Moderator Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 Years ago, I read a Court of Federal Claims case in which a second party was trying to get payment from the CIA because he had contracted with a CIA agent in the field. In the case, the second party could not prove the agent ever existed because the agent was using an alias. It was an amusing predicament but I never posted it here. I've searched several different times over the years but never could find it. I would recognize it if I read it again. Can comeone identify that case and let me know what it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Culham Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-federal-circuit/1144384.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 I wonder what, if any, subsequent decision and results were… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Edwards Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 There is an associated law review article citing the case (footnotes 74 and 119) and addressing the issues. See Radsan, "Second-Guessing the Spymasters with a Judicial Role in Espionage Deals," Iowa Law Review (2006). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=877180 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Edwards Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 31 minutes ago, joel hoffman said: I wonder what, if any, subsequent decision and results were… I checked Westlaw. The Federal Circuit decision was the end of the road. You might want to read about the Totten Doctrine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 Thanks, Vern I can’t imagine someone being that gullible to loan an individual millions of dollars based upon statements that he was a (authorized) CIA agent… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Posted August 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 Thank you all. That is the case. There is an article about the affair from that time in the British Independent. The Spy Who Conned Me': a real-life thriller in Surrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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