Posted on 12/04/2001 11:26:03 AM PST by t-shirt
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.
Everybody in Asia knew it was no accident. CCP paid US to bomb the embassy so CCP could create an incident to divert people's attention on FA-LUNG KUNG unrest. Besides, it also created an against the evil US atmosphere. FA-LUNG KUNG is based and supported by the US.
At the same time Clinton was off the hook because people would believe he was no friend of CCP.
With today's technology, bombing of the ambassy was NO accident.
Insulting the intelligence of the U.S. TV viewing public is as difficult as ruining the reputation of a Hollywood Boulevard prostitute.
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