Ex-CIA officer accused of sexually abusing dozens of women pleads guilty to federal charges

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Ex-CIA officer accused of sexually abusing dozens of women pleads guilty to federal charges

BY FU TING, JIM MUSTIAN AND JOSHUA GOODMAN
Updated 8:29 PM EST, November 7, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least two dozen women during various overseas postings pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington to federal sex abuse charges that could land him behind bars for up to 30 years.

Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women, including many in which he can be seen opening their eyelids, groping or straddling them, prosecutors say. The images date to 2006 and track much of Raymond’s career, with victims in Mexico, Peru and other countries.

The case was just the latest embarrassment for the CIA, which in recent months has seen a reckoning over its often secretive and antiquated handling of sexual misconduct claims within the spy agency.

The Associated Press found at least two-dozen women have come forward to tell authorities and Congress about sexual assaults, unwanted touching and what they contend are the CIA’s efforts to silence them. A CIA officer trainee was convicted in August of assault and battery for wrapping a scarf around a colleague’s neck and trying to kiss her inside a stairwell at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Va.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/cia-sexual-harassment-abuse-spying-b13751329992a21c29fa34cbbf6889f2

[getagrip_already]

1. unless the cia knew about and/or covered up the actions...

I'm not sure how their involvement is relevant here. They are just an employer.

That's if he acted alone that is. But I have to believe most of these types of individuals are not part of a club of any kind.

[Eugene]

2. This officer had to be caught on tje act.

Victims complain abour agency attempts to silence them. The CIA promises to reform how it handles misconduct complaints.

The secretive nature for disciplining misconduct has given cover to bad actors.