217:. According to the Task Force's report published in January 1993, "LeWinter... stated under oath that his 'October Surprise' allegations had been a complete fabrication", including an acknowledgement that he was not a military intelligence official. The Task Force concluded its section on LeWinter: "In the final analysis the Task Force found LeWinter's recantation under oath to be far more credible, internally consistent, and logical than his myriad prior unsworn stories."
175:. The theory held that in late 1980, Ronald Reagan's election advisers had made an arrangement with the Iranian government. The arrangement called for the Iranians to delay the release of American diplomats held captive in Iran until after the November presidential election, in order to help Reagan defeat the incumbent President Jimmy Carter. Eventually several books were published claiming that there was indeed a conspiracy, including books by writers
104:. He came to the United States in 1939, as part of an effort to rescue Jewish children from the dangerous conditions of Vienna following Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria. His parents, Louis and Regina LeWinter, were able to join him in New York later that year, but a number of his uncles, aunts, and cousins remained in Europe and perished in Nazi concentration camps.
194:, LeWinter was introduced to writer Barbara Honegger in September 1988. LeWinter presented himself as a CIA operative, and eventually claimed to have provided security for several meetings in Paris where, according to various people claiming to be witnesses, negotiations to delay the diplomats' release took place.
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When LeWinter produced the documents at the meeting in Vienna, he was arrested, but at least two others fled. The documents were judged forgeries and LeWinter was convicted of fraud. He served over two and a half years in prison, and was released in
December, 2000. Karl Koecher, a friend of LeWinter,
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When LeWinter demanded $ US4 million for the documents and insisted on meeting outside the United States, Al-Fayed suspected fraud and notified the FBI, the CIA, and police in Vienna, where the meeting was to take place. Fleer and McNamara wanted to receive the documents in the United States, but the
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In 1984, LeWinter was arrested by German authorities for his part in a scheme to smuggle chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine into the United States. He was extradited to the United States and sentenced to six years in prison. Released after two years, LeWinter returned to
Germany, where he
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report. In response to a query about whether there were records of LeWinter's CIA employment, the report states that "FBI and CIA files indicate that LeWinter is a well-known fabricator with an interest in intelligence and law enforcement activities who frequently makes claims related to sensational
116:. According to one source, he became interested in poetry while attending college in the New York area, and came to know a number of well-known literary figures, including novelist Saul Bellow. In the late 1950s, LeWinter moved to California, where he completed his B.A. at the
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Germany, where he taught psychology to American military personnel.
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had assassinated the two. Negotiations for the documents took place in the United States and were conducted between Al-Fayed's security head John
Macnamara and an American lawyer and a journalist.
148:. LeWinter's publications from this period include a book on Shakespeare, several academic articles on poetry, and his own poetry, which appeared in a number of well-known literary magazines.
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had booked the room in
Bamburg at which LeWinter was staying, fled prior to any meeting between LeWinter and McNamara, and, later, denied that he had any involvement in the scheme.
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or unusual news events. The records that the Review Board examined did not show that Oswald LeWinter was ever employed by or worked for the CIA in any capacity."
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