In its investigation, the CIA's inspector general faulted the agency
for sending an officer to New York with little oversight after the Sept.
11, 2001, terrorist attacks and then leaving him there too long,
according to officials who have read or been briefed on the inquiry.
They spoke only on condition of anonymity because they weren't
authorized to discuss the investigation. The CIA said last month that
the inspector general cleared the agency of any wrongdoing.

The inspector general opened its investigation after a series of AP
articles that revealed how the NYPD, working in close collaboration with
the CIA, set up spying operations that put Muslim communities under
scrutiny. Plainclothes officers known as "rakers" eavesdropped in
businesses, and Muslims not suspected of any wrongdoing were put in
intelligence databases.

The CIA officer cited by the inspector general for operating without
sufficient supervision, Lawrence Sanchez, was the architect of spying
programs that helped make the NYPD one of the nation's most aggressive
domestic intelligence agencies. The programs have drawn criticism from
Muslims as well as New York and Washington lawmakers.