CONGRESS MUST ASSURE A STRONG CIA

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• Publication Date: June 7, 1977
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tion now to tell us that the United States,
indeed, will continue to defend the
Panama canal, and its installations, after
having insisted we must give them to
Panama on the grounds that otherwise
we could not defend them !
CONGRESa MUST ASSURE
criminal statutes protecting such secrets
corn crop statistics and internal reven
data, but detailed information on some 0
our most sensitive intelligence operation
can be safely made public by disgruntled for
openly violating with impunity their solemn
oaths of secrecy which were a condition of
their employment. Moreover, if information
is leaked to the press, even the identity of
the leaker is zealously protected under the
prevailing interpretations of the First
Amendment.
1u Therefore if the new administration wants
HON. ROBERT MCCLORY Services to itself the kind of job which theena-
of aLINOIS tional interest requires, it can do no better
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES than give its support to the passage of leg-
Tuesday, June 7, 1977 islatibn.which will provide effective criminal
penalties for the unauthorized disclosure by
Mr. McCLORY. Mr.. Speaker, in recent intelligence personnel of sensitive intelli-
years a small number of former employ- gence sources and methods.
ees of the Central Intelligence Agency This Is not to suggest anything as drastic
have capitalized on information which as the British Official Secrets Act, or the
came to them in the course of their security laws of most of the European de-
former employment by revealing names mocracies, under which any disclosure of
classified material could bring severe crimi-
arid identities of individuals with whom nal penalties. But under our present laws
they had contact. Books, television only communications intelligence enjoys
shows, lectures and other means of eom- meaningful protection.
munication have been employed for In cases involving the disclosure of any
profit by these faithless individuals. In other intelligence sources or methods it 16
additon, many others including some in necessary to prove beyond a reasonable doubt
public life have drawn attention to them- the defendant's intention to harm the United
selves by utilizing this information. States or aid a foreign power-and as any
trial lawyer knows, intentions are almost
It is, of course, improper for our Fed- impossible to prove conclusively.
eral Government to conceal information The intelligence officer who seeks to betray
from the people which they are entitled his organization-and his country--normally
to have. On the other hand, the unau- risks prosecution only if he is apprehended in
thorized disclosure of the names and the act of delivering classified material to a
identities of individuals engaged in in- known agent of a foreign intelligence service.
telligence activities in behalf of our Na- He can accomplish the same purpose with im-
tion or any other friendly nation thereby punity by leaking his information to an over-
eager press, or peddling it to a publicity-hun-
gry their safety or diminishing grey congressman.
their ability to perform their essential Or better still, he can write books and ar-
services should be treated for what it is- tidies, do TV talk shows and become a celeb-
an offense against our Nation. rity on college campuses throughout the
Mr. Speaker, one of the most dedicated country. He thus serves his foreign masters in
Americans Of our time -who retired re- two Important capacities. He is a productive
cently as Assistant Secretary of Defense espionage agent whose personal security is
and who previously served for 27 years assured by the protection of our First Amend-
ment; and he is a valuable propagandist-
with the Central Intelligence Agency, in- an "agent of influence" disseminating
eluding 8 years as Chief of all of the through journalistic, political, TV and aea-
Agency's Soviet Operations, is John M. demic channels information designed to dis-
Maury. Mr. Maury, now retired from pub- credit and destroy our own intelligence
he life, has written a number of useful agencipassing es.
the National Security Act of
articles regarding the CIA and its role in 1947 the Congress recognized the unique
Our Nation.
In a recent article entitled "Don't Cut sensitivity, of information on intelligence
'
sources and methods by specifically charging
Up the CIA Into Useless Pieces," Mr. the director of central intelligence with re-
Maury-without apologizing for some of sponsibility for protecting such information.
the abuses and miscalculations of the However, the law did not provide him with
CIA-comes down hard on the need for the means to carry out this responsibility.
legislation against those who betray the What is now proposed is a law similar to
CIA and our Nation. The concluding that applying to "Restricted Data" under the
paragraphs of this article which appeared Atomic Energy Act. It would cover only in-
ti s ecifically designated by the di-
on
f
is that you keep the whole matter s: se< ret
as possible. For upon secrecy, success ciepends
in most enterprises of the kind and J or want
of it, they are generally defeated howc~aer well
planned."
THE ENERGY CRISIS--FACT OR
FANTASY?
HON. GUS YATRON
OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, June 7, 1977
Mr. YATRON. Mr. Speaker, in formu-
lating. its energy proposals, the Carter
administration solicited the comments
of 320,000 individual American citizens
through the mass mailings early in
March. With the same end in mind, I
would like to call to the attention of my
colleagues, a talk presented on January
13, 1977, to the Reading Rotary Club by
Mr. James Stoudt, president of Gilbert
Associates, Inc.
