JOHN C. BEALE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06716077
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2019
• Case Number: F-2015-01611
• Publication Date: December 16, 2013

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Thoughts?
From: John Hudson [mailto Pforeignpolicy.com]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 11:08 AM
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Subject: John C. Beale
Hello,
One more story I wanted to request comment on is the federal prosecution of John C. Beale, the EPA's highest-
paid employee and top expert on climate change. As you know, Beale's attorney has acknowledged guilt of
pretending to work as an undercover agent for the CIA to avoid doing his work at the EPA.
The EPA's highest-paid employee and top expert on climate change engaged in "crime of
massive proportions" by pretending to be working as an undercover agent for the CIA so
he could avoid doing his real job for years, according to federal prosecutors and the
agency's top investigator on the case. ... Beale's lawyer, while acknowledging his guilt,
has asked for leniency and offered a psychological explanation for the climate expert's
bizarre tales. "With the help of his therapist," wrote attorney John Kern, "Mr. Beale has
come to recognize that, beyond the motive of greed, his theft and deception were
animated by a highly self-destructive and dysfunctional need to engage in excessively
reckless, risky behavior." Kern also said Beale was driven "to manipulate those around
him through the fabrication of grandiose narratives .. that are fueled by his
insecurities?
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http://investigations.nbcnews.com/ news/2013/12/15/21911592-climate-change-experts-fraud-was-crime-of-
massive-proportion-say-feds?lite&preview=true
It would seem that deceptive activity of this nature is both insulting and dangerous for the men and woMen who
work for the CIA. Does the Agency share that belief? A statement from an officer who can speak to the
Agency's view of other federal employees posing as CIA officers would be helpful.
Thanks,
John
John Hudson
Staff Writer, National Security
Twitter: @John_Hudson
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