Beleaguered ride-share company Uber is facing more bad news this week after damning details have emerged in a letter written by a former Uber employee. According to the letter, the ride-share company’s Threat Operations Unit was developed to help the company achieve its business goals, “through illegal conduct even though equally aggressive legal means were available to achieve the same end.”According to Market Watch, the letter includes allegations of wiretapping, hacking and bribery, in part carried out by CIA-trained spies working for the company.Uber, which is currently engaged in a $1.9 billion civil battle with Waymo over self-driving technology, could see its defense disintegrate with the new revelations.In its case, Waymo, owned by Google-parent Alphabet, Inc., has accused a former Uber employee, Anthony Levandowski, of illegally obtaining 14,000 confidential documents which were then utilized to enhance similar technology developed by Uber.MORE Car Rental & RailIn November, Uber purchased 24,000 Volvos to add to its expanding self-driving fleet, shortly after Waymo announced an expansion of its own driverless technology.On November 29, some details of Jacob’s letter came to light after Waymo lawyers accused Uber of withholding the document.At that time, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote, “With regard to the allegations outlined in [Richard] Jacobs’ letter, I can tell you that we have not been able to substantiate every one of his claims, including any related to Waymo. But I will also say that there is more than enough there to merit serious concern.”Jacobs first penned the letter upon leaving Uber, which he said had become a “hostile” environment after he spoke up about concerns over the Threat Operations unit. Jacobs was seeking $21 million from Uber, but the company ultimately settled for $7 million on the condition Jacobs not go public with the letter’s details.READ MORE: Uber Covered Up 2016 Data BreachThe letter was made public on Friday in a 19-page opinion after the court determined that Uber should have produced the document for Waymo attorneys.This is just the latest new to rock Uber in a turbulent year for the company. Khosrowshahi became Uber’s CEO in August after former CEO Travis Kalanick announced he was taking an indefinite leave of absence. Kalanick’s departure came just as former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. announced findings of an investigation of sexual harassment claims at the ride-share company.Follow @MonicaPoling