- REGARDING COS’S USE OF IRISH PHOTOJOURNALIST
COVER TO ENTER SREBRENICA: HQS IS PUZZLED AS TO WHY COS
WOULD KNOWINGLY VIOLATE LONG-STANDING AGENCY PROHIBITION
AGAINST USE OF JOURNALIST COVER. GIVEN EXIGENCIES OF
SITUATION, IN THIS CASE WE PLAN TO SEEK DDO APPROVALS FOR
A RETROACTIVE WAIVER OF PROHIBITION. IN FUTURE, HOWEVER,
COS WILL RISK DISCIPLINARY ACTION, INCLUDING TERMINATION
OF EMPLOYMENT, IF HE REPEATS THIS MISTAKE. - RE ADMIN EXPENSES REPORTED REF PARA 6, FOLLOWING
ARE HQS COMMENTS:
-- PER DIEM: HQS REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT COS SUBMIT
PER DIEM CLAIM, EVEN IF NO FOOD AND LODGING EXPENSES WERE
INCURRED. PLS RESUBMIT.
-- GASOLINE: HQS CANNOT REIMBURSE COS FOR THIS EXPENSE
SINCE NO RECEIPT WAS OBTAINED.
-- FACILITATION PAYMENTS: HQS CANNOT REIMBURSE COS
FOR THIS EXPENSE SINCE NO RECEIPT WAS OBTAINED.
-- ONE (1) SHEEP: ALTHOUGH THE EXPENSE WAS UNDER $75
AND NO RECEIPT IS REQUIRED, HQS MUST NONETHELESS DISALLOW
THIS EXPENSE. HQS DEEMS THE PURCHASE OF THE SHEEP PURELY
DISCRETIONARY ON COS’S PART, AND NOT ESSENTIAL TO COS’S
COVER OR MISSION.
-- LICENSE PLATES: IF COS IS UNABLE TO RETURN THE
LICENSE PLATES TO REF A FACILITATOR FOR A FULL OR PARTIAL
$25 REFUND, HQS WILL REIMBURSE THE UNREFUNDED PORTION OF
THIS EXPENSE. NO RECEIPT REQUIRED AS UNDER $75.
-- 7.65MM PISTOL (USED) WITH AMMO: HQS WAS CHAGRINED
TO LEARN OF COS’S PURCHASE. COS IS FULLY AWARE OF HQS
PROHIBITION AGAINST AGENCY PERSONNEL CARRYING WEAPONS IN
BOSNIA. HQS REQUESTS COS DESTROY REF WEAPON AND CERTIFY
SAID DESTRUCTION IN WRITING. COS WILL HAVE A LETTER OF
REPRIMAND PLACED IN HIS PERSONNEL FILE, SINCE HE WAS
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