Charles Taylor 'worked' for CIA in Liberia Charles Taylor was a CIA informant in the 1980s Continue
Charles Taylor 'worked' for CIA in Liberia Charles Taylor was a CIA informant in the 1980s
US authorities say former Liberian leader Charles Taylor worked for its intelligence agencies, including the CIA, the Boston Globe reports.
The revelation comes in response to a Freedom of Information request by the newspaper.
A Globe reporter told the BBC this is the first official confirmation of long-held reports of a relationship between US intelligence and Mr Taylor.
Mr Taylor is awaiting a verdict on his trial for alleged war crimes.
Rumours of CIA ties were fuelled in July 2009 when Mr Taylor himself told his trial, at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in the Hague, that US agents had helped him escape from a maximum security prison in Boston in 1985.
more:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16627628
Former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor had US spy agency ties
http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-17/metro/30632769_1_courtenay-griffiths-charles-taylor-war-crimes
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