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Article: Judge finds CIA officials guilty of fraud
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has ruled that CIA officials
committed fraud to protect a former covert agent against an
eavesdropping lawsuit and is considering sanctioning as many as six
who have worked at the agency, including former CIA Director George
Tenet.
According to court documents unsealed Monday, U.S. District Judge
Royce Lamberth referred a CIA attorney, Jeffrey Yeates, for
disciplinary action. Lamberth also denied the CIA's renewed efforts
under the Obama administration to keep the case secret because of
what he calls the agency's "diminished credibility" and the "twisted
history" in the case.
The judge also criticized CIA Director Leon Panetta, saying he's
given conflicting ...