From: Phil Dragoo
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Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 3:15 PM
Subject: O'Neil takes Fifth before Senate

http://intellit.muskingum.edu/intellsite/ciadcis_folder/ciadcisdeutch5.html
Gertz, Bill. "CIA Lawyer Will Not Answer Senate Questions on Deutch." Washington Times, 7 Mar. 2000. [http://www.washtimes.com]
According to his attorney, former CIA general counsel Michael O'Neil "will decline to answer questions about his role in a security investigation of former CIA Director [sic] John Deutch" in a 7 March 2000 appearance before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The attorney said that "O'Neil will not answer questions from the panel until the Justice Department completes its review of whether CIA officials acted improperly in handling the investigation of Mr. Deutch.... A Senate aide said the former CIA general counsel is expected to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights during the closed-door hearing."

According to Associated Press, "Ex-CIA Lawyer Pleads 5th in Probe," 7 Mar. 2000, O'Neil "invoked his right not to incriminate himself and refused to answer questions Tuesday [7 March 2000] from Senate Intelligence Committee members about computer security lapses by former CIA Director John Deutch."