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In a secluded stairwell at CIA headquarters last year, officer trainee Ashkan Bayatpour came up behind a colleague, wrapped a scarf around her neck and plainly spoke as he tried to kiss her on the mouth.

“There are many uses for this,” the woman recalls him saying. “This is what I want to do to you.”

Bayatpour was convicted Wednesday of a state misdemeanor charge of assault and battery in a case that was remarkable for breaking through the CIA’s veil of ultra-secrecy and playing out in a public courtroom where it has emboldened a sexual misconduct reckoning.

At least two-dozen women have come forward in recent months with their own complaints of abusive treatment within the CIA, telling authorities and Congress not only about sexual assaults, unwanted touching and coercion but of what they contend is a campaign by the spy agency to keep them from speaking out, with dire warnings it could wreck their careers and even endanger national security.

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[–] athos77@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have a friend who was a contractor at a three-letter agency. She walked into a hallway and doesn't remember anything else. She woke up being taken to a hospital with a fractured eye socket. They reviewed the security footage and told her she just collapsed, which is possible because she does have some health issues. But we're all suspicious about this because they refused to let her review the footage of her collapse. They've closed the file and she's moved on with her life, but me and some other friends remain suspicious.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

America, the land of the free.

Holy shit…

Brian Jeffrey Raymond is alleged to have drugged and assaulted at least two-dozen women while they were unconscious over a 14-year period in which he worked for the agency in multiple countries. But Raymond was only discovered in 2020 after a naked woman he met on Tinder was spotted screaming for help from the balcony of his government-leased apartment in Mexico City.

When the FBI began investigating, they found on his smartphone hundreds of photographs and videos of 24 unconscious naked women. In some, Raymond can be seen opening the women’s eyelids, groping and straddling them.

[–] stringere@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

“The CIA apparently believes that it is not subject to federal law,” Byrnes said.

First time?

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

Breaking news: feds are horrible

Stay tuned for our next segment: fire is hot

[–] deft@ttrpg.network 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tbh our own government doing things like this should be considered basically treason and anyone doing this shit should be beyond fucked

[–] quirk_eclair78@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's definitely unsettling to hear about such misconduct within a government agency. It's important that cases like these are thoroughly investigated and appropriate action is taken. Let's hope for transparency and accountability in ensuring a safe working environment for everyone involved.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

What more could you expect from the CIA