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Roberta Barnes person

also: Roberta, Bobby, Barnes

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Edwin Wilsonperson · 7William Colbyperson · 6Tom Clinesperson · 5Richard M. Bissell Jr.person · 4Libyacountry · 3United Statescountry · 3Richard Secordperson · 2Don Lowersperson · 2Paul Steerperson · 1Soviet Unioncountry · 1Switzerlandcountry · 1Shirley Brillperson · 1Directorate of Operationsorganization · 1Erich von dem Bach-Zelewskiperson · 1Genevacountry · 1

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Edwin Wilson recruited Roberta Barnes host_asserted
“But before long, despite what Wilson had done for him, Lowers was actually working for Klein. It was Lowers who had originally hired Barnes as a bookkeeper. Barnes was essentially Wilson's paymaster. She passed cash to Klein's and Paul Stee…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17 @ 13:44
Roberta Barnes paid William Colby host_asserted
“But before long, despite what Wilson had done for him, Lowers was actually working for Klein. It was Lowers who had originally hired Barnes as a bookkeeper. Barnes was essentially Wilson's paymaster. She passed cash to Klein's and Paul Stee…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17 @ 13:44
Roberta Barnes paid Paul Steer host_asserted
“But before long, despite what Wilson had done for him, Lowers was actually working for Klein. It was Lowers who had originally hired Barnes as a bookkeeper. Barnes was essentially Wilson's paymaster. She passed cash to Klein's and Paul Stee…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17 @ 13:44

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Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 12:17 It was in the fall of 1977 that Wilson's top assistant, Roberta, who went by Bobby, excuse me, Barnes, met Clines for the first time. On a Saturday morning with her son, Mark, she opened the door to Wilson's Washington townhouse with her ke…
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 12:47 I'm Pierre and it's okay. We are checking for bugs. With Klein's was Chi-Chi Cuatero. And rather than checking for bugs, they were actually placing bugs inside Wilson's offices. Klein suggested that Barnes call Don Lowers, L-O-W-E-R-S, who …
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 13:44 But before long, despite what Wilson had done for him, Lowers was actually working for Klein. It was Lowers who had originally hired Barnes as a bookkeeper. Barnes was essentially Wilson's paymaster. She passed cash to Klein's and Paul Stee…
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 14:14 to Wilson's townhouse, to parking lots. After a few months, Wilson decided that he could trust Barnes and made her his office manager. By 1978, she was his mistress as well. As Wilson's girlfriend, Barnes found herself socializing with Clim…
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 14:44 aircraft that Wilson had bought for his youth. Secord's code name, assigned by Kline, was the Little General. Like Shirley Brill, Barnes witnessed Wilson preparing intelligence reports for Shackley and Kline on activities in Libya, and she …
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 15:13 Although Clines had put in for his retirement and Shackley was no longer in the Directorate of Operations, they continued to task Wilson as if everything was still normal. They also sent taskings to Slatter and Quintero for information abou…
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 15:42 Soviet weapons that were inside of Libya. Barnes would later testify that she flew with Schachter to Geneva and waited with him when Swiss customs delayed him to examine the shopping list for Soviet weapons. She then saw him give Wilson the…