https://taskandpurpose.com/mandatory-fun/dea-spokesman-fake-cia-operative-scheme
By James Clark
Task and Purpose
06/11/2020
It's not often you find a story that combines fraud, fake Central Intelligence
Agency-service, in addition to phony Army service, completely made-up
clandestine operations, and an inter-agency public relations nightmare
perpetrated by a public affairs official all wrapped up in one neat little
package.
But, this is that story.
On June 11 the Department of Justice announced that Garrison Kenneth Courtney,
a 44-year-old former Drug Enforcement Administration public affairs officer
pleaded guilty to defrauding a dozen companies for more than $4.4 million by
posing as a CIA officer.
According to the press release, Courtney pretended to be a "covert officer"
with the CIA who was involved in a highly classified "task force" involving
various elements within the U.S. intelligence community and the Department of
Defense.
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