Petrelis Files

Knut Royce, of Newsday's Washington bureau, wrote yesterday that heads are rolling at the Central Intelligence Agency for political reasons.

>"The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House," said a former senior CIA official who maintains close ties to both the agency and to the White House. "Goss was given instructions ... to get rid of those soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White House as a hotbed of liberals and people who have been obstructing the president's agenda."<

( Source: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-uscia1114,0,4055608,print.story?coll=ny-top-headlines)

Checking the Federal Election Commission records available at www.tray.com, using the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA as the search terms, I discovered six CIA employees made contributions to Bush/Cheney or the RNC, and gave a total of $6,701.

On the other hand, only four CIA employees donated to Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign. Their contributions came to $1,750.

Donations to either Bush/Cheney or the RNC:

ALBRECHT, PAULA S MS.
4/1/2004 $1,000.00
HERNDON, VA 20170
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY/ANALYST -[Contribution]
BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC.

ALBRECHT, PAULA S MS.
4/28/2004 $1,000.00
HERNDON, VA 20170
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY/ANALYST -[Contribution]
BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC.

Albrecht, Paula S Ms.
6/24/2004 $1,000.00
Herndon, VA 20170
Central Intelligence Agency/Analyst -[Contribution]
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Albrecht, Paula S Ms.
8/23/2004 $500.00
Herndon, VA 20170
Central Intelligence Agency/Analyst -[Contribution]
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Bates, Daniel B Mr.
2/6/2004 $201.00
Falls Church, VA 22043
C.I.A./Programmer -[Contribution]
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Gunther, Richard M Mr.
2/19/2004 $250.00
Reston, VA 20195
C.I.A./Analyst -[Contribution]
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Mungle, Henry Mr.
3/26/2003 $500.00
Alexandria, VA 22315
C.I.A./Polygraph Examiner/Security -[Contribution]
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

MUNK, TAMARA R MRS.
11/5/2003 $500.00
WASHINGTON, DC 20016
C.I.A./ENGINEER -[Contribution]
BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC.

MUNK, TAMARA R MRS.
3/31/2004 $1,500.00
WASHINGTON, DC 20016
C.I.A./ENGINEER -[Contribution]
BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC.

Payne, David P Mr.
7/28/2004 $250.00
Warrenton, VA 20186
C.I.A./Special Agent -[Contribution]
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE


Donations to Kerry:

Byrne, Catherine
6/28/2004 $500.00
Arlington, VA 22204
CIA/ANALYST -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Loftus, Robert
3/4/2004 $250.00
Alexandria, VA 22305
CIA/analyst -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Soderholm, Randy
7/25/2004 $250.00
Reston, VA 20191
CIA/ENGINEER -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Voss, Lyn A Ms
7/21/2004 $250.00
Falls Church, VA 22046
cia/analyst -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Voss, Lyn A Ms
6/4/2004 $250.00
Falls Church, VA 22046
cia/analyst -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Voss, Lyn A Ms
6/30/2004 $250.00
Falls Church, VA 22046
cia/analyst -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Needless to say, it will be interesting to see if the purge of CIA employees deemed disloyal to Bush and his agenda includes the four people listed above who sent checks to Kerry.