AEROSPACE ENGINEER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000202360015-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 14, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/06: CIA-RDP90-00552R000202360015-4
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LOS ANGELES
ENGINEER
STAT
An aerospace engineer who claimed his "special access'' security clearance
was revoked because the CIA learned he was a homosexual filed suit Monday to
win back his position.
John Green, 50, said in his U.S. District Court suit that he was never asked
his sexual preference during his 14 years with TRW Electronics Defense Sector, a
Redondo Beach, Calif., defense contractor.
"I always felt that the government knew all about me, " Green said at a news
conference. "They never came and asked any questions.'
Green's attorney, John McDermott, said the CIA revoked Green's clearance
after he was listed as a reference by a roommate seeking security clearance for
a TRW job. During an interview, the roommate divulged Green was gay.
The suit, asking that Green's "special access programs'' clearance be
reinstated, may become a landmark since the courts have never directly addressed
the issue of security clearance and sexual preference, his attorney said.
"The incredible thing is that the CIA never asked him what his sexual
preference was during the whole thing,'' McDermott said.
McDermott said he will stress that the agency's alleged policy against
homosexuals not only violates individual rights by endangers national security.
By refusing security clearance to employees who admit being homosexual, the
CIA actually causes homosexuals to ''remain in the closet'' and subsequently
become likely candidates for blackmail, the attorney said.
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