WHITE HOUSE SAID TO BE IN TALKS WITH WASHINGTON POST ON DATA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505380035-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2010
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: May 16, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TIMES
16 May 1986
White House Said to Be in Talks
With Washington Poston Data
By BERNARD WEINRAUI
ft s" in TM Nw York Thar
WASHINGTON; May 16-TUe White
Howe and The Washington Post have
been
In 11 tions" ovw
the last me" about the publi-
cation of information classified as sa
cret that the newspaper has received,
White Howe officials said today.
A White House official said Edward
P. Dtsrejlan, a deputy White House
press secretary who deals with na-
tional security matters, as ft
ward, an assistant managing editor
if] Mr-
the newspaper, were "in the middle d
aa~otiatlsos" about the publication of
article. The official declined sev
eral times. to discuss the nature or de-
tails of the negotiations.
Administration dials have said
the Information obtained by The Wash.
irgtan Post might have included some
of fife classified data provided to the
Soviet Union by Ronald W. Peitcu, a
.dormer employee of the National Se-
curity ASency, who has been charged
with espionage. Mr. Pelton, who is in
jail awaiting trial, is said to have told
the Russians about American systems
used to intercept communications.
iwam A. Cosa Dl ctor of
UNItral oe, s sought a com-
mitment from the Justice Department
to prosecute the paper if it published
the information Administration otfi-
cials said last week that the Justice De-
partment was resisting the request to
prosecute The Post, as well as other
have published information ~classifiedd
as secret.
A.White House official declined to
discuss the details of the White House
negotiations with The Post, except to
say, "We are disatssing the proposed
publication of an article, and our seri-
ous reservations on the publication for
.0
national New" The official said the White House
..ca
a~es pis. of
the article. that "there is an on-
with two senior editors of The Post and
-warned pted these the -s pap me could be
it went ah"d TIM its ra
port. Both the Admelielo ration and Coo-
grass are seeking stiffer sanctions
agaitrt those who disclose secrets.
missed as this aflicW the Pentagon that
he had been the source of a now article
on a
tive matter. _
Mr. sensi
msy has said that be beli
The Post as well as The New York
Times, The Washington Times, and
Time and Nswswesl< ---a- h
ad
violated the law by pndbl
clas i-
fled material on the raid against Libya.
Government officials have said that
the information that The Post had ob-
tained covered a broad range of activi-
ties of the National Security Agency.
White Howe officials said that they
had "no idea" when The Post intended
to print its article and that the Admin-
istration opposed any publication of the
information that has been under dis-
cussion between Mr. D Jere jlan and Mr.
Woodward.
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