REAGAN WIDENS INTELLIGENCE ROLE; GIVES C.I.A. DOMESTIC SPY POWER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000100620080-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2010
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: December 5, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON. Dec. 4?= President j let! "significant" fcrdgn intellie
Rsaoan issued an executive order today
. that broadens the authority at the na-
tion's inteHIgeace agencies Lo collect in-
tnrrnstion fromfA.mrricans at home and
abtcad_ it autbotizes the Central Intellf-
bence Agency for tl>erSrst time to pl?-
c'.uct carert operatiarrsdoraestically. .
l
FoF+?ver, "the 1?-page order omits:'
roost of the pro~risicra of an esrlier draft
that vrere opposed bx members of the
Test oJor-..er, pages 1&I9.
1?r~tyse and Senate IntellIger~ce comrait-
teesand doll liberties groups,tncltsding
a ::ectiory L`yat wuild have pertaitted.tbe
C.I.A. tD infiltrate and influence Aayeii-
can erganizaticw avithout a court yraz-
rant. .
.. T2:e order signed today replaces an
executive order signed by President
Carter art Jan ?A, 19'78 that is tl~e basic
ira.~nework for all intelligence activi-
ty oa 't?? rsP!w eedtr_ like ib ~?'.
ra s it~e Lance or taw. ~ ; ; .., ~,...,~., ....., .., .........~ ---o -- -- - --.-
-:. operation, praised the order, stating Staten groups suspeued of being agents
~C-'~'P~So fix;" ~ :,~., that it provided "adeovate safeguards ~ of a foreign power. _ _ .:.
In a statemeynt released by tx Waite ? against improper intelligetyce -opera- ' Tr.~ Administration otfidais dis-
Ho1se, ?resident Reagan said that ibe i t'ons within the United States while al- : ~ the new order -with .reporters !
intelligence order and a aompenian I Iw-ityg t2ye agetscies to perform the hyno-; today:. F~ln M?ese 3d, counselor Lo Lhe
order rz~~blishiryg a three-member.S ~~ ~t ~ ~~ 2O p~~ ~ ~- ' ~ident; Richard K i?Villiard, head of
clonal seayrity >. theJustice Departa?ent Off ce of Tntelii-
paraa] io monitor iatellig~ence activities, ~ ?+` ?~; ~. -? ': ~ ~ ,Bence Policy and Review; and Adm.
vaere' `consistent celiac my promise is t3ye ! 5enatcrr Daniel Patrick A2oynihan, . Babb R. Ituaan, Dir?ctor of
campaign *Jemocrat of New York' anti. acting ' Y' ~ttY
to nwitalize Americans inter. c?i~~, of the panel, said that the Centzsl Intelligence. ,
lige~ system... The executive or~Cer, order "yvaitas ii clear that the mission ; .Tee senior Adrniaistration officials
he ty~ded, will help the natic+n "ccrtt'ccyt of ttie C.I.A. is abread." He added that maintaL^.ed that. tbe executive order
the irczeasing ciialIenge of espionage otilY a "vsry tear" prcvisicass of the .would riot result in ma;or changes in Labe
ar:d terrorlgrn." - + order, "it misinterpreted or stretched , GI.A.'s role in the United States and
"To those~oi you wl>Q view this rhanSe ~ beyond tht Ieg:tiraate intent o[ their au- ;that many of the provisicrys were "sub-.
suspi ' ,hors, cmtld pose some problems." : stantiaily the same" as those contained
ct direction with roa,.'.Prr_siGc:t r
j w ~ ,. fn Mr. Carter's order. Tne most si fi-
R~=~,an sta.ed, let ysye assure you that ~ Iu ad~;.ttion to permitting the sec: at ~ ~
cant change. the official said, was in
LY`a: ic`. l i~Y this office [yD intelligenxe-: colletxian of sig~Cant iorefgn intelli- the order's "toCle and a roac2t" io the
a~~:~ottheUnitedStates,oraalratlars~g'~,infor~ation within 'the~Unitecl ~telli~encea encies'mi~ssicn.
a~ ; ~:c9 for that matxer, ~vf12 be gives'3~e States the or ter gives the C.I..3. author- Theaorder rgetains several restrictions I
:, a.;-?Qrity to violate the rights sad 1?~:er- ' !t3- to canduC- within the United States .
