Andrew Warren, the CIA's station chief in Algeria, is accused of allegedly drugging and raping Muslim women in the African country. On January 28, 2009, ABC News cited unidentified sources as saying the U.S. Justice Department was investigating claims that the 41-year-old CIA chief drugged at least two women and then sexually assaulted them.ABC News: ...CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
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"I can assure you that the Agency would take seriously, and follow up on, any allegations of impropriety."— Mark Mansfield, CIA Director of Public AffairsABC News: ...CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
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January 2009
ABC News reported that a CIA station chief in Algeria allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted at least two Muslim womenABC News: ...CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
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ABC cites sources as saying the station chief's residence in Algiers was searched in October 2008ABC News: ...CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
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Justice Department reportedly found several videotapes of the chief having sex with several different women during the searchABC News: ...CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
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Justice Department declined to comment on the report as of January 28, 2009
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The name of the CIA officer involved in the allegations was not made publicABC News: ...CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
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CIA had not commented on the report as of January 28, 2009
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No charges had been filed as of late-January 2009
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ABC reported that "a grand jury was likely to consider an indictment on sexual assault charges" in February 2009ABC News: ...CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
