Matthew Kevin Gannon (August 11, 1954 – December 21, 1988) was a

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officer who was killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie,

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in 1988. Gannon was an Arabist who spent much of his career serving in the

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. He married Susan Twetten, daughter of Thomas Twetten (later Deputy Director of Operations at CIA). Matthew and Susan met while her father was Matthew's immediate supervisor. He is buried at

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and honored with a star on the

CIA Memorial Wall The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It honors CIA employees who died in the line of service.Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi ( ar, عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي, ; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Li ...

was convicted of 270 counts of murder in connection with the bombing and was sentenced to life imprisonment; his co-accused,

Lamin Khalifah Fhimah Lamin Khalifah Fhimah ( ar, الأمين خليفة فحيمة, ''al-Amīn Khalīfah Faḥīmah''; born 4 April 1956) is a former station manager for Libyan Arab Airlines at Luqa Airport, Malta. On 31 January 2001, he was acquitted of 270 cou ...

, was acquitted. In May 2012, the CIA officially confirmed that Gannon was a CIA officer.

Diplomatic postings

* Yemen 1979 * Jordan 1981 * Syria 1984-1987 * Lebanon 1988

Bibliography

* Bainerman, J. The Crimes of a President. 1992 (205-6) * Chasey, W. Pan Am 103: The Lockerbie Cover Up. 1995 (350) * Covert Action Information Bulletin 1990-#34 (42) * Geheim Magazine (Germany) 1988-#9 (33) * Goddard, D. Coleman,L. Trail of the Octopus. 1993 (83, 85, 143) * Gup, T. The Book of Honor. 2000 (311) * Intelligence Newsletter (Paris) 1989-03-29 (1) * Intelligence Newsletter (Paris) 1989-07-19 (5) * Nair, K. Devil and His Dart. 1986 (119) * Perry, M. Eclipse. 1992 (161-4, 167-70, 176-7) * Thomas, K. Keith,J. The Octopus. 1996 (93) * Time 1992-04-27 (31) * Washington Times 1988-12-26 (A8) * West, N. Games of Intelligence. 1990 (12)

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Remembering CIA's Heroes: Matthew Kevin Gannon
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