The CIA Office of Inspector General exists to perform an

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(IG) function at the

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. The first IG was appointed in 1952.

The 1970s

The

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, and

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all recommended strengthening the office of OIG. Their criticisms included claims that the IG had few staff, was ignored, and was denied access to information. Their suggestions were not made into law.

1980s

The CIA OIG investigation of the

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scandal was criticized in the final report of the Congressional investigation of the Iran-Contra affair. Members of the

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(especially Boren, Cohen, Specter, and Glenn) wrestled with how to improve the IG while not interfering with the work of the CIA. They tried to make a bill that would satisfy various members of Congress and also not be vetoed by president

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. Senator Boren (chairman of the SSCI) worked with

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who was deputy to

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at the time. In 1989 a new IG law was passed creating a more independent IG. The IG also would no longer be chosen by the

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but would instead be appointed by the President with the "

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" of the Senate.

Global War on Terror

There were several controversies surrounding the IG during the years of the Global

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. The IG released a controversial report on failures of the intelligence community before 9/11.Miller, 2007 IG staff

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was fired in 2006. In 2007

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, head of the CIA, had attorney

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review the work of the IG.

2004 Inspector General Report

In 2004 the CIA OIG published a report on prisoner treatment in the Global

. It was entitled "CIA Inspector General Special Review: Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities". After a

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lawsuit by the

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, a less redacted version was declassified in 2009 and released to the public.

List of Inspectors General

* Donald F. Chamberlain July 1973-1976 * John H. Waller 1976 July - ? Council of the Inspectors General,
Inspector General Historical Data
'', 2007 May *Charles A. Briggs 1980 January - ? * James H. Taylor (CIA official) 1982 September - ? * John H. Stein 1984 July - ? * Carroll L. Hauver 1985 December - ? * William F. Donnelly 1988 January - ? *William F. Donnelly (Acting) 1989 December - ? * Frederick P. Hitz 1990 November - 1998 *

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(Acting) 1998 May - ? *L. Britt Snider 1998 August - 2001 * Rebecca Donegan (Acting) January 2001 - ? *Rebecca Donegan (Deputy Inspector General) November 2001 - ? *George Clark (Acting Deputy Inspector General) 2002 January - ? * John L. Helgerson April 2002 - March 2009 * Patricia Lewis (acting) April 2009 - October 2010 *

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2010 October- January 31, 2015 * Christopher Sharpley (Acting) February 1, 2015 - September 9, 2017 * Cristine Ruppert (Acting Deputy Inspector General) ? - June 28, 2021 *

Robin Ashton Robin C. Ashton is an American government official serving as inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency. Education Ashton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from the William & Mary ...

June 28, 2021 - Present

References

External links

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