the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed the Christic suit, after finding it to be frivolous and ordered the Institute to pay $955,000 in attorneys fees and $79,500 in court costs. The ruling was subsequently upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. Death Shackley died from cancer at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 75 years old. References Bibliography Theodore Shackley (1981). The Third Option: An American View of Counter-insurgency Operations. McGraw-Hill. . Theodore Shackley and Richard A. Finney (1992). Spymaster: My life in the CIA. Potomac Books. . David Corn (1994). Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley and the CIA's Crusades. . External links Historical Militaria obituary for Ted Shackley Blond Ghost by David Corn (extensive review of David Corn's Shackley biography) The Edwin Wilson Affair Opinion on Conviction (PDF) US District Judges opinion on the Wilson Conviction The CIA Lied About Edwin Wilson. Edwin Wilson: America's Man In The Iron Mask. United States intervention in Chile Covert Action In Chile 1963 - 1973. 1927 births 2002 deaths CIA personnel of the Vietnam War United States Army officers American spies Iran–Contra affair People of the Central Intelligence Agency American people of Polish descent Recipients of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal People of the Laotian Civil War