Kevin Patrick Mulcahy

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Kevin Mulcahy
BornAugust 27, 1942
Brockton, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 25, 1982 (aged 40)
Virginia
Buried
Calvary Cemetery, Brockton, Massachusetts
Branch
Battles / wars Cold War

Kevin Mulcahy (August 27, 1942 - October 25, 1982) was an American intelligence officer and member of the Central Intelligence Agency who was the first whistleblower against Edwin P. Wilson and Frank Terpil. [1] [2] Shortly before he was scheduled to testify against Wilson and Terpil, he died of possible pneumonia in a cabin in the Shenandoah woods after refusing federal witness protection. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Former Green Beret Luke Thompson told the press: "Immediately I knew that he was killed to keep from testifying before the trial that's coming up in Houston." [7] [8]

Mulcahy's autopsy was inconclusive, and failed to reveal the cause of his death. [9]

The last doctor to treat Mulcahy did not believe that he died of natural causes. [10]

Mulcahy became obsessed with the case of Wilson and Terpil to the point where he began investigating the case himself against the wishes of federal prosecutors - which alleged that they were selling arms and munitions to the government of Libya and Muammar Gaddafi, as well as the Irish Republican Army and other terror organizations. [11]

Mulcahy's father, Donald V. Mulcahy, and four of his siblings were all members of the CIA. [11]

Mulcahy was the second witness against Wilson and Terpil to die, with Rafael Villaverde mysteriously disappearing in the Gulf of Mexico not long before Mulcahy's death. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "A former Green Beret who worked for the CIA... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  2. ↑ Magnuson, Ed (1981-06-29). "Trafficking in Terror for Libya". TIME. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  3. ↑ TIME (1982-11-08). "The Spy Who Stayed in the Cold". TIME. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  4. ↑ Engel, Margaret (October 29, 1982). "Ex-CIA Man Found Dead Had Agency Papers in His Suitcases". Washington Post.
  5. ↑ "EX-CIA AGENT AND INFORMER MULCAHY IS FOUND DEAD AT VA. MOUNTAIN CABIN | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  6. ↑ Katz, Gregory (October 28, 1982). "Mulcahy autopsy inconclusive; tests for poison sought" (PDF). USA Today and CIA.
  7. ↑ Sullivan, Mike (October 28, 1982). "Weeks needed to learn cause of ex-agent's death" (PDF). CIA and Washington Times.
  8. ↑ "Radio TV Reports" (PDF). CIA. October 26, 1982.
  9. ↑ "Radio Tv Reports (2)" (PDF). CIA. October 28, 1982.
  10. ↑ "The last doctor known to treat former CIA analyst... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  11. 1 2 Taubman, Phillip (November 1, 1982). "FOR KEVIN, A WAY OF LIFE, AND DEATH". New York Times.
  12. ↑ "Kevin Mulcahy; Wilson and Terpil". The Des Moines Register. 1982-10-27. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-09-12.


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