Employees sue CIA for 'abuse of power' (Illegal Tactics And Cover-Up)

London Independent ^ | December 4, 2001 | Rupert Cornwell

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Employees sue CIA for 'abuse of power'

By Rupert Cornwell

04 December 2001

A group of CIA officers has brought a class-action suit against the agency, alleging abuse of power against employees – including the cover-up of mistakes leading to the accidental US bombing of China's embassy in Belgrade in 1999, for which several lower-ranking employees were wrongly blamed.

The case, filed by 15 past and present mid-to-upper level CIA employees, claims that the spy agency has used illegal tactics to prevent them pursuing legitimate grievances against the CIA, including altering and destroying documents, and eavesdropping on privileged discussions with their lawyers.

Roy Krieger, a lawyer for the 15, said: "What the agency is trying to hide is not its intelligence sources but its own dirty laundry about internal disputes, kangaroo disciplinary procedures, discrimination and who is to blame for blunders."

Among those blunders was the mistaken bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia during the Kosovo war. One plaintiff alleges that he and other mid- and low-ranking officers were falsely blamed to cover up a mistake made by a senior officer. The former were disciplined, while the senior officer received only a verbal reprimand, followed by a secret, backdated promotion. He now works at the White House, the lawsuit alleges.

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Pray for America.

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[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

"The former were disciplined, while the senior officer received only a verbal reprimand, followed by a secret, backdated promotion. He now works at the White House, the lawsuit alleges."

TS, they ALWAYS award those who do well with promotions. Nothing different here. Peace and love, George.

[coloradan]

Bombing the embassy was no accident.

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Lots of things the CIA does are allows to be done are indeed not by accident.

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Langley is pleased

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C.I.A OWN SITE-----ALLEGATIONS OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CIA AND THE CONTRAS IN COCAINE TRAFFICKING TO THE UNITED STATES

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put up your cia stuff

[missileboy]

Manual for training the contras for terrorism, revealed by Edgar Chamorro, former head of the FDN. The manual is entitled Psychological Operations in Guerilla Warfare.

http://www.webcom.com/pinknoiz/covert/tacayantoc.html

A good book - Out of Control by Leslie Cockburn (available used on amazon.com marketplace)

[missileboy]

Another website

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA%20Hits/CIA_GreatestHits.htmlte

about many of the CIA's escapades

[Plummz]

Anyone who believes the Chinese embassy was bombed by accident, I've got a bridge to sell them . . .

[Native American Female Vet]

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[Pericles]

It seems some lower level employees were sacrificed to maintain the cover, or maybe they were also fired by accident?

[eureka!]

Re#13 Yep. The "accident" excuse was just that. Slobo was using it, as well as the one here in the states. It was a good shot--though I loathed the fraud of the "Crisis in Kosovo", aka Monica's War....

[hgro]

I say, who the Hell cares that the Chinese embassy got bombed. The problem in the CIA and every other government agency is the bureaucracy that exists and is sucking the like out of our country. Lets hope that George W. realizes that too and gets started on what will be a looong drawn out process. I'm sure that Clinton and his evil wife are behind many of the problems in the CIA and all of the other govenment agencies.

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I say, who the Hell cares that the Chinese embassy got bombed. The problem in the CIA and every other government agency is the bureaucracy that exists and is sucking the life out of our country. Lets hope that George W. realizes that too and gets started on what will be a looong drawn out process. I'm sure that Clinton and his evil wife are behind many of the problems in the CIA and all of the other govenment agencies.

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We need to keep bumping this one.

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