A HARD LOOK AT THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00318R000100780096-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 96
• Publication Date: April 28, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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BE.iiiI.LHELI, PA.
GLOBE-TIMES'.
E. (26,694
r\PC1 2 8 1961
A Hard Look' At The CIA
The tragic result of the brave revolution
, by anti-Castro Cubans to throw off the
tyrannical yoke of the bearded dictator un-
covered a disturbing weakness in our own
. vitally-importalit Central Intelligence Agen-r,
cy. "
11 Somewhere along the line it is painfully
clear that the CIA "goofed" in its estiMate
of Castro's capabilities to stand off an in;
' vasion. It is understood' CIA advi.led the
1 White House internal conditi la
ba favored the cause of the 14t
lsts. But the world has she rned?
, patriots were .slaughtered on the beaches. .
Espionage and counter-espionage have
been basic fundamentals of governments
far back in time. The Trojan Horse comes
Immediately to mind. And there are repeat-
ed instances in world history that govern-
ments with faulty spying organizations ?
for that is the blunt description of such
, .
agencies ? sooner or later fall prey to ag-
gressive powers.
'Ie German Kaiser's intelligence setup
4,wasimasterful in the early period of World
War I but fumbled disastrously by the con-
slusion tp.i,United States would remain "to?
proud Wright."
In the present _age of frightful nuclear
warfare, there can lisf no margin for second-
guessing. The recent' events in Cuba thus
cottvAy a grim warnfmg there is spade work
'tc0)e 'llone inside the CIA to provide the
most efficient agency within human capa-
bilities.
General Maxwell Taylor has been desig-
nated by the President to find the weak I
spots in this secret. organization. Our na-
tional security demands a complete inquiry
and corrective measures. The retired corn-
bat general can, we believe, do the job. (
Certainly, time is pressing.
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