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CIA reprimands 6 officials in Deutch probe
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 00:32:38 -0500
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000525/15/cia-deutch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Central Intelligence Agency said Thursday it had reprimanded six former and current senior officials for their role in the investigation of former CIA Director John Deutch accused of mishandling classified information. CIA Deputy Director Gen. John Gordon formally reprimanded in writing three officials, "admonished" in writing two others, and "orally admonished" one current official, the spy agency said in a statement. The CIA had investigated Deutch after discovering highly classified material on his home computers that were also used to connect to the Internet, raising the possibility that an outside hacker could have accessed the information. There has been no evidence that that occurred. Deutch was stripped of his security clearances and has apologized. The CIA inspector general concluded that the agency could have been more aggressive in its investigation of the case but that no one had intentionally impeded it. "The principal shortcoming in the Deutch matter was that normal agency procedures for handling and reporting a serious security incident were not followed," the CIA statement said. [A little more information on the Deutch probe can be found at: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGIDD0WFP8C.html -WK] ISN is sponsored by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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