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1. www.cia.gov › stories › storyExtraordinary Fidelity: John Downey and Richard Fecteau

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   He was a free man after more than two decades of imprisonment. Communist Chinese forces captured Downey and fellow CIA paramilitary officer Richard Fecteau when their plane was shot down in Manchuria in November 1952. Both men were riding in a C-47 operated by a CIA proprietary airline, Civil Air Transport, on an operation to retrieve an agent.

2. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-26342465Alleged IRA Hyde Park bomber goes free after 'no trial ... - BBC

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   Feb 25, 2014 · Alleged IRA Hyde Park bomber goes free after 'no trial' guarantee. 25 February 2014. John Downey cited the assurance he had received in 2007. A man accused of killing four soldiers in the 1982 IRA ...

3. m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk › news › northern-irelandIRA Hyde Park bombing suspect John Downey walks free after ...

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   Feb 26, 2014 · John Downey, a prime suspect for the murders of four soldiers by the IRA in the 1982 Hyde Park bombing, walked free from court on Tuesday after an extraordinary blunder by police and officials gave him effective immunity from prosecution.

4. www.bbc.com › news › uk-northern-ireland-46108239John Downey: Hyde Park bomb accused appears at court - BBC

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   Nov 6, 2018 · John Downey appeared at court in Dublin on Tuesday. A man due to be charged with the murder of two soldiers in Northern Ireland in 1972 has appeared at court in Dublin. John Downey, 66, who was ...

5. www.independent.co.uk › news › ukJohn Downey profile: A ‘supporter of the peace process’ – and

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   John Downey first came to the notice of the authorities in 1971 (Getty Images) For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to ...

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6. www.bbc.com › news › uk-northern-ireland-50690035John Downey: Hyde Park bomb case hears from survivor

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   Dec 11, 2019 · John Downey received an assurance he would not face prosecution "[Mr Downey] has no answer to it," added the lawyer. The attack was described as "precision murder".

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   Was John Downey a free man?

   • He was a free man after more than two decades of imprisonment. Communist Chinese forces captured Downey and fellow CIA paramilitary officer Richard Fecteau when their plane was shot down in Manchuria in November 1952. Both men were riding in a C-47 operated by a CIA proprietary airline, Civil Air Transport, on an operation to retrieve an agent.

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   Who was John Downey?

   • On March 12, 1973, CIA officer John Downey walked across the Lo-Wu Bridge from the People’s Republic of China into the then-British Crown colony of Hong Kong. He was a free man after more than two decades of imprisonment.

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   Did Downey get a life sentence for espionage?

   • Presuming there were no survivors, the U.S. government was surprised when Beijing announced Downey’s life sentence for espionage; Fecteau received 20 years. The announcement came in 1954, two years after the Civil Air Transport plane was shot down.

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   What happened to Richard Fecteau and John Downey?

   • Soon after Nixon publicly admitted Downey’s CIA affiliation, his life sentence was commuted and he was released. Fecteau and Downey have focused their lives on the future, not dwelling on the past. Fecteau returned to his alma mater, Boston University, as assistant athletic director; he retired in 1989.

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   How did Fecteau and Downey get paid?

   • Throughout their imprisonment, Fecteau and Downey received their CIA pay and benefits in escrow, as well as periodic promotions. The CIA invested their savings and assisted their families. When negotiations commenced in 1971, leading to President Richard M. Nixon’s opening of China, Fecteau was released.

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   How did Downey & Fecteau extract a man?

   • The team planned to extract the agent with a device that involved a hook snagging a line between two upright poles on the ground. The agent was connected to the line by a harness. Once the hook caught the line, and the agent was jerked off the ground, Downey and Fecteau were to winch the man into the aircraft.

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8. www.standard.co.uk › news › crimeIRA member John Downey was responsible for Hyde Park bombing ...

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   Dec 18, 2019 · Relatives of the 1982 Hyde Park bombing victims today won a 37-year battle for justice as the High Court ruled IRA member John Downey was responsible for the terrorist atrocity.