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DALLAS — After spending nearly 23 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, Thomas Clifford McGowan on Wednesday heard the words that set him free.

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McGowan, 49, won his freedom after a DNA test earlier this month proved what he had always professed: that he did not rape a Dallas-area woman in 1985 and then burglarize her apartment. He was convicted of both crimes in separate trials in 1985 and 1986 and sentenced to life each time. The primary evidence against him turned out to be eyewitness misidentification by the rape victim.

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^ Shalev, Noam. "The hunt for Black September", BBC, January 24, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2006.
^ This title was an invention of later writers, and was most likely not used by the Mossad itself.[1]
^ Munich: Operation Bayonet, BBC, January 16, 2006. Accessed August 17, 2006.
^ There is much debate as to how Black September, Fatah, the PFLP, and the PLO were connected. Based on books by Abu Iyad, who headed Black September, and Abu Daoud, who helped plan Munich, Black September was an offshoot of Fatah, yet it also included members from various other factions. At that time Fatah was in control of the PLO [2] [3].
^ Veterans of the Mossad speaking anonymously have said that there was no reason to suspend the campaign until 1993, when the Oslo Accords were signed [4].
^ Reeve, Simon. One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God". New York City: Arcade Publishing, 2006 p. 159 ISBN 1-5597-0813-1
^ Reeve, 152-4.
^ Reeve, 158.
^ Klein, 127-8.
^ Morris, 381.
^ Reeve states that intelligence sources put the number at 20 (Reeve, 162), while Ostrovsky puts it at 35 (Ostrovsky, 179).
^ Countering Terrorism: The Israeli Response To The 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre And The Development Of Independence Covert Action Teams, M.A. thesis by Alexander B. Calahan at Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 1995.
^ Quoted by Britain's Channel 4 [5]
^ Reeve, 161.
^ Reeve, 162.
^ Ostrovsky, 179.
^ Klein, 107 & 203.
^ Klein, 133
^ "Fatal Error", Time, August 6, 1973. Accessed June 23, 2006.
^ Countering Terrorism: The Israeli Response To The 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre And The Development Of Independence Covert Action Teams, M.A. thesis by Alexander B. Calahan at Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 1995.
^ Nasr, Kameel B. Arab and Israeli Terrorism: The Causes and Effects of Political Violence, 1936-1993. McFarland & Company, 1996. ISBN 0-7864-0280-6 p. 68
^ Reeve, 165.
^ Reeve, 168.
^ ^a ^b
^ Munich: Mossad’s revenge. Channel 4, 2006, video recording.
^ Reeve, 184.
^ Reeve, 185.
^ Klein, 219.
^ Ostrovsky, 206.
^ Reeve, 199.
^ Black, 276-7.
^ Reeve, 203.
^ ^a ^b "Death of a Terrorist", Time, February 5, 1979. Accessed June 19, 2006.
^ Reeve, 188.
^ ^a ^b Beyer, Lisa. "The Myths and Reality of Munich", Time, December 12, 2005. Accessed June 20, 2006.
^ One Day in September. dir. Kevin MacDonald, Sony Pictures presents an Arthur Cohn production, 1999, video recording.
^ ^a ^b Ostrovsky, 180.
^ Reeve, 167.
^ Morris, 381.
^ Klein, 116.
^ Reeve, 215.
^ Wolff, Alexander. "No one has stood trial for the Munich massacre, but Israel's revenge operation brought lethal justice", Sports Illustrated, August 26, 2002. Accessed June 20, 2006.
^ MacKinnon, Ian. "Spielberg's take on Olympics massacre called into question", 12 December 2005. Accessed June 20, 2006.
^ MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base. Accessed August 18, 2006.
^ And Now, Mail-a-Death, Time, October 2, 1972. Accessed September 5, 2006.
^ MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base. Accessed August 18, 2006.
^ Reeve, 171-3.
^ Reeve, 173-4.
^ Richardson, USMC Major Rodney C. Yom Kippur War: Grand Deception Or Intelligence Blunder, 1991.
^ Ostrovsky, 205.
^ MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base. Accessed August 18, 2006.
^ Klein, 170.
^ ^a ^b Klein, 169.
^ Reeve, 208.
^ "Deadly Battle of the Spooks", Time, February 12, 1973. Accessed September 19, 2006.
^ "Munich operation 'mastermind' gives his account", Monsters and Critics News, February 16, 2006. Accessed September 5, 2006.
^ In the Spotlight: Abu Nidal Organization (ANO), Center for Defense Information Terrorism Project, October 9, 2002. Accessed September 5, 2006.
^ Melman, Yossi. "Preventive Measures", Haaretz, February 17, 2006. Accessed September 18, 2006.
^ ^a ^b Reeve, 186.
^ Quoted by Britain's Channel 4 [6]
^ Ostrovsky, 197.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jonas, George. "The Spielberg massacre", Maclean's, January 7, 2006. Accessed August 19, 2006.
^ Melman, Yossi. "Spielberg could be on the wrong track ", Haaretz, July 6, 2005. Accessed June 20, 2006.
^ Black, Ian and MacAskil, Ewen. "Munich: Mossad breaks cover", The Guardian, 26 January 2006. Accessed June 20, 2006.

References

Black, Ian. Morris, Benny. Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services. New York: Grove Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8021-1159-9
Klein, Aaron J. Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response. New York: Random House, Inc., 2005. ISBN 1-4000-6427-9
Morris, Benny. Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict 1881-1999. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1999. ISBN 0-679-42120-3
Ostrovsky, Victor. By Way of Deception-The making and unmaking of a Mossad Officer. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. ISBN 0-9717595-0-2
Reeve, Simon. One Day in September. New York: Arcade Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-55970-547-7

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