Past haunts CIA choice

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International Herald tribune

Reuters Monday, October 4, 2004

WASHINGTON The man chosen for the third-ranking job in the CIA resigned under pressure from the U.S. spy agency more than 20 years ago after being caught shoplifting, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Michael Kostiw, picked by the CIA's new director, Porter Goss, to be the agency's executive director, has not received final clearance for the job, although he had been scheduled to be sworn in Monday, the newspaper reported, citing a friend of Kostiw whom it did not identify.
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Citing past and current agency officials, The Post said Kostiw was caught shoplifting in late 1981 at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
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Kostiw was put on administrative leave after responses to questions about the incident during a polygraph test, according to four officials familiar with the situation, The Post reported.
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One former official said agency officials arranged for misdemeanor theft charges to be dropped and the police record expunged in exchange for his resignation and an agreement to get counseling. Less than a week after becoming director, Goss picked Kostiw, a former lobbyist for ChevronTexaco and staff member of the House Intelligence Committee, to replace the existing director. Kostiw would have a key role in spending and personnel matters, The Post said.
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[rkc3]

1. Sounds like he's a perfect for this administration.

[clydefrand]

2. Where are the honest people??

Have they become a rare breed ready for extinction?

Isn't honesty a value??? This guy seems to have a lot in common with *, doesn't he. Just scrub his records.

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=882130