Former Liberian Dictator Charles Taylor Worked for CIA
January 22nd, 2012Via: Boston Herald:
When Charles G. Taylor tied bed sheets together to escape from a second-floor window at the Plymouth House of Correction on Sept. 15, 1985, he was more than a fugitive trying to avoid extradition. He was a sought-after source for American intelligence.
After a quarter-century of silence, the US government has confirmed what has long been rumored: Taylor, who would become president of Liberia and the first African leader tried for war crimes, worked with US spy agencies during his rise as one of the world’s most notorious dictators.
The disclosure on the former president comes in response to a request filed by the Globe six years ago under the Freedom of Information Act. The Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s spy arm, confirmed its agents and CIA agents worked with Taylor beginning in the early 1980s.
Research Credit: ottilie
Aww say it ain’t so!!! “Brother” Pat Robertson’s blood diamond smuggling partner???
My mistake. It was an illegal gold mining operation according to many articles on the web.