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Clinton ordered the investigation after Rep. Robert G. Torricelli (D-N.J.) received an anonymous letter last Tuesday from an informant in the National Security Agency. The letter alleged that U.S. intelligence officials were covering up their involvement in the Harbury case...
...Almost nothing that the United States government has revealed about [the] case has been true," Torricelli stated. "At no time did the State Department attempt to relay [information regarding Everado's fate] to the public or Mrs. Harbury...
...spokesperson from the State Department and CIA director Admiral William O. Studeman both denied Torricelli's allegations, saying Harbury wasnot misled. Studeman said Torricelli's chargeswere "false and utterly irresponsible...
...Torricelli's accusation are] a greatdisservice to the dedicated men and women who workfor the organization," Studeman stated. "CIAofficials briefed Torricelli, detailing ourknowledge of these events and the actions wetook...
...Torricelli asked Clinton to initiate a fullinvestigation into the CIA's complicity inHarbury's case and called for the firing ofgovernment employees who misled...