned three private planes and bragged that he knew flight attendants on the Concorde by name.
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Update: Former CIA operative Edwin Wilson dies at 84 -- Houston Chronicle/AP
My Comment: Talk about rogue agents .... who get acquitted.
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