Mr. Stoudt and Gilbert Associates have
been intimately involved in energy re-
search and development for many years.
He is highly respected both in Reading
and in professional circles for his keen
perception and unsurpassed public spirit.
I have found Mr. Stoudt's Rotary pres-
entation, a condensed version of which
follows, to be an excellent statement of
the difficult questions and potential an-
swers which we must consider as we de-
liberate on energy policy in the months
ahead:
THE ENERGY CRISIS--FACT OR FA ~, TASY ?
(By Mr. James Stoudt)
The Energy Crisis. Is it a fact or is it a
fantasy conceived by those of us in the en-
ergy business to rip-off the public'? It is my
purpose today to convince you without a--
shadow of doubt it is real. I am convinced-
my challenge at this luncheon is to convince
you in the brief span of time of one-half
hour without suffocating you with dry sta-
tistics or simply entertaining you with rhet-
oric.
Energy is a vitally important subject to
us all. Our high standard of living today
largely results from the tremendous increase
in the use of hydrocarbon energy to replace
the muscle power of man and animal . . .
For the first time in our history, we are
faced with depletion of fuels. Also, for the
first time, we do not have 50.-60 years to
make a leisurely shift to another cuergy re-
source.
Can the United States achieve "energy in-
dependence" in the reasonable near future
from interruptible, high-cost foreign sources
of energy?
p
orma
in the March 27 issue of the Washington
rector of central intelligence and the heads In my opinion, the answer, based on pres-
Star follow: of the other intelligence agencies as relating ent technology, environmental restrictions
[From the Washington Star, March 27, 19771 to intelligence "sources and methods"-the and demographic forecasts, is no---at least
DON'T CUT UP THE CIA INTO USELESS PIECES identities of agents or the details of technical not in this century.
(By John M. Maury) collection systems. It would have no appli- . But there are some realistic ways this
Now is not the time for further investiga- cation to other categories of classified mate- country can achieve "energy security" by
tions, recriminations and reorganizations. It rial. And it would be binding only on those the year 2000.
is the time to look forward and see what can individuals who, by virtue of employment or By 2000, U.S. population will be about
be done to ensure that past mistakes are a contractual relationship with an intelli- 262 million, an increase of 23 percent from
not repeated and that the new administra- gence agency, voluntarily assumed, by sworn today's 214 million.
tion has the best intelligence support that commitment, the obligation to protect source To support this growth, U.S. energy de-
modern technology and human ingenuity and method information. -'and, without vigorous conservation, will
can devise. In pressing for such legislation, it may be increase from 71 quads in 1975 to about 174
But it can hardly expect such intelligence appropriate to recall the comment of Gen. quads in the year 2000. (QUAD-A. Quadril-
so long as the most sensitive secrets of the Washington who, precisely 200 years ago, lion BTU's. The energy equivalent of 180
intelligence community can be revealed with penned the following words in a letter to CoL million barrels of oil or 40 million tons of
impunity by publicity-hungry politicians. Elias Dayton: "The necessity for procuring coal.) If we don't develop existing and new
disgruntled former employees or an irrespon- good intelligence is apparent and need not be energy resources, the U.S. faces a potervti'al
federal further urged-all that remains for me to add "energy gap" of 148 quads as producition
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Mandela is the story. What the government into the RECORD for my colleagues' in- "Mr. Carter is required by law to act on
of 'South Africa .has done to her .since her formation on the development of Alas- FTC's proposal and make a recommendation
husband's conviction is beyond the bounds kan natural gas reserves. to Congress by Sept. 1, although he is per-
of all human decency. -.. . - .. . - -- - mlttsd + qu st -
country that has any
the rights of the in
resume her rights as a
standing.
visitors other than relatives without
permission.
most of the conveniences of modern living.
Her house had electricity, carpets, a bath-
room, a kitchen filled with modern appli-
ances and a telephone. She commuted daily
to a $400-a-month? job in the accounts sec-
'But on Maly 16, security ,police removed
Mrs. Mandela to the village of Brandfort, (FPC
160 miles from Johannesburg. She now lives
in a house without electricity, bath or hot
water. Her neighbors are 8,600 blacks whose
language she does not speak, and 1,900 whites
with whom .she may not associate. She may
not leave the town limits.
Why? There is only silence from the gov-
ernment except for a statement by security
police that it was considered "better" that
Mrs. Mandela leave Soweto, where consider-
able rioting erupted last year.
