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Franklin Foer reported in The New Republic that Rendon has been dogged throughout his career " by complaints of profligate spending — even charged with being the PR equivalent of the Pentagon's $ 400 toilet seat.

In 1995 CIA accountants demanded an audit of his work.

As ABC reported in 1998, Rendon's own records show he spent more than $ 23 million in the first year of his contract to work with the INC. Several of his operatives in London earned more than the director of Central Intelligence — about $ 19, 000 per month.

Rendon shot across the Atlantic on the Concorde, while his subordinates flew on open business-class tickets.

According to one of those subordinates, ' There was no incentive for Rendon to hold down costs.

'” The Agency's inspector general found no evidence of fraud.