INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SUES ARMY OVER PROBES

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• Publication Date: August 22, 1985
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WASHINGTON POST
22 August 1985
Intelligence Officer Sues Arrnpiverrrones
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Annandale Man Says Allegations Grew Out of Secret Operation in N. Virginia
By C.aryle Murphy
Wadw" Few &0 WnW,
Duncan said in an interview that
he brought the suit because "1 have
been wronged." He charged that
dke two investigations were being
pursued because of individuals with-
in the Army ''who have political
axes to grind.
f believe there are a lot of co-
pie within the Army leadership who
did not aover of the covert activ-
ities was involved with J ..
t neve in covert se
tivities at all.-
.
er, that all his covert activities were
ov I by his stioerarsl
In the suit, Duncan and his wife
have alleged that, two retired war-
rant officers and an individual under
contract to the Army illegally ob-
tained the Duncan's personal finan-
cial records from American Express
during an internal Army investiga-
tion of his finances. They used
those records to prompt the Army
investigation, he said.
Duncan, an intelligence officer
for 18 years, said in his suit he was
cleared of the allegations in a 1983
investigation supervised Lt. Col.
sines ' err and by .
en chief of
Robert; A. Kvederas,
special operations for the Army.
government prosecutor said in
the Alexandria court two weeks ago
that Longhofer has had court-mar-
tial, charges proferred against him
ant is indeed part of some of the
wrongdoing. that the government is
alleging again eDuncan.
Duncan said both Longhofer and
Kvederas have-ban investigated by
the Army. Neither could be reached
for comment yesterday and an
Army spokeswoman said she could
offer no information on the issue.
According to Duncan's lawsuit
the three individuals w ho first
raised the allegations against him
took them and others relatinz to
Duncan's alleged involvement with
man prostitution rimier t0 the
intent nce and Security
Conmiand
an t e justice pa tment.
' As a result, the Army began a
court-martial investigation and, the
grand jury in Alexandria began its
investigation, the complaint states.
No charges have been brought
against Duncan in either probe.-
When the Army
began in late 1953, Duncan was
renWVed from bis m
sition, security cleararim re-
voked, e
actions a his out said.
"He is on active duty in the
broadest sense," said Duncan's at-
torney, David Fudala. "He is frozen
in place and rp#Ily hp l pa ning-
ful duties." lmdala sailed the alle-
ptistw. s AYtlCael ownpwll
and said his client did not knew ex-
actly what is being investigated by
the Army and the Valid jllf!?
Duncan said he has ant been
questioned in the eufl martial lie=
vestigatiwl end that to twtwd over
subpoenaed records to the grand
jury 18 months ago.
His suit accuses the defendants
of conspiracy to interfere with his
Army careef sNd to "mahoimiSly
injure" him and his wife "in their
reputation, trade, business and pro-
fession."
The oo*plaint names retired
to M Arm officer Mt ow to the
arvice a highly sensitive ante
^Mrce commas has filed a
that be has been
ea>r government in a
wro
Senn goof tion and JAMM
Mm And IMMU-MM
b LL CAL E Duncan of Antian-
We says in the lawsuit that he has
M n under investigation by the
Army and a federal grand jury on
aibgations growing out of a classi-
fied operation he ran for the service
in Northern Virginia in 1983.
Duncan and his wife-Laura named
as defendants the Army, American
Express Co. and three individuals,
alleging they invaded their privacy,
defamed them and violated their
constitutional rights.
Some of the a ers in the case
have been sealed at the govern-
ment'srequest and both the Army
and Duncan, 3$Tio is a is
and a career intelligence officer,
decline to provide details op-
eration.
Cou a ers that have not been
sealed say Duncan ran the opera-
tion, which has been ended, through
an Annandale firm called 95i_wWM_
Security terns
supported "dawdled, sensitive spe-
cial operations units involved in
"military and oreign intelligence
missions according to a statement
urt t. by Gen. Arthur h.
filed in cia
Brown Jr. a senior Army OUK".
Yernment prosecutors. who
unsuecess sought. to have the
un cans suit postpone until com-
case
tih ve said-in ZUR that the
-involvee natmill, security inter-
SsW and nsure of details ot the
oration would be detriments to
the m s ores intelligence-
gathering a nits. a governmen .
has ding dept
won an order sealing .+~w---
-UM taken m tl~ cane.
is cons a t fee the covert a er-
ation, as difendants #nd says they
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