John L. Helgerson
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John L. Helgerson is a long-time official of the United States's most senior intelligence agency, the CIA. Helgerson is currently the CIA Inspector General. Helgerson is a graduate of Saint Olaf College. His Masters and PhD are from Duke University in Political Science.
Prior to joining the CIA Helgerson was a research associate at the University of Zambia and a Professor at the University of Cincinnati.
Helgerson's tenure since he joined the CIA, in 1971, has been on the research-analytical side, rather than the operational side. His most recent post has been Inspector General.
Helgerson drafted a critical review of former director George Tenet's tenure, delivered to the US Congress in September 2005, that recommended "punitive sanctions".
In December 2005 press reports quoting unnamed CIA sources state that Helgerson is investigating "erroneous extraordinary renditions" -- that is the extrajudicial kidnapping, for the purpose of extreme interrogation, of suspected enemies, like Maher Arar and Khalid El-Masri, who turned out to be completely innocent.
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- ↑ official biography
- ↑ Tenet won’t become fall guy for 9/11 intelligence
- ↑ Tenet could face 9/11 reprimand, The Guardian, August 26 2005
- ↑ CIA panel: 9/11 failure warrants action, China Daily, August 26 2005
- ↑ Dana Priest, Wrongful Imprisonment: Anatomy of a CIA Mistake: German Citizen Released After Months in 'Rendition', Washington Post, December 4, 2005
- ↑ CIA Probes Renditions of Terror Suspects, Associated Press, December 27 2005
- ↑ CIA Self-investigation Only Known Renditions Inquiry, The NewStandard, December 28 2005
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