A Schiffite in the CIA

[Demosthenes]

CIA employee sentenced to prison for tax evasion
Apr 26, 2007 5:56 PM (6 hrs ago)

AP

WASHINGTON - A former Central Intelligence Agency employee was sentenced Thursday to five months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion.

Cassandra Harris, who worked as a human resources manager at the CIA, admitted evading about $56,000 in federal income taxes and about $23,000 in District of Columbia income taxes that she owed for 1999 through 2002.

Prosecutors said that in 1999, the 48-year-old D.C. resident instructed the CIA to stop withholding taxes from her wages, falsely claiming exemption. She filed tax returns for 1999 and 2000, but did not report any income even though she earned an annual salary of more than $70,000 from the CIA. She attached statements claiming that she was not required to file returns or pay income taxes, the government said.

When the IRS contacted Harris, she responded that the notice of tax deficiency that the IRS sent her was "illegal and unconstituional," according to prosecutors. For the 2001 and 2002 tax years, Harris did not file any returns at all.

[LAprosecutor]

CIA employee sentenced to prison for tax evasion
Apr 26, 2007 5:56 PM (6 hrs ago)

AP

WASHINGTON - A former Central Intelligence Agency employee was sentenced Thursday to five months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion.

Cassandra Harris, who worked as a human resources manager at the CIA, admitted evading about $56,000 in federal income taxes and about $23,000 in District of Columbia income taxes that she owed for 1999 through 2002.

Prosecutors said that in 1999, the 48-year-old D.C. resident instructed the CIA to stop withholding taxes from her wages, falsely claiming exemption. She filed tax returns for 1999 and 2000, but did not report any income even though she earned an annual salary of more than $70,000 from the CIA. She attached statements claiming that she was not required to file returns or pay income taxes, the government said.

When the IRS contacted Harris, she responded that the notice of tax deficiency that the IRS sent her was "illegal and unconstituional," according to prosecutors. For the 2001 and 2002 tax years, Harris did not file any returns at all.

How do you know she was a Schiffite?

[Weathervane]

Exempt w-4 was Schiff's favorite. A very crude method of tax evasion that would stop witholding, but eventually backfire as in this case.

[jkeeb]

Now there is one that is sure to have a decoder ring.

[Demosthenes]

How do you know she was a Schiffite?

She filed "zero" returns with the two page attachment.

As an interesting aside, her defense attorney is Mark Lane.

[Demosthenes]

They are going to excoriate her. she will be made an example of.

She got a wimpy sentence: 5 months.

it's nice to see all those psych tests and evaluation at the CIA are doing their job.

Still better than NASA's...

[grixit]

CIA employee sentenced to prison for tax evasion
Apr 26, 2007 5:56 PM (6 hrs ago)

AP

WASHINGTON - A former Central Intelligence Agency employee was sentenced Thursday to five months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion.

Cassandra Harris, who worked as a human resources manager at the CIA, admitted evading about $56,000 in federal income taxes and about $23,000 in District of Columbia income taxes that she owed for 1999 through 2002.

Prosecutors said that in 1999, the 48-year-old D.C. resident instructed the CIA to stop withholding taxes from her wages, falsely claiming exemption. She filed tax returns for 1999 and 2000, but did not report any income even though she earned an annual salary of more than $70,000 from the CIA. She attached statements claiming that she was not required to file returns or pay income taxes, the government said.

When the IRS contacted Harris, she responded that the notice of tax deficiency that the IRS sent her was "illegal and unconstituional," according to prosecutors. For the 2001 and 2002 tax years, Harris did not file any returns at all.

OK, anyone who can't make their records disappear has no business being in the CIA.

[Demosthenes]

I wonder what kind of info she had access to?

[Quixote]

I wonder what kind of info she had access to?

I hope her tax delusions were compartmentalized, as the DC detective's apparently were.

[John J. Bulten]

Bravo, another "wage" earner brought to justice!

(Hey, she has my lawyer.)

[ElfNinosMom]

As a Human Resource Manager, her information would be compartmentalized to employee information.

If she had a security clearance of any importance (i.e., employees engaged in national security matters), they'd have likely caught onto this scheme almost immediately. It's therefore unlikely she handled anything beyond civilian office workers, etc.

[Quixote]

As a Human Resource Manager, her information would be compartmentalized to employee information.

If she had a security clearance of any importance (i.e., employees engaged in national security matters), they'd have likely caught onto this scheme almost immediately. It's therefore unlikely she handled anything beyond civilian office workers, etc.

Even so, knowing who worked in which office and their grade and step (i.e., how much they were paid) would be useful to an unfriendly power. As Human Resource Manager, she might also have known who made use of psychiatric and financial counseling services.