ARTICLES APPEARING IN THE NEW YORK POST ENTITLED 'WASHINGTON NIGHTMARE', CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF THREE ARTICLES STARTING 6 MARCH 1950.

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02507638
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2022
• Case Number: F-2019-01708
• Publication Date: March 8, 1950

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0 March 1950
SUBJECT: Articles Appearing in the New York Post Entitled
Mashington Nightmare, Consisting of a Series of
Three krticles Starting 6 March 1950.
The former employee writing these articles under the name of
Edward P. Daniel was given a temporary indefinite appointment with
this Agency on 3 January 1949.. For the purpose of permitting him
to take a language course and receive certain basic training the
aoloyee was informed that this was the purpose of this temporary
appointment and that he would not have access to classified in-
formation during this temporary period. The employee was further
informed that his permanent appointment was subject to investigation
to determine whether or not he could meet the security standards re-
quired by this Agency. The investigative report of another Govetnment
agency where the Subject worked was not only incomplete, but further
contained information which required clarification in accordance with
the standards of this Agency.
Upon receipt of the full investigative report it appeared that
the Subject failed to meet the security standards required by this
Agency. In an effort to clarify some of the infonuation concerning
this employee a special interview was arranged in which the employee
voluntarily participated. This interview failed to clarify information
concerning this employee and he was informed that he failed to meet our
security criteria. Subject was given the opportunity of resigning
voluntarily, -which he did on 3 June 1949.
This Agency had a considerable financial
tadporary employee, and it was hoped that the
be resolved and the services of this employee
employee failPd to meet our security criteria
mitted to resign.
investment in this
security doubts could
utilized. However, this
and accordingly was per-
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. SUBJECT: Howard JOFFE
8 March 1950
Reference is made to the series of articles starting March 6:
1950 in the New York Post under the name of Edward P. Daniel en-
titled ftjashington Nightmare, Super-Secret CIA Charge and Trial".
It was indicated that this would constitute a series of three
articles.
The Subject of this case was recruited for a highly sensitive
position abroad. Subject was informed that he could not be given
a permanent appointment until he was fully investigated; however,
in order to allow him to take a language course and certain basic
training pertinent to his assignment, he was informed that he could
be given a temporary appointment without access to classified in-
formation. He understood that his permanent appointment was subject
to investigation to determine whether or not he could meet the
security standards required by this Agency. In addition, this in-
dividual had previously worked for another Government agency.
However, the investigative report of that agency was not only in-
complete in accordance with our standards but further contained some
information which required clarification. It is the standard require-
ment of this Agency that all emoloyees must be completely investigated
before they are granted permanent appointments with access to classified
information.
In this instant case, upon receipt of the full investigative report
it appeared that this individual, because of ideological sympathies of
members of his immediate family and of certain of his associates, might
well be a security risk, particularly in view of his proposed sensitive
assignment. In the hope of clearing such doubts of security risk the
Subject was interviewed and was offered the opportunity to participate
voluntarily in a current research project utilizing the polygraph.
However, despite the interview and the polygraph test, it still
appeared that Subject did not meet the security criteria of this
Agency. For the protection of the employees it is better to allow
them to resign than to have a termination of temporary appointment
appear on their official records. The individual in question volun-
tarily resigned his temporary position with this Agency.
This Agency had a considerable financial investment in this
temporary employee, and it was hoped that the security doubts could be
resolved and the services of this employee utilized. However, this
employee failed to meet our security criteria and accordingly was per-
mitted to resi i
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