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New CIA workplace assault case emerges as spy agency shields extent of sexual misconduct in ranks
AP ^ | 11 Sept 2024 | y JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN

Posted on 09/12/2024 11:53:12 PM PDT by blueplum

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — At an impromptu party in the office to celebrate his 50th birthday, a veteran CIA officer got drunk, reached up a colleague’s skirt and forcibly kissed her...

An Associated Press investigation found Donald Asquith’s alleged assault last year happened just days after the CIA promised to crack down on sexual misconduct in its ranks.... A recent 648-page internal watchdog report that found systemic shortcomings in the CIA’s handling of such complaints was classified as “secret,” shielded as a potential threat to national security....

When asked why the watchdog report was classified, keeping secret an accounting of the problem and case histories, CIA said that decision was made by its inspector general...

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: cia; ciascum; dirtyspies; donaldasquith; sexualharassment; slushfunds
Said Barbara Gray, a former CIA officer..."“What culture is CIA nurturing when it promotes some of its most egregious offenders?”

Indeed.

1 posted on 09/12/2024 11:53:12 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Oh no. You got the wrong idea sweetie. This isn’t me sexually assaulting you. This is me training you for your next honey pot operation.


2 posted on 09/12/2024 11:55:48 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: blueplum

BTTT


3 posted on 09/12/2024 11:57:41 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

It wouldn’t surprise me if some nerd tried to use that defense. The honey pot defense.


4 posted on 09/13/2024 12:31:07 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: blueplum

Can we be sure it was a biological man assaulting a biological woman?


5 posted on 09/13/2024 12:53:54 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: blueplum

Dang Donald. Say it ain’t so.

Own up to it. Make amends, and get on with your life. One indiscretion doesn’t define you. Use this to help other men.


6 posted on 09/13/2024 12:59:26 AM PDT by Salvavida
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To: blueplum

It is illegal to classify something just to hide misdoings.


7 posted on 09/13/2024 1:03:07 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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shielded as a potential threat to national security....


Where have I heard that before?


8 posted on 09/13/2024 1:18:25 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (In a world of parrots and lemmings, be a watchdog.)
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To: blueplum

Such a nuanced case. I think the government should study this for a year, spend millions of dollars on attorneys, etc. before making any decisions about how to handle this. That would be prudent use of tax dollars, right?


9 posted on 09/13/2024 3:32:23 AM PDT by Tall Wall Texan
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

The Company culture.


10 posted on 09/13/2024 3:46:51 AM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect )
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To: blueplum

When you read “Charlie Wilson’s War”, you get the idea that inappropriate sex between agents, secretarial staff and inside the whole agency, was rampant.


11 posted on 09/13/2024 5:05:59 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: sauropod

yet they do it all the time and are never prosecuted for doing it.


12 posted on 09/13/2024 5:43:01 AM PDT by paltz
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This is so nothing compared with their myriad catastrophic failures (e.g., 9/11).

Not to sell them short, they spend their time, when not sexually abusing their colleages or ignoring real threats to the US, or cultivating the next mass shooters, surveilling and working out on innocent Americans.

I don't really care if they do this kind of stuff to each other. They are in no way on my side. Why should I care?

13 posted on 09/13/2024 5:49:09 AM PDT by caddie
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To: blueplum

CIA said that decision was made by its inspector general.

Isn’t that where the problem started?.


14 posted on 09/13/2024 7:27:21 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: blueplum

Weak drinkers, aka bad drunks, just the kind of guys you can trust to keep secrets and maintain identity facades and that isn’t only for field agents.


15 posted on 09/13/2024 7:32:13 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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The Swamp thrives on sexual blackmail, usually it involves children being raped by the “movers and shakers” in their putrid Swamp world.

Ever heard of North Fox Island in Michigan ?

Millionaire buys an island.
They build a airstrip and cabins on the island

Children are brought there and raped by “ movers and shakers” in the auto industry, all while being filmed.

Gee, where have I heard this before ? This happened in the 70’s

Here’s another one

The Franklin Scandal , in Nebraska This happened in the 80’s

Kids raped
Sex tapes used to blackmail politicians
Sex tapes traded like baseball cards.

This woman had her pussy grabbed ? Comes with the territory hun, you work for perverts .

16 posted on 09/13/2024 7:48:04 AM PDT by OldHarbor (strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-c)
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A dept without ethics is without morals too???


17 posted on 09/13/2024 8:18:17 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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