EX-CIA AGENT COMPARES COVERT OPERATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100200087-3
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 87
• Publication Date: October 2, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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GREENVILLE MORNING NEWS (SC)
2 October 1985
Ex-CIA agent compares covert operations
By Toffy Ct"ar =1:41 er he wrote in Search of
ew wNw in which he accused the CIA of
CLEMS ON - The CIA's involvemeht misleading the United States government
in Central America is similar to conduct OOM the CIA's role in the civil war
10 years ago that helped push the United m
States government to tighten controls In his book, Stockwell dwW the CIA
over the agency, a former CIA agent said used American military advisers in An-
Tuesday. gola without informing the White House
In an interview prior to his speech or the State Department. He also accused
Tuesday night at Clemson University, for- the CIA of recruiting mercenaries to fight
mer CIA case officer and author John for U.S.-supported factions-there.
Stockwell said the repeating coy- The federal government sued Stock-
ert actions in Nka1t it took dur- well in 1980 for violating a secrecy agree-
ing the 1975 civil war in Angola. ment he signed when he joined the CIA.
"The CIA is using the same blueprint, . The lawsuit was settled that year, with
the same covert action in Nicaragua," Stockwell agreeing to hand over subse-
Stockwell said quent profits from the book to the govern.
Stockwell, who headed the CIA's An- meet.
gola task force during the civil war there, Stockwell, who was a Marine Corps
said that, as in Angola, the CIA is sup- officer prior to joining the CIA, said Tues-
porting two factions in Nicaragua and, as day that actions by presidents Ford and
in Angola, it has built an air force and Carter, and Congressional measures dur-
navy in the Central American country. ing the late 19708 to make the CIA more
Stockwell was recruited by the CIA in accountable to the federal government
1964, where he remained until 1977. A have failed.
"Those restrictions - the new rules
and guidelines, the oversight by the Sen-
ate - have been simply brushed aside,"
he said.
Stockwell said the Reagan administra.
tion has "stonewalled" attempts by Con-
gress
Surity Council directed National
rebel
activities in Nicaragua after Congress
ordered the activity to be stopped.
"The White House and the CIA won't
CaViss the documentation," Stock-
well
a result, you have a president who
has upped the CIA's budget, upped its
manpower and set it 'back to full histori-
cal function,' to use his (Reagan's)
words," Stockwell said.
Stockwell said the current CIA should
be dismantled and replaced with an intel-
ligence gathering agency that is "ac-
countable to the people."
Stockwell is touring th country,
speaking on what he calls "the secret
wars of the CIA."
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