In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : CIA Hosts Gay Pride Meeting at its Headquarters, Paper Says : : Langley, Virginia, June 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency : held a gay pride rally for employees at its headquarters intended to show how : far the agency has come from its past, when gay men and women were : automatically barred from joining the agency because they were thought to be a : blackmail risk, the Washington Post said. CIA Executive Director David Carey, : the agency's No.3, welcomed delegates, which included busloads of gay employees : from the National Security Agency, and introduced speaker Representative Barney : Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat. Gay intelligence officers began being open : about their sexuality after President Bill Clinton signed an executive order in : 1995 banning the denial of security clearances ``solely on the basis of the : sexual orientation of the employee,'' the Post said. : Last month the U.S. House Intelligence Committee accused the CIA and other : American security agencies of poor organization and being inadequately funded, : rendering them unable to effectively combat new post-cold war threats such as : terrorism. : CIA spokesman Bill Harlow said the session was sponsored by a group called the : Agency Network of Gay and Lesbian Employees. A similar event was held last : year, he said. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
