CIA officer's lawsuit alleges boss treated clandestine base like 'college dorm'

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A CIA intelligence officer says in a lawsuit that his career was derailed after he complained that his boss at a base in a conflict zone repeatedly ordered personnel to travel through dangerous areas on non-essential trips to shop and buy food.

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In late 2014 and 2015, she "placed her personal needs of cooking, baking, socializing, entertainment, exercise and shopping above the needs of the mission — often going days and sometimes more than a week without meeting with key personnel," the lawsuit stated.

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He alleges in his suit that the chief of mission unnecessarily put herself and other personnel in danger by insisting they travel in areas subject to indirect fire. In one instance, she and other personnel traveled through an area that was hit by a rocket about 10 minutes later, the lawsuit said. Pars alleged in his suit that the chief of mission had limited to no prior experience in conflict zones and spent hours on the base feeding and entertaining certain U.S. military personnel she called her "adopted sons." He said she told him that she was "wrecked" and "horribly depressed" because she missed her family. In one instance, he said, she concluded a staff meeting by remarking: "Let's get back to cooking," which caused her to miss a meeting with a senior U.S. military official.

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