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Cold War spy 'Falcon' could be released Friday
Modesto Bee ^ | 3/14/03 | Kim Curtis

Posted on 03/14/2003 8:32:19 AM PST by hoosierskypilot

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:55:59 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Christopher Boyce, whose Cold War spying was immortalized on film in "The Falcon and the Snowman," is ready for release after more than a quarter-century in prison. Boyce is scheduled to be released from federal custody Saturday, but officials said it was likely he would be released on Friday.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: blackvault; christopherboyce; falconandsnowman; langleyva

1 posted on 03/14/2003 8:32:19 AM PST by hoosierskypilot
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To: hoosierskypilot
Is he under three strikes?
2 posted on 03/14/2003 8:35:17 AM PST by bmwcyle (Semper Gumby - Always Flexable)
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To: hoosierskypilot
Hang him.
3 posted on 03/14/2003 8:35:30 AM PST by buccaneer81 (Plus de fromage, s'il vous plait...)
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To: hoosierskypilot
I don't understand why someone like this should EVER be released from prison.
4 posted on 03/14/2003 8:36:58 AM PST by Illbay (Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
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To: Illbay
He was tried and sentenced during the limp-wristed days of the Carter Administration.
5 posted on 03/14/2003 8:39:11 AM PST by Poohbah (Beware the fury of a patient man -- John Dryden)
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To: hoosierskypilot
The real crime was the how the CIA let a 22 year old cokehead intern get to so much classified material.
6 posted on 03/14/2003 8:40:04 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: hoosierskypilot
Boyce made headlines in 1980 when he escaped from federal prison in Lompoc. He was free for 19 months, supporting himself by robbing banks in the Pacific Northwest. He was arrested in Port Angeles, Wash.

Seems like a good candidate for parole.

7 posted on 03/14/2003 8:42:51 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: hoosierskypilot
I hope someone has a nice reception planned for him...

Mike

8 posted on 03/14/2003 8:52:31 AM PST by MichaelP
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To: MichaelP
I hope someone has a nice reception planned for him

It's San Fran. They'll probably give him a fruit basket. Then they'll whisk him to Berkeley for their annual Saddam Hussein award for patriotism.

9 posted on 03/14/2003 9:04:04 AM PST by hoosierskypilot
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
"...supporting himself by robbing banks in the Pacific Northwest. He was arrested in Port Angeles, Wash."

I wondered how he plans to "support" himself in his golden years.
10 posted on 03/14/2003 9:09:15 AM PST by Hegemony Cricket (Those who don't learn from history are destined to repeat it, and repeat it, and ...)
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To: hoosierskypilot
That was a really good movie. Sean Penn's a jackass, but the kid could act.

BTW, over a quarter century for the crimes of a 22-year-old intern seems OK to me. His superiors should have been in jail longer.

But shouldn't he now be going back to jail for robbing banks?

11 posted on 03/14/2003 9:09:59 AM PST by dead
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