Isabelle Pettie was a CIA employee and the late wife of [[Marion Pettie]], the leader of [[The Finders]]. Her employment with the CIA established a direct connection between the intelligence community and the leadership of The Finders, a relationship that became central to investigations into the group's activities and potential intelligence links.[^1] The discovery of Isabelle Pettie's CIA employment occurred during the broader investigation into The Finders following the February 1987 arrests of group members in Florida. As investigators examined Marion Pettie's background, they learned that his wife had worked for the CIA, and that one of their sons had worked for Air America, a CIA cutout used to traffic heroin in the golden triangle region during the Vietnam War. These family connections to intelligence operations raised questions about whether The Finders maintained formal or informal links to the agency.[^1] The 1993 Department of Justice inquiry into CIA involvement with The Finders examined these connections in detail. The Washington Times reported in December 1993 that a Metropolitan Police document quoted a CIA agent confirming that the agency was sending personnel to a Finders Corp., Future Enterprises, for training in computer operations. While Isabelle Pettie's specific role within the CIA was not detailed in the publicly released documents, her employment provided a documented link between the intelligence community and the organization's leadership.[^1] The significance of Isabelle Pettie's CIA employment extended beyond her individual role. The connection suggested that The Finders may have functioned as an unacknowledged intelligence asset, or that intelligence personnel used the group's infrastructure for training and operational purposes. The family's multi-generational involvement with intelligence-connected entities, including Air America and Future Enterprises, indicated a pattern of overlap between The Finders and the intelligence community that warranted the Department of Justice investigation.[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). Eye of the Chickenhawk. United States: Thehotstar.