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Last Updated: Friday, 10 December, 2004, 17:42 GMT E-mail this to a friend Printable version

CIA sued over WMD 'falsification'A former CIA officer is

suing his employers forretaliating against him forhis alleged refusal to falsifyreports on weapons of mass destruction.

In a complaint published onWednesday, the unnamedoperative said he was warnedby a colleague thatmanagement wanted to "get him" for his actions.

His reports were "contrary to official dogma", the documentsays.

The subject of the reporting has been blacked out, butcorrespondents say the complaint clearly refers to Iraq.

The CIA has refused to comment on the lawsuit, butspokeswoman Anya Guilsher told the Washington Postnewspaper that the idea that officers were ordered to falsifyreports was "flat wrong".

'Sham'

The plaintiff maintains that he had attempted to reportintelligence on weapons of mass destruction in 2001 and2002, but was thwarted by his superiors who then insisted onhis falsifying his reports.

When he refused to do this, investigations were allegedlymade against him into allegations that he had sex with afemale informer and stole money used to pay informers.

The plaintiff said in the complaint that both investigationswere "a sham, initiated for the sole purpose of discreditinghim and retaliating against him".

The operative was sacked in August 2004 for "unspecificreasons", but is seeking the restoration of his salary, job andpromotions denied to him, as well as compensation.

The plaintiff's lawyer, Roy Krieger, has requested a meetingwith CIA Director Porter Goss, or another representative, todiscuss the allegations in this case, "including deliberatelymisleading the president on intelligence concerning weaponsof mass destruction".

The operative wants to discuss the casewith CIA head Porter Goss

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