Former US Ambassador Under Federal Investigation

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U.S. authorities are investigating a former American ambassador who until last month was advising the State Department on civilian aid to Pakistan. The Washington Post first reported Thursday that authorities last month searched the Washington home of Robin Raphel. According to the newspaper, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading a counterintelligence probe of the 67-year-old career diplomat. U.S. State Department officials confirmed that Raphel's security clearance was pulled in October, ending a contract she had with the government agency to advise of civilian aid to Pakistan. Raphel served as ambassador to Tunisia from 1997 to 2000 and was the assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs under former U.S. President Bill Clinton. She retired from the diplomatic corps in 2005 after 30 years and went on to work as a contractor with the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad in 2009. Most recently, Raphel worked in Washington in the State Department's office of the U.S. Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan.



from Voice of America http://ift.tt/13PUWEN

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