`` the individual in question has returned to Washington and the U.S. government is looking into the matter , '' and referring reporters to the Justice Department . The women , who are Algerian citizens , brought their allegations to a U.S. government official , and federal authorities then launched an investigation . A search of the station chief 's residence in Algeria was approved by a U.S. District Court judge after a request from the Justice Department . The search found pills believed to be of a type commonly used in date rape , the source said . In that search , authorities also found about a dozen tapes that are thought to show the officer engaged in sexual acts , the source said , including some in which women are believed to be in a semiconscious state . CNN 's source had not seen the tapes but had been briefed on their content . Some of the tapes include date stamps indicating that the recordings happened when he would have been serving in Cairo , Egypt , before his tenure in Algeria . The investigation includes his time in both posts as well as other locations where he
WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former CIA station chief in Algeria is under investigation by the State and Justice departments after being accused of raping at least two women while he held the post , a source confirmed to CNN on Wednesday . Two Algerian women allege that the CIA 's former Algeria station chief raped them at his home , a source says . The women told investigators that they think date-rape drugs were used in the assaults , which are said to have occurred at the officer 's official residence , according to the source . The story was first reported by ABC News . The allegations were made in the fall , when the unidentified officer was still serving as station chief . In October , soon after the allegations were made , the man returned to the United States for a previously scheduled trip and was ordered not to return to his post , the source said . A senior U.S. official confirmed that the case is under investigation but refused to comment on the details . State Department spokesman Robert Wood issued a brief statement in response to a CNN inquiry , saying that