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CIA man held over burglaries
By Francis Harris in Washington
(Filed: 09/02/2006)
A CIA officer has been arrested and charged over a wave of burglaries close to the agency's headquarters in the Washington suburbs.
Some of the 17 break-ins blamed on George Dalmas III involved homes belonging to fellow CIA employees.
Police said the suspect might have used his inside knowledge of CIA rotas to target his colleagues' homes. The burglaries were carried out over a four-month period in the wealthy suburb of McLean, close to the CIA's headquarters in Langley.
Dalmas, 44, was described by the CIA as a "mid-level employee".
An administrative officer, he has been suspended without pay. The agency said it was co-operating with police.
The burglaries began in October and generally took place during office hours, at an average of at least one a week. Dalmas was arrested after a woman walked into her home to find him running down her stairs.
She gave police a description of both the burglar and his black car.
It is alleged that when police raided Dalmas' s home, they found a stash of jewellery, cash, antiques and more than 1,000 stolen items of women's underwear.
A Virginia court set bail for Dalmas at $1.6 million (£950,000).
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