Barcella joined the District of Columbia Attorney 's office in 1971 , shortly after graduating from law school . Barcella handled a number of high-profile terrorism cases , and in 2010 '' The Washington Post '' said that he became in effect " the Justice Department 's de facto lead terrorism prosecutor . " These cases included the Letelier assassination ( 1976 ) , the twin bombings in Beirut in 1983 of a US barracks and the US embassy , and the 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking . His best known case , however , was his pursuit of Edwin P. Wilson in 1982 , where Barcella " staged a covert business deal that was actually a sting operation and lured Wilson into flying from Libya to the Dominican Republic " , from where Wilson was extradited
Achille Lauro hijacking
Achille Lauro hijacking
Lawrence Barcella