LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM DON EDWARDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 5, 1986
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Director Casey:
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The CIA's recruitment of metropolitan police undercover
officers raises several concerns.
First, I, like Los Angeles Police Chief Darryl Gates, am
troubled by the impact this transfer of resources will have on
our big city police departments. At a time when most urban
mayors are clamoring for more resources for law enforcement and
for federal assistance in the fight against drugs, it seems to me
we can ill afford to lose even one experienced police officer,
particularly to an agency with significant resources of its own.
Second, I am concerned about the effect this experience
could have on the police officers participating in the program.
I have always opposed the use of CIA agents in this country on
the ground that the agency's mission is intelligence gathering
and not law enforcement. CIA agents, unlike the FBI or state and
local police, are not -- nor do they need to be -- trained in the
niceties of constitutional law and criminal procedure. They
operate unconstrained by the laws of the host country and of the
United States. This lack of constraint is not a tradition that
you or I would want to inculcate in our own police.
So that I may better understand this program and in order to
alleviate my concerns, I would appreciate your providing me with
answers to these questions:
How many police officers does the CIA plan to hire in the
next year? At what cost to the CIA?
What functions will these individuals be performing? Why
are CIA personnel unable or unavailable to perform these
functions? If these functions are essential to the CIA's
mission, why not train existing CIA personnel to perform them or
hire new personnel for those purposes?
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The Honorable William J. Casey
November 5, 1986
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How long will the police recruits remain with the CIA? What
training will they receive? Will they return to their previous
positions following their tour of duty with the CIA?
How will they and/or their respective departments be
reimbursed? Will their families (if any) be relocated? At whose
expense?
I appreciate your prompt response to my inquiry.
With kind regards,
Sincerely,
Don Edwards
Chairman
Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights
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