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Wed Sep 18, 2024, 06:07 PM Sep 18

Veteran CIA officer who drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women gets 30 years in prison

Source: Associated Press

Veteran CIA officer who drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women gets 30 years in prison

By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN
Updated 6:20 PM EDT, September 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday after an emotional hearing in which victims described being deceived by a man who appeared kind, educated and part of an agency “that is supposed to protect the world from evil.”

Brian Jeffrey Raymond, with a graying beard and orange prison jumpsuit, sat dejectedly as he heard his punishment for one of the most egregious misconduct cases in the CIA’s history. It was chronicled in his own library of more than 500 images that showed him in some cases straddling and groping his nude, unconscious victims.

“It’s safe to say he’s a sexual predator,” U.S. Senior Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said in imposing the full sentence prosecutors had requested. “You are going to have a period of time to think about this.”

Prosecutors say the 48-year-old Raymond’s assaults date to 2006 and tracked his career in Mexico, Peru and other countries, all following a similar pattern:

He would lure women he met on Tinder and other dating apps to his government-leased apartment and drug them while serving wine and snacks. ...

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/cia-spy-sexual-assault-misconduct-justice-law-f870024c1723b1a4d47425e6e16f8bfa

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