Found this in Usenet, dunno an URL. Check out paragraph two. ---- > FBI Agent Sues To Report Misconduct > By Michael J. Sniffen > Associated Press Writer > Friday, Nov. 3, 2000; 5:56 p.m. EST > > WASHINGTON -- A 20-year veteran FBI agent went to court Friday seeking > the right to report to President Clinton and key members of Congress > what he considers serious and criminal misconduct by federal workers > during a top secret, undercover national security operation. > > FBI Director Louis Freeh and Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder have > denied agent Joseph G. Rogoskey permission to relay his allegations to > Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and House and Senate > committees that oversee the FBI. > > In a lawsuit against the FBI and Justice Department, Rogoskey said > that as an undercover agent he "witnessed acts of serious misconduct > and violation of federal law by employees of the federal government > during the course of their employment." > > FBI spokesman Bill Carter said, "We understand all the allegations of > government misconduct have long been appropriately addressed." > > Now on paid administrative leave, Rogoskey spent 12 years, 1987 > through 1998, on top-secret, undercover operations involving some of > the government's deepest secrets that are accessible only to specified > people. > > Rogoskey is barred from telling his lawyer, Stephen Kohn, any details > of the operation or the alleged misconduct. Kohn said he understands > only that "it doesn't involve anyone stealing money. It involves what > they were ordered and permitted by the government to do in this > operation." > > Like the FBI, Holder advised Rogoskey by letter that he should report > "whistle-blower-type allegations" to internal FBI investigators or > Justice inspector general agents who "have the appropriate security > clearances." > > But Kohn said, "Keeping whistle-blower allegations within the > institution that authorized the misconduct does not serve the public > interest and raises grave constitutional questions." > > Rogoskey first reported his allegations to his immediate supervisor in > late 1997, "promptly upon observing them," Kohn said. "We don't know > if the FBI has fixed the problem," Kohn said, because Rogoskey has > been on leave since the summer of 1998. > > Since making the allegations, the FBI has retaliated against Rogoskey, > the lawsuit said. The suit said this included an allegation of > misconduct against Rogoskey, of which FBI investigators cleared him; > efforts by superiors "to call into question his integrity"; and > recently threatening to fire him for medical reasons if he fails a > fitness for duty exam. > > The FBI's Carter responded: "Any internal disciplinary or other > employment problems Mr. Rogoskey may have experienced are completely > unrelated to providing the earlier allegations." > > Kohn said: "Fitness reviews are extremely intrusive. They include > psychiatric exams, interviews with his wife and examination of his sex > life." > > A fitness exam was ordered of another FBI whistle-blower client of > Kohn's, Frederic Whitehurst, the FBI chemist whose allegations led to > an inspector general's finding the FBI Laboratory engaged in sloppy > science and gave biased testimony for the prosecution. > > "Even though Whitehurst was found fit, the FBI tried to discredit him > with material from the fitness exam," Kohn said. > > Kohn said Rogoskey has applied for workman's compensation because two > doctors concluded he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder > caused by his work. "He has work-related injuries because they kept > him undercover too long and from the retaliation," Kohn said. > > FBI officials have said that agents who spend long periods undercover > can suffer tensions from maintaining dual personalities. > > In the lawsuit, Rogoskey asked the U.S. District Court here to decide > whether he can transmit his allegations to Clinton, Albright and > congressional oversight committees, to bar the government from > retaliation and to process his workman's compensation claim instead of > ordering a fitness review. > > Because of secrecy rules, Rogoskey submitted his allegations in a > sealed envelope to the FBI's publication review clearance board in May > 1999. > > The agent had no publisher, wasn't seeking compensation and did not > intend to publish the material for the general public, but wanted > permission to send it to the named officials, Kohn said. > > FBI attorney Lyn Brown "denied the permission the next day by phone > and said the information in the envelope should have been transported > by armed guard." Kohn said. Freeh and Holder later upheld that denial.