CIA ANALYST HERE APPEALS FOR MALFEASANCE PROBE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100120043-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: November 23, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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SAN DIEGO ;JNION
23 November 1977
CIA Analyst Here Appeals
For Malfeasance Probe
By JON STANDEFER yesterday confirmed
.staff Writer, The Son Di"o Union Jordan's status in the agen-
A 26-year veteran of the cy and said "lis complaints
Central Intelligence Agency are being aireE
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based in San Diego has ap- PROBES CITED
pealed directly to the agen- Hetu~, said Jordan has
cy's director to investigate made a nunber . of com-
"possible illegalities and plaints over the years," and
other senior officer malfea. that at least twee were con-
sance (within the CIA) sidered seriou3 enough to
which jeopardize both the warrant in-house investiga-
accuracy of U.S. intelligence O"They were investigated;
and the interests of private they were not cismissed out
citizens." of hand," Hetu said. "But we
Donald S. Jordan, 57, sent
a telegram didn't necessarly reach the
last week to same concli.sions (as
Adm. Stansfield Turner, the Jordan)." -
CIA director, in which he The telegram, a copy of
said repeated efforts to re- which Jordan lrovided The
port wrongdoing and deli- San Diego Unkn, also said
ciencies had resulted only in that "my experiences indi-
coverups and in the destruc- cafe that senior officers can
lion of his own career.
Herb escape, unscathed despite
Hetu, assistant for considerably
public affairs at CIA head- misconduct worse than lace of profes-
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NOT DETAILED
In an interv.ew, Jordan
refused to detail specific in-
stances of wrongdoing on the
grounds that he did not want
to violate any national secur-
ity i;egulations.
On the other hand, he said,
he was releasing the con-
tents of the telegram in the
hopes that public pressure
might force the agency to
adopt what he called "need-
ed reforms," or, !ailing that,
at least to respond to his
charges of wrongdoing.
Jordan also sal] other CIA
officers with kn. wledge of
illegalities or malfeasance
might be enco;iraged to
;write letters by his example.
"If a hundred officers
wrote, the CIA would have a
problem," he'said.
graduate, Jordan said he has
been "rocking the boat" for
the past 13 years.
He has spent his entire
CIA career as a domestic
analyst, serving at posts in
Los Angeles, Denver, Seat-
tle, San Francisco and, for
the past three years, San
Diego. He was deputy chief
in three of those offices.
REPRISALS
Jordan said his attempts
to correct deficiencies within
the CIA have resulted in
reprisals in the form of poor
performance ratings which
damaged his career.
"My career was over 13
years ago," he said. "But I
didn't know that until recent-
ly."
MAKES CHARGE
Jordan said the agency
has "hidden behind F01A
exemptions to deny release
of information which reveals
violations of regulations."
Jordan said he had had no
response from CIA head-
quarters to last week's tele-
gram. He said it is'possible
that he may be suspended
for his actions.
He also said that, with
seven years in the State De-
partment in addition to his
years with the CIA, "I can
retire at any time."
Jordan said that he sent a
report to the inspector gen-
eral this year. In July, the
inspector general's. reporti
indicated the problems;
would be covered up.. In
August, Jordan sent a simi-
lar report directly to Turner.
Jordan said that while he
does not know if Turner hiin-III
self saw the report, it wasl
turned over to one of thei
A lean, Intense Princeton. director's special assistants.!
STAT
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