-Caveat Lector- Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) January 10, 1992, Friday SECTION: NEWS LOCAL & NATIONAL; Pg. 7B LENGTH: 324 words HEADLINE: SANITY EXPERTS CLASH IN TRIAL OF FORMER CIA WORKER BYLINE: Associated Press DATELINE: TROY, Ohio
A jury heard different professional opinions yesterday on the sanity of a former CIA employee charged with attacking a man with a hatchet and a knife. Dr. Joseph Trevino, a Vandalia psychiatrist, testified for the defense. ''My opinion is, at the time of the incident, he was without a doubt insane,'' Trevino said about Bryan Stockslager, 28. ''He did not know right from wrong and could not refrain from the nature of his acts.'' Dr. Edward Praul, a Toledo psychiatrist who testified for the prosecution, said he concluded Stockslager ''did know the wrongfulness of his act at the time.'' His diagnosis was that Stockslager ''was exaggerating or lying'' during their discussions, Praul said. Stockslager has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to attempted murder charges related to an incident July 28, 1991, in which an intruder broke into James Couser's home and attacked him. Stockslager has entered the same pleas to two additional charges of aggravated burglary involving the alleged break-in at the Couser home and an incident a short time earlier at an apartment. Trevino said Stockslager suffered from hallucinations and was driven by voices in his head, making him a danger to society and himself. Praul said Stockslager talked to him about hallucinations and fears that he was being pursued by a CIA hit man. He said reviews of police and witness reports in the Couser incidents and results of other psychological tests he conducted pointed to exaggeration and faked paranoia by Stockslager. The case went to the jury yesterday afternoon. The jury deliberated for three hours but failed to reach a verdict and recessed for the day. In testimony Wednesday, members of Stockslager's family told of changes they had witnessed in him beginning in 1990, four years after he moved to Washington to work for the CIA. He resigned from the agency in late 1990 and moved back to Ohio. www.ctrl.org 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[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
