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Seems this has costed him a lot, wonder if its worth including in the article

He is reported to be among those who have returned to the US, leaving behind a villa in Italy which he bought with his life savings. [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.220.231.106 (talk • contribs)

That's what they always say: "I didn't know they were going rape her", "I thought he had enough air back there in the trunk. Anyway I was just the driver, etc." I'm afraid it's most likely going to be necessary to appropriate that villa, in order to provide restitution for the victims, you know. It's kind of hard to feel sorry this guy for his villa, being as he has another one in Honduras, as well as a house in Florida... and if he's willing to appear before a truth and reconciliation commission, perhaps he can look forward to a general amensty, and one day, the privelege of entering the EU on a normal tourist visa. That's a lot more than many innocent people caught up in these shenanigans that Lady and his cohorts willingly abided by (even if some of them, in the backs of their minds, also "objected" to them) can look forward to. Whiskey Pete 23:18, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure the villa has since been listed on a government expense reimbursement form. Epstein's Mother (talk) 03:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The photo

While the photo is (apparently) real, the "wanted poster" is clearly not. Seldon is not wanted in the United States, and therefore listing U.S. statutes is ridiculous. This is not a document from a law enforcement agency, it is a fabricated graphic used by a highly POV news source to illustrate a highly POV article. As I said in my edit summary, I altered the wiki-link so it went directly to the "wanted poster" which in my opinion is bad enough, but that article is so rancorously, hysterically POV that I think it's bad faith wiki'ing to link to it as if it's anything even resembling an unbiased factual source. It's not even in the ballpark. Ford MF 05:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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In the early-1980s, he joined the CIA, and later in the decade, Lady ran the Contra-support operations from the Honduran military base at Ojo de Agua, 30 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa.^{[citation needed]} He continued to work in Central America until his transfer to Milan in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Balance

Do we know anything about him other than the abduction case? Most of this article is a rehash of the article about the imam rendition, is he just a person known for one event? Fences&Windows 04:03, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss the merge proposal here: Talk:Imam rapito affair. Fences&Windows 04:17, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]