CIA/Inspector General

CIA/Inspector General
Leader of	CIA/Office of Inspector General
Deputy	CIA/Deputy Inspector General
Website	https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/inspector-general
Leader of the CIA/Office of Inspector General. Boss of the CIA/Deputy Inspector General.

Michael Ruppert termed this job "The #3 position in the CIA" (after director and deputies director). Nevertheless, the office of Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency could well lay better claim to that title.

Official Narrative

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is relatively independent of the Central Intelligence Agency, allowing it to carry out dispassionate assessments of the propriety of its actions.

Problems

The record of the OIG shows a lack of meaningful independence, as shown most clearly by the 1983 case of Charles A. Briggs. The CIA Inspector General produced a completely falsified statement - the "Briggs affidavit" - designed to throw CIA/US Deep state operator Edwin Wilson under a bis in the Arms for Libya arms deal. When this was perjury was finally revealed, neither Briggs nor anyone of the many top CIA officers who all knew that it was a lie was subject to any legal action.

Media handling

In 1984 CIA Director Casey asked the IG to weigh in a paper on unauthorized disclosure written by CIA officer Eloise Page. The IG passed the task onto someone on his staff, who produced a four page SECRET memo for IG James Taylor, who passed it onto Director Casey. The memo specifically praised among her proposed initiatives new legislation, a special FBI unit, and a special prosecutor. The member of the IG's staff then suggested that they compare the media to the "opposition, a reference to hostile intelligence services. This could be backed up by citing "precise parallels in methods and results, if not in motivations, between the media’s attempts to penetrate us and the opposition’s attempts to do the same." The memo also suggested to pressure the support and publishing structure - owners, board, managers, editors, broadcasters, reporters et al. - as a method of restraining a journalist's activities.

The 1970s

The Rockefeller Commission, Church Committee, and Pike Committee all recommended strengthening the office of OIG. Their criticisms included claims that the IG had few staff, was denied access to information and that their reports were not acted upon. The committees' suggestions were not made into law.

 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

Name	From	To	Description
Christopher Sharpley	1 February 2015		Resigned
David Buckley	6 October 2010	31 January 2015	Resigned after details emerged of the CIA hacking into senate staffers computers in connection with the report on CIA torture.
John Helgerson	26 April 2002	March 2009
Rebecca Donegan	22 January 2001	14 November 2001
L. Britt Snider	3 August 1998	22 January 2001
Dawn Ellison	1 May 1998	1998	Acting
Frederick Hitz	13 November 1990	1998
William F. Donnelly	1 December 1989	1990	Acting
William F. Donnelly	18 January 1988	1 December 1989
Carroll Hauver	23 December 1985	1988
John Stein	July 1984	December 1985
James Taylor	September 1982	1984
Charles Briggs	January 1980	September 1982	Produced the mendacious "Briggs affidavit". End date is presumed.
John Waller	July 1976	January 1980	Successfully covered up the Arms for Libya deal.
William Broe	1972	1973
John Earman	1962	1968
Lyman Kirkpatrick	1953	1961	Appointment date slightly uncertain

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