LBJ SHOULD SPIKE CIA 'McCARTHYISM'

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: May 3, 1966
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PEJ Should Spike CIA "McCarthyism'
IN HIS COLUMN of comment on made in the House 'or Senate, an im-
this page yesterday, .Richard _Wilson, munity which has been extended to
had some caustic things to say about some degree to, senior, policy-making
the CIA .(Central Intelligence .Agency). officials in the executive branch. ,
Given the circumstances, Wilson could phi.js.a?,pernicious_,doctrine indeed,.
hardly have been too caustic. one whose effects could be ' felt long
For, to put the matter in harsh, es- after the present case is forgotten. Any
sontial terms, thy'-CIAy is proposing,.to,_.. CIA or FBI official or bureaucratic
make_ ' Qcarthyism" an instrument of- hatchet-man could' call 'any citizen a
official, domestic policy: "--""'-"--"' ` ."""Communist, Fascist, moral leper, or
- 'Involved" is a clviI`slander suit: One what have you' and escape behind a-'
Estonian emigre is suing another for barrier of "immunity." In the CIA's
slander, the second having called the case the offense is compounded by the
first a Soviet-secret police agent. The claim that "evidence" to support the
CIA gets into it because the accused alleged slander must remain secret.
slanderer is an admitted, occasional We'hope the federat courts give short
CIA agent, and his superiors say he shrift to this mischief-making proposi-
made his allegedly slanderous remarks: tion. However, we can see no reason
on their orders. why President Johnson, whose respon
Worse, the CIA claims its man is sibility the CIA is and who just last
immune from court action, asserting week reaffirmed his dedication to civil
that he is covered by 'the same im-' rights, should not meanwhile counter.;
munity that protects members of Con-' mand his agency' anti - libert
arian
iprbss from,actions based on statements policy. ?
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