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Liberia: Paper Retracts Taylor/CIA Link Story

The U.S. paper that printed the story about a purported link between former president Charles Taylor and the U.S. CIA has printed a retraction, following threats of a lawsuit.
Liberian Observer

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor at the UN-backed court for Sierra Leone.

  • Liberia:   U.S. Paper Retracts Story on Taylor CIA Link

    New Dawn, 26 January 2012

    The Boston Globe, a New York Times Company newspaper, has admitted that its report quoting US Defense officials as confirming that ex-President Charles Taylor worked as a hired US… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Charles Taylor Worked for CIA - Report

    RNW Africa, 19 January 2012

    Liberia's Charles Taylor, the first African head of state to be prosecuted for war crimes by an international tribunal, used to work for the CIA, the Boston Globe newspaper… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Taylor Lied Under Oath?

    New Dawn, 20 January 2012

    Revelations earlier this week by the US Government confirming that former President Charles Taylor worked as one of its hired spy agents suggest that the ex-president may have lied… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Charles Taylor and the CIA

    African Arguments, 20 January 2012

    Two very significant and interconnected events happened this week in Liberia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inaugurated for a second term with a subdued opposition attending… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Taylor Threatens Lawsuit Against U.S. Paper Over CIA Claim

    New Dawn, 23 January 2012

    Former President Charles Taylor has written the Boston Globe, threatening legal actions for what he termed as publication of falsehoods in relations to reports that he worked as a… Read more »

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