.'special activities,,. or aryert opera- . t~rytained in tole. Carter's order. roe ex-i
`.> gttararyteed to all Americans :your ; ticns, approved by the President. b1r. ; ample, the r:evv order also a bans assns- ~
G;;~:stitutianarydlaws." Carter's order prohibited such actions sinatiacsbyiatelligenceagEntxes... I
t'!ye order received mLiYd ~revies-s ? domesticslly. _ ~ _ ~ The order accepted 15 of the 18 major.
frog, members of the House and Senate ; . ~ 'changes proposed by the House and Sexy-
pacels un fntelllgence arsd from civil i , , Such Act:ars ?i(ery Rare'...: ate panels on intelligence. Specifically.
At a:news conference today. a senior the AdminLstratiorr decided to delete 1
libertiesorganixations. ~ Administration official lobo declined to' provisions contained in an eat~ier draft
?>'~+oubl3rtg' aod'VeeyDbt (~ be identified. stressed Lhat such actions that would have permitted the C.I.A. to
Representative F.d~-atd P. Boland. i would be "veryrare." - :` ;.. - _; infiltrate and influence American or-.
The order defines covert actioas,-ar anizationswithoutacourtwarrant. ~ -~
Democrat of Massacl,.:~tb w'l~o is al activities, as it~.aee "conducted l;
chairman of the Iious::, Intelli specs It eliminated a provision that would
Comatittee; viewed as ''troubling" a in wort Af national foreign policy ob- have freed. agency heads from being re-
jectives abroad-which are planned sad quir~ed to report possible Federal crimes
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SyJL7)ITH YlII.LyIt
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sexzttly ~rithia tip United Stales if
zlfort is nett aiszd at learning about
Gestic activities of Ayaey3can d '
and corporatia~. President Cart
order restricted such collection to ei
o~merdai informatico or *lata a
American residents and cxarporati
believed to be acting co belsalf of a
e3gi Po'w'er. . .
Representative Don Edwards. I3emc.-
crat of California and chairman of *he
Hose Judiciary Subcommittee an Civil
anti CoostituL?cxsal ~ip,lyb, described as
"vetY disturbing" that-provision . Ln
morn 'broadly. the over-
partiralar a.^d
ported to t_*ie tto+ise era ~i.-Hate uttetu- i
g?. xnce ov?rsight panels. TCe official ac-
:srawled~d 1haL t,'ye panels?'ad rot tine- I
ing this Admini+ccrAtion cppc.`sed arty o2 f
"the very ie~" covert ae*.ion cases it
had .wivwwi_ but he addw! the[ the
,
all order. . _ ! monitoring sessions had not been. i
?'txe order. l=e said, creates a "secret f??~~p Pat-en-L'~e-bacasir.3ations."
police that can operate- clandestinely~~ ,.:...1'LpsiralSurseillanceAbraad
aboradaaddomestitally." - ~T'2te new order also permits physical
"Big ;3roilyerhas ret:tTned;" Mr. Ed- !surveiiian~ of ~rnerican citizens and i
~nrardsremarked. _ .. corporationsabtbadinraayawnterinEei-4
headers of ilye Serrate Select Commit- ligerce irrv?stigaten or in ~'ty invtstiga-
2eeenlntellfgencedisagreed: ? ~ ?:`~' flan for significant foreign intelligence'
Senator Barry GoIdsrater,Republican that castnot be obtained by tither means..
of Arizoca .sryd- the. chairman ct the inn. Carter had limited such surveil- I