Abdul Majid Giaka

[close] Abdul Majid Giaka (b, 1960) was an agent of the Lybian intelligence service. In 1984, he joined the Jamahariya Security Organisation (“JSO”), later named the External Security Organisation. His initial employment was in the vehicle maintenance department for about eighteen months. In December 1985 he was appointed as assistant to the station manager of Libyan Arab Airlines (LAA) at Luqa airport in Malta, a post which he alleged was normally filled by a member of the JSO.

In August 1988 Giaka contacted the US embassy in Malta, and indicated a willingness to provide them with information. He told them that he disapproved of Libyan involvement in terrorism. Giaka said at that stage that he wanted to go to the US, but he agreed to stay in position at Luqa airport to give information to the Americans about terrorist activities. Thereafter he had regular meetings at about monthly intervals with his CIA handlers. Eventually during 1990 he returned to Libya when the Americans stopped making payments to him. In July 1991, however, he finally left Libya for Malta from where he was taken on board a US navy ship. Over a period of about three weeks he was questioned by members of the US Justice Department and provided certain information to them. Since then he has been in America on a witness protection scheme.