Exclusive: CIA struggles with its own #MeToo moment as allegations of sexual assault spill into the open
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/09/politics/cia-sexual-assault-allegations/index.html
>Courts in northern Virginia and Washington, DC, have been quietly hearing cases of alleged sexual assault at the CIA for more than a year, offering fleeting glances of what multiple officials describe as a deep-rooted cultural problem at the spy agency.
Two cases have resulted in convictions of misdemeanor assault in Virginia. In September, a federal judge in Washington, DC, sentenced a formerCIA officer to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women.
>A stream of female whistleblowers has gone to Capitol Hill recently to testify behind closed doors to congressional oversight committees about other allegations of sexual assault and harassment at the CIA.
>Earlier this year, a more than 600 page report by the agency’s inspector general and a separate review by congressional investigators found serious deficiencies in how the CIA handled complaints.
>The results, which have not been previously reported, suggest the CIA may have a rate of workplace sexual violence just slightly higher than the national average – andmuch lower than the US military, another large national security agency that has struggled with sexual assault in its ranks.
>A total of7%of respondents reported experiencing at least one instance of unwanted sexual contact or assault during their career at the agency, with 1% reporting that the experience took place in the last year.
That’s compared to the6.8%of women in the military who experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact in 2023; or the less than 0.5% reported across the federal government in recent years.
Apparently, 7% is much lower than 6.8%
CIA Math