C.I.A. Report Finds Concerns With Ties to New York Police Source: New York Times Four Central Intelligence Agency officers were embedded with the New York Police Department in the decade after Sept. 11, 2001, including one official who helped conduct surveillance operations in the United States, according to a newly disclosed C.I.A. inspector general’s report. That officer believed there were “no limitations” on his activities, the report said, because he was on an unpaid leave of absence, and thus exempt from the prohibition against domestic spying by members of the C.I.A. Another embedded C.I.A. analyst — who was on its payroll — said he was given “unfiltered” police reports that included information unrelated to foreign intelligence, the C.I.A. report said. The once-classified review, completed by the C.I.A. inspector general in December 2011, found that the four agency analysts — more than had previously been known — were assigned at various times to “provide direct assistance” to the local police. The report also raised a series of concerns about the relationship between the two organizations. Read more: nytimes/2013/06/27/nyregion/cia-sees-concerns-on-ties-to-new-york-police.html report: https://documentcloud.org/documents/717864-cia-nypd-ig.html
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:01:17 +0000
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