CIA Chief In Algeria Accused Of Rapes

The CIA's station chief at its sensitive post in Algeria is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly raping at least two Muslim women who claim he laced their drinks with a knock-out drug, U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News.

Officials say the 41-year old CIA officer, a convert to Islam, was ordered home by the U.S. Ambassador, David Pearce, in October after the women came forward with their rape allegations in September.

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[FaceYourFears]

I believe it.....

[Palemoon]

Recalling this guy from the country is not going to do anything but further hurt our image. I think Obama would have been better served letting this guy stay in the country with the ability to face his accusers. If the legal system in Algeria proved to be less than satisfactory in regards to international laws applying to criminal courts, then you take him out of the country to avoid his being convicted by courts not following international law. Especially common law rights. To take him out now is to protect the guy. He won't ever face charges here in the US simply because the US won't fly any of the witnesses/victims to the US to participate in any kind of a trial.

All in all, I think this is a very bad move. I don't have any idea if the guy is guilty or not. But you can't deny a court the chance to find out. The victims have just as much a right to have their voices heard, as he has the right to a presumption of innocence and right to a fair trial.

[peterg76]

It's truly wonderful to see the Justice department actually investigating crimes. (Of course, he's innocent until proven guilty.)

[Cubeistan]

I just don't believe the charges. I don't believe them. I met/knew Mr. Warren 9 to 10 years ago. Definitely a good guy, destined to do good things. If this is either a case of another Spitzer or a Duke, I'm going with Duke...

[sueno]

Under muslim law doesn't his "thing" get cut off?
Burn him bad and lock him up forever-

[Perrier007]

I think the victims, the women, generally are stoned to death for being raped under that system of "law". The perps generally walk away with no punishment.

[TR12]

power corrupts
and absolute power...

[Ms Fu]

As a Muslim woman, the fact that disturbed me most was not that this man was an American, but that he was a Muslim. Shame on him! I sympathize with those poor women who were raped, especially since they may be ostracized by their communities.

I would like to point out what many people are thinking; that in some Muslim countries, rape victims are punished rather than rapists. In Muhammad's time, the punishment for rape was execution of THE RAPIST, but many Muslim countries follow practices that preceded Islam (e.g. honor killings) and call them Islamic. I know, a messy situation to say the least. Hopefully, these women will be spared this unfair treatment.

[1dogs2]

Thank you for your informative comment. As an American woman, what disturbed me most is that these crimes against women were committed by an employee of my government. The perpetrator must be publicly tried and punished to the full extent of the law.

[MajorKong]

This isn't helping......

[acudoc]

Remind me again, what is the purpose of the CIA?

[AContrario]

Causing enough troubles in foreign shores so foreign government are too busy fixing
the mess to think about attacking the US. I know it sounds a bit discombobulate as
intelligence strategy but if you find better than that, give me a shout

[valkyrie607]

To be an off-the-books paramilitary force able to carry out assassinations and other unsavory practices that the American public would never countenance if they knew about it, all in the name of "national security" which really translates as "keeping the world safe for Ponzi-scheming capitalists and their cronies."

[OnTheCusp]

Glad I'm not the only one who gets this!

[zizyphus]

To facilitate the movement of illegal drugs and arms around the earth.

[DeadCivilian]

"They hate us for our freedom."

Right.

No, they hate us for what the CIA (and the NSA, etc.) has been doing with our money and support around the world for decades: over-throwing legitimately elected leaders, arming both sides, exploiting their resources and women, and when it suit us, bombing the bejeezus out of them, killing mostly civilians. Small wonder why there are people willing to blow themselves up just to inflict some of the pain they've experienced back on us. Not a justification, just an observation.

Perhaps it's time for a new approach. Perhaps being the arms-merchants of the world isn't much of an answer. Maybe if we used those trillions of dollars we spent on armies and armaments to supply them with water, roads, hospitals, medicine, schools, electricity and indoor plumbing there would be fewer willing to hate us? Just a thought. I realize I'm naive, but clearly, US foreign policy of the last 50 years is, ahem, somewhat lacking...

[TimeGrid]

You are not naive at all...

[Rog49Thomas]

"The U.S. takes very seriously any accusations of misconduct involving any U.S. personnel abroad," Wood said.


Except apparently some misconduct involving quaint documents like the Geneva Conventions, the Constitution, etc.

[TimeGrid]

The interesting part is that the guy has been "ordered home by the U.S. ambassador".

Which is a very effective way to elude the jurisdiction of Algeria...

[jubalandersonearly]

The religion of peace strikes again.

[TruthSeeker2009]

And who are you representing ?
You should be more informed and acknowledge that bad and good people are in every society, every culture, every religion, every country on earth. Once you truly accept this fact, you wouldn't write such a post.

[shanefish]

Your post is absurd and I hope your God is watching. I am an athiest, but I would not attribute this to anything other than a man with the power and ability to pull something like this off. There is no religion involved in such matters. If anything, I'd guess he converted just so that the women would feel comfortable in his presence. Seriously, people like you are the reason America is hated. The sooner we identify you and your kind, the sooner we can purify our nation of such filth. You are not the kind of American I want my children to know about.

[Wozzeck]

The Islamophobes here and on the web have seized on one gratuitous sentence in Ross's article to spead their bigotry.: "Officials say the 41-year old CIA officer, a convert to Islam...."

If he had been of ANY other religion it would not have been noted.

[BunnyMama]

I shudder to think what their own country will do to these women because they were raped.

[TruthSeeker2009]

Very unlikely in Algeria, you are probably thinking about some tribes in Pakistan...
Next time, try to not get your news from MSM.

[shanefish]

Um, actually it is you who is misinformed. Your truth seeking on Rush Limbaugh's show has produced some truely uninformed thoughts. In Algeria it is considered shameful to be raped and often the woman is not allowed to return home. If the woman is a minor and the man is prepared to marry her, there is no crime. Now, Algeria one of the muslim countries which decriminalized abortion following rape; however, this does not change the family's attitude toward her. Things are changing in Algeria, but there is still a way to go. For you to try to simplify and de-criminalize this man for what he's done, is PATHETIC! America, this is not who we want to be.

[larry278]

This might, possibly be why Muslims dislike the USA. This amoral creature harmed these women. Firing this creature, arresting him & turning him over to Algeria for trial would be a splendid idea. If the creature was to be found guilty of violating Algeran laws, this amoral creature could also be punished by the people & government of Algeria. Perhaps Pres Obama will consider & take these actions or have the appropriate US agency take these actions. The USA may easily give this man due process it the USA takes these actions before turning him over to Algeria.
The CIA has had rotten apples of this creatures ilk. Perhaps, Mr Panetta may choose to look into this. Rogue US employees who use their positions to abuse people from other nations merit due process till they are fired for cause. Such creatures can then be turned over to the nation where they committed their crimes for trials, etc.

[zanzig]

As best as I know it is US Govt policy that US government employees who commit crimes abroad are always brought back to the US. I think that particular policy has been a sore point with Japan and the Phillipines for instance where there are US bases and crimes against the local population have gone unredressed by local law. I don't know what legal action is taken against these accused when they return to America. But I cannot think of a single instance when the American has been forced to face the local legal system.

[larry278]

This is the incident which makes it the time to change this policy if it indeed exixts. Rumor has it that Pres Obama, new POTUS, used the mantra of change during his campaigns. This alleged policy needs to be changed now.

[HC4BO]

Oh so we fawking them now ??

It's NOT enough that we bohmbed the shiznits out of them, huh ...

I think Obama should just give up on repairing the American Image because it looks like the Bush admin messed it up for at least a century ...