ALLEGED CIA METHODS IRK U. S. JUDGE IN RAUS CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400180001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 1, 1957
• Content Type: NSPR

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Richmond, May 31 IiP ec- should be given the "a solute
a ay cri uctze ti at privilege" afforded goyernmeri-l
were described as Centr In ci- tal employees in the perform-!
ligence Agency proced es in -
thc ew e o 2 ;;;an who c to ds ance of their duties was upheld
the was,falsely accused o be no by Federal District Court in
a Soviet agent. ? Baltimore.
Chief' Judge Clemc t F. An attorney 'for Mr. Heine!
Haynsworth, Jr., of the 'o th pictured this as a "Nuremburg
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strument of Soviet intellig nc ,"
M1Ir, raus's argvrnent r. at he'
presented "an extraordin ry in-
istance of the exerci e of
governmental authority.
Upheld In Baltimor
His comments came is he
court heard an appeal fr m
Eerik Heine, a Canad an of
Circuit Court of Appeal
s id
Estonian background, w1 o as
charged Juri Raus, a elf- e-
scribed CIA agent, with an erl,
in describing him as a 'in-'
defense of the type used by
persons accused of Nazi war
crimes in which they main-,
tamed they were only following
orders.
Mr. Raus had contended he
was acting under orders to warn
"members of Estonian emigre
groups, , who .were sources
of foreign in elligence for
the agency" of licine's alleged
status as a Soviet agent.
Judge Haynsworth said this
seemed to be a situation in
which highly placed officials in-;
-structed subordinates to "go out'
and slander an individual."
He asked why the CIA, if it'
were vitally interested in nation
al?'security, did not "leave the:
defendant to fend for himself."
An attorney for Mr. Raus said
this would have left the CIA'
with the prospect of paying a
"money judgment" to a person:
it believed was an enemy agent.
Mr. Haynsworth said this at
least would "give the plaintiff a
chance to vindicate himself,
which he doesn't have now."
Mr. Raus's lawyer said the
case represented a "real dilem-
ma" in that a full trial would
allow intelligence secrets.to be'
exposed in the courts.
Mr. Heine's lawyer, however,
said his client has a right to a
full and complete trial in order
to clear himself.
The appellate court routinely
kMr. Heine filed a $110,000
slander suit' against Mr. Raus
in 1964. He sought $10,000 in
compensatory damages . and
$100,000 in punitiya damages.
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