Talk:Terry Waite

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or if there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]
	This article is supported by the Arts and Entertainment work group.

	Anglicanism Portal Terry Waite is part of WikiProject Anglicanism, an attempt to better organize information in articles related to Anglicanism and the Anglican Communion. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Start	This article has been rated as start-class on the quality scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as mid-importance on the importance scale.
Article Grading: The article has been rated for quality and/or importance but has no comments yet. If appropriate, please review the article and then leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need.
WikiProject Anglicanism To-do:

I am very interesed in the source for the story that Terry Waite had a listening device on him when negotiating, and whether he was aware of it or not.

Any reliable sources? The article here seems to support this contention: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-2101966,00.html

specfically the quote : "That would not necessarily have led to my captivity in Beirut had it not been for political duplicity [of others] where trust between me and the kidnappers was broken."

Hi..

Dont realy know if this is relevant to your question but on just finishing the book "taken on trust" as written by terry waite during his time in captivity, he makes no mention of this and also seems a man of quite high moral standards who would try his best to keep out of the political side of things. i honestly do not beleive he would have worn a wire with prior knowledge. this is demonstrated in the book at several points.. eg.. he refuses to take a package from a hostage he is visiting so as not to ruin the trust of their kidnappers if found.

I hope this clears it up a bit for you..

Ps; i can not recommend taken on trust enough. (if you have not previously read it.

I have only just come across this entry and was not aware that I featured in the enclycopedia. To answer the question, I did not at anytime carry a listening device. Had I done so I certainly would not be alive today. You will note that I have amended the entry under my name. I did not return to negotiate the Iran Contra deal. I was totally unaware of this matter and had I known of it would certainly have had nothing to do with it whatsoever. Terry Waite.