Former CIA Official Pleads Guilty to Acting as a Foreign Agent and Mishandling Classified Materials

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Former CIA Official Pleads Guilty to Acting as a Foreign Agent and Mishandling Classified Materials

04/23/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Dale Britt Bendler, 68, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to, while being a public official at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), acting as a foreign agent required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act and removing classified material, classified up to the SECRET//NOFORN level, from authorized locations without authority and with the intent to retain such material at an unauthorized location.

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