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‘It's unclear whether she is the target of the investigation, or what agents were searching for. The officials said it is an ongoing investigation and no charges have been filed,’ reports CNN.com, while the Post adds that “the exact nature of the investigation involving Raphel remains unclear. She has not been charged.’
Veteran American diplomat Robin Raphel is under a federal counter-intelligence probe and all her security clearances have been withdrawn, it has been reported.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on October 21 searched Raphel’s Washington home, and her State Department office too was examined and sealed, the Washington Post has reported.
‘It's unclear whether she is the target of the investigation, or what agents were searching for. The officials said it is an ongoing investigation and no charges have been filed,’ reports CNN.com, while the Post adds that “the exact nature of the investigation involving Raphel remains unclear. She has not been charged.’
Counter-intelligence probes usually involve charges of spying on behalf of foreign governments.
Raphel is considered a Pakistan expert, but as the Post reports, ‘although Raphel has spent much of her career on Pakistan issues, it was unknown whether the investigation, being run by the FBI’s Washington field office, was related to her work with that country.’
Raphel, a retired career diplomat, was an adviser to the Barack Obama administration on Pakistan, functioning under a limited, renewable contract to US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. She also had the power to administer non-military aid and economic grants.
Reacting to the news, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said they have been “cooperating with our law enforcement colleagues”, adding that Raphel was "no longer a department employee."
Her security clearance was withdrawn in October, and her contract, which expired on November 2, was not renewed.
The 67-year-old former diplomat was married to ambassador Arnold Raphel, who was killed along with former Pakistan president Zia ul Haq in an air crash in 1988. At the time of the accident the couple was already separated.
Raphel, a long-time diplomat, was among her country’s senior advisors on Pakistan and South Asia.
Raphel gained notoriety in the 1990s in India when, as assistant secretary of state in the Bill Clinton administration she got Jammu and Kashmir declared as a ‘disputed territory’, and called for the dispute to be resolved as per the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
India-baiting US diplomat Robin Raphel under probe - Rediff.com India News
U.S. diplomat and longtime Pakistan expert is under federal investigation - The Washington Post
Veteran American diplomat Robin Raphel is under a federal counter-intelligence probe and all her security clearances have been withdrawn, it has been reported.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on October 21 searched Raphel’s Washington home, and her State Department office too was examined and sealed, the Washington Post has reported.
‘It's unclear whether she is the target of the investigation, or what agents were searching for. The officials said it is an ongoing investigation and no charges have been filed,’ reports CNN.com, while the Post adds that “the exact nature of the investigation involving Raphel remains unclear. She has not been charged.’
Counter-intelligence probes usually involve charges of spying on behalf of foreign governments.
Raphel is considered a Pakistan expert, but as the Post reports, ‘although Raphel has spent much of her career on Pakistan issues, it was unknown whether the investigation, being run by the FBI’s Washington field office, was related to her work with that country.’
Raphel, a retired career diplomat, was an adviser to the Barack Obama administration on Pakistan, functioning under a limited, renewable contract to US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. She also had the power to administer non-military aid and economic grants.
Reacting to the news, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said they have been “cooperating with our law enforcement colleagues”, adding that Raphel was "no longer a department employee."
Her security clearance was withdrawn in October, and her contract, which expired on November 2, was not renewed.
The 67-year-old former diplomat was married to ambassador Arnold Raphel, who was killed along with former Pakistan president Zia ul Haq in an air crash in 1988. At the time of the accident the couple was already separated.
Raphel, a long-time diplomat, was among her country’s senior advisors on Pakistan and South Asia.
Raphel gained notoriety in the 1990s in India when, as assistant secretary of state in the Bill Clinton administration she got Jammu and Kashmir declared as a ‘disputed territory’, and called for the dispute to be resolved as per the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
India-baiting US diplomat Robin Raphel under probe - Rediff.com India News
U.S. diplomat and longtime Pakistan expert is under federal investigation - The Washington Post
