Heine v. Raus

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This is an action for slander in which defendant’s motion for summary judgment asserts the defense of absolute privilege on the ground that when he made certain defamatory statements he was acting within the scope and course of his employment by the Central Intelligence Agency on behalf of the United States, and had been instructed by the CIA to warn members of Estonian emi- gré groups that plaintiff was a dispatched Soviet intelligence operative, a KGB agent.

Defendant’s motion for summary judgment raises a number of substantive and procedural questions. The matter is…