Frederick Hitz
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| Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
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| President | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | William Donnelly |
| Succeeded by | Dawn Ellison (Acting) |
| Legislative Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
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| Preceded by | George Lee Cary |
| Succeeded by | J William "Billy" Doswell |
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| Born | Frederick Porter Hitz Script error: No such module "person date". |
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| Princeton University Harvard University Law School | |
Awards | Distinguished Intelligence Medal |
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Frederick Porter Hitz (born 14 October 1939)[1] is an author and former Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[2]
Life
Hitz graduated from Princeton University, where he was a member of the Ivy Club, and Harvard Law School.[2]
Hitz entered the CIA in 1967 as an operations officer. In 1973 Hitz was moved to the State Department, the Department of Defense, and Department of Energy, and then returned to the CIA in 1978. President George H. W. Bush appointed Hitz the first statutory Inspector General of the CIA in 1990.[2]
Hitz played a role in the investigation into CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking during the Reagan administration and the Iran–Contra affair.[3] Hitz was also the lead investigator during the Aldrich Ames affair.[2]
Controversy
In 1992 Hitz, as CIA Inspector General, accused CIA Jamaica station chief Janine Brookner (one of the first female station chiefs), of being a 'boozy provocateur', an accusation that prevented her planned promotion to Prague station chief. His accusations were proven to be false when affidavits in contradiction of all accusations were presented in court filings. Within three hours of the filing of the affidavits, the CIA offered Bookner $480,000 in settlement. Bookner never regained her status within the CIA and resigned; it is not known if Hitz was penalized by the CIA for the false and misleading report, and he has never offered a public statement on his role in sabotaging her career.[4][5][6][7] He was subsequently investigated by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency over the affair.[8]
Hitz retired from the CIA in 1998 and took a position as Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is also a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and Politics Department, specializing in intelligence and anti-terrorism law.
Publications
- 2004: The Great Game: the myth and reality of espionage. New York: Knopf Template:ISBN
- 2008: Why Spy? espionage in an age of uncertainty. New York: Thomas Dunne Template:ISBN
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Library of Congress authority file". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Frederick P Hitz". Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy | University of Virginia. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Special Reports - Interview | Drug Wars | FRONTLINE". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ CIA to pay $410000 to spy who says she was smeared New York Times, 1994/12/08
- ^ Janine Brookner obituary New York Times, 2021/05/26
- ^ Spy sues CIA saying she was target of sexual discrimination New York Times, 1994/07/15
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wise, David (1996-07-21). "SPY VS. SPIES". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CIA IG to Move On". Government Executive. 1997-10-10. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
External links
- Frederick P. Hitz discusses his book Why Spy? Espionage in an age of uncertainty Script error: No such module "webarchive"., January 2009, ISRIA
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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