Edward Wilson's (Matt Damon's) name is close to that of real-life CIA agent Edwin Wilson, who was involved in one of the most controversial episodes in the agency's history. An ex-Marine and Korean War veteran, the real Ed Wilson left the CIA and was subsequently jailed for supplying arms and ex-Green Beret mercenaries as trainers to Libyan terrorist training camps. Wilson always claimed he was acting on CIA orders and gathering intelligence on their behalf, later being exonerated and freed when released documents proved the CIA had lied about severing all links with Wilson before the events occurred. A former CIA officer, David Adler, was the lawyer who got Wilson's conviction overturned.

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