Thomas G. Clines - After The CIA

After The CIA

In 1978, Clines left the CIA and joined several other ex-CIA agents, including Rafael Quintero, Ted Shackley and Ricardo Chavez in establishing API Distributors.

In 1979, Clines established International Research and Trade Limited in Bermuda. Later that year, he worked with Hussein Salem to provide Egypt with U.S. military hardware. He made "illicit millions" through EATSCO (the Egyptian American Transport and Services Corporation), but in prosecuting Edwin P. Wilson the U.S. government made a plea bargain that enabled him to escape prosecution, though he had to pay an addition $100,000 to settle civil claims.