It is obvious of course, that she is being
punished for the sine, real or trumped up,
of her husband.
How.can anyone ignore such a "secondary
conviction" of .an innocent human being if
he truly believes in a world where all people,
if not totally free and equal, are at least
entitled to the fundamental rights inherent
with membership in the human race?
How can he feel anything but utter con-
tempt for a government that would treat
any human being the way South Africa is
treating Winnie Mandela?
' One must wonder if that kind of treatment
is accorded to a person who was found inno-
cent of a criminal charge, what kind of dia-
bolical punishlhtent she might have received
had she been found guilty.
Winnie Mandela's case is only one, of
course, among countless thousands of per-
secutions of blacks in South Africa.
But even by itself it should be enough to
rally any who believe in the basic dignity
of the human race to the side of President
Carter in his crusade for the decent treat-
ment of all peoples, no matter what their
color or religion, no matter where they might
live, and no matter what their economic
status in life.
VON. JOHN .1 MURTHA
OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN-THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7 uesday, June 7, 19.77
Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, over the
next few weeks I.plan to.insert a .num-
ber of articles and background materials
ycuu wusuever ior the Arctic gas pipeline route, but said
dual-that would the El Paso Alaska n., route -- - -..able
ing in Canada on how-and how fast-that
country should develop its gas reserves in the
Mackenzie River delta in the Northwest
Territories. What Canada decides could de-
termine, or at least limit the options for,
SPLrr VOTE
U.S., the Federal Power Commission
favor of each of two pipeline
gh Canada.
line Co. an
Law Judge
up Canadian g
River south.
to the U.S.
The commission rej
El Paso Alaska Co.'s plan
American" line through Al
1/aldez on the state's southe
the gas would be liquefied
tanker to California.
the delta with Alaska; the environmental
damage would be too severe.
If the Canadian government adopts the
Berger recommendation, the Arctic Gas route
would be out of the running. Conceivably,
however, Canada could veto a pipeline
through the country altogether; the Alcan
project, too, crosses areas which are the sub-
ject of native claims.
In that event, the only alternative left for
the U.S. would be to adopt El Paso's pro-
posal-the one rejected by the FPC.
The next move will be made by Canada.
In. early July its National Energy Board is
expected to come out with its recommenda-
tion on Mackenzie delta gas development
plans and pipeline routes. Armed with that
report, as well as the Berger commission's
input, the Canadian cabinet will make a
final decision. It will come by September,
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau has
promised President Carter.
TO BE (DEFENDED) OR NOT TO BE
(DEFENDED) ? THAT IS THE (PAN-
AMA CANAL) QUESTION!
HON. GENE SNYDER
OF KENTUCKY
IN THE HOUSE OF 4EPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, June 7, 1977
Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, have we
in the Congress been had?
For several years, the American people
have been bombarded with State Depart-
Thent propaganda that the Panama
Canal could not be -defended.
And-the only way to keep it "open,
secure, efficient and neutral," was to give
it to Panama, together with the Canal
Zone.
Stories from Panama City, June 2, re-
ported U.S. negotiators have drafted an
agreement with Panama's negotiators
that would surrender the zone and
waterway as of December 31, 1999.
However, the reports said a second
agreement had been reached providing
for the "neutrality" of the canal.
For months the news media has re-
ported the chief stumbling block in
treaty negotiations has been the matter
of "guaranteeing the neutrality" of the
canal-in other words, its defense-after
we turned it over to Panama. Official
leaks to the press revealed the United
States wanted the right to come in and
defend it, if necessary, while Panama
said it wanted the OAS or UN to do that.
As a matter of fact, Panama's dic-
tator, Omar Torrijos, reportedly fired his
last Foreign Minister, Aquilino Boyd, be-
cause of differences over this matter of
defense of the canal.
So it is evident that some agreement
must have been reached on defense of
the canal if a second pact has been
drafted.
Mr. Speaker, President Carter as a
candidate often stated he would not soon
give up "practical control" of the Pan-
ama Canal. Unless Mr. Carter has com-
pletely reversed himself, I conclude that
Torrijos has agreed to let the United
States defend the canal after Panama
This brings me to the point.
atn Canal, then I ask, why the official
baloney for the past few years that it was
no longer possible for us to defend it?
Which is it to be?
What are we to believe?
Can we defend the Panama Canal, or
can't we?
Were we told repeatedly the United
States could not defend the canal only to
brainwash us into accepting surrender
of the vital waterway to a weak country
that commonsense tells us cannot de-
fend it?
Mr. Speaker, have we been had?
It certainly will be a ludicrous official
policy contradiction for the administra-
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