HOW AND WHY . . .

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400190067-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: April 29, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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low and why...
The Central Intelligence Agency, whichti
likes silence, haq.grrntb court in Baltimore , rw
to see if one of its agents can keep ,k?. , ~,. quiet in a
. tfc'`. ,. IY: Mrj{J; defamation case.
The agent, Juri Raus, has charged that
fellQw?Estonian emigre Eerik Heine of To
r a.`F ronto is a Soviet spy. Mr. Raus, a traffic en
i t gineer in the United States Bureau of Raads gr, t 'try. 1n,
;acted under CIA orders.
Mr. Heine, in December, 1964, brought
Esuit for $110,000 against Mr.'Raus for slap r; 4' `' {{ f~` !' ~~ c
!der. The CIA has since' identified Mr, liaus~ ,'
court as one of its own secret agents, h j F+ ~` r "; S~yt F aa?
Now it has asked the court to grant "ab?
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t ~,a solute immunity" to Mr. Raus for his states
menu.
The Supreme Court has held that federal'
s.. employees have immunity from lawsuits r y 4~
'acting within their office. But this raise j.,.
t , p t i questions. Does the present rase fall in this w4 ' category? Must the charges the CIA made
th its agent, Mr. ]'taus; be. pfoved?.' t C
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