A veteran CIA officer is facing assault and battery charges accusing him of drunkenly groping a woman and forcibly kissing her during an impromptu party in the office last year celebrating his 50th birthday.
Documents related to the sexual assault case against CIA officer Donald Asquith are arranged for a photograph in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. FILE - The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency stands next to a U.S. flag at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. FILE - CIA director William Burns prepares to leave after the open portion of a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Monday, March 11, 2024, in Washington.
Asquith’s case could prove even more embarrassing to the CIA given his lengthy clandestine service overseas and the brazenness of the alleged conduct. It also happened in June 2023, less than a month after CIA Director William Burns announced sweeping reforms intended to keep women safe, streamline claims and more quickly discipline offenders. “We must get this right,” he said.
The woman told investigators she slapped Asquith’s hand away and got up to leave, but that he intervened as she approached the door and asked for a “booby hug” before grabbing her with both hands around her back and rubbing his groin and chest on her. She said Asquith then “forcibly hugged her and kissed all over her face and mouth without her consent.”
Just a week before Asquith’s trial begins this month, a federal judge in Washington will sentence another former CIA officer whoat least two dozen women he met on Tinder and other dating apps. Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence for Brian Jeffrey Raymond, calling him a serial predator who caused “immeasurable” harm during various overseas postings between 2006 and 2020.
“They brought their own brand of male toxicity that was like gasoline on the old-boys network that already existed,” Moran said. “National security is used as an excuse to brush these concerns under the carpet.”
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