A ROLE FOR THE CIA IN EL SALVADOR?

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Organizing Notes
A Role for the CIA in El Salvador?
As the Reagan administration seeks to increase mili-
tary and economic aid to the junta in El Salvador,
allegations of a different kind of American involve-
ment-CIA covert operations-are becoming more fre-
quent and alarming.
Particular attention has been focused on possible CIA
responsibility for developing a February 23 State De-
partment "White Paper" which "proves" that the Soviet
Union and Cuba have provided substantial aid to
Salvadorean leftists. The evidence has been used as a
major lobbying tool by the Reagan administration to
increase aid to the junta. It has also served as a
rationale for labeling opposition to current American
policy as "communist orchestrated."
According to ex-CIA officers Philip Agee and Ralph
McGehee-who have attacked the White Paper in recent
articles-the document resembles propaganda pieces
they saw prepared during their service with the Agency.
Agee and McGehee have attacked the paper for inac-
curate translations, inconsistencies, and in some cases,
for deliberate fabrication of evidence. In the past, the
CIA has used similar documents and press releases to
"prove" Communist infiltration in Guatemala (1954),
Indonesia (1965), Chile (the late 1960's) and Vietnam,
among other places.
In late January, reports of a series of Soviet-Cuban
sponsored guerilla raids into El Salvador from Nicar-
agua were widely circulated. In an article published in
the March 23,1981 issue of The Nation, Ralph McGehee
wrote that, after the guerilla raids, "two Salvadorean
government officials resigned, charging that the `two
invasions' were staged in order to justify the sending in
of American troops." McGehee characterized the re-
ports as a "probable CIA deception operation."
Adding to speculation about possible CIA involve-
ment in El Salvador, CIA supporters and critics have
drawn parallels in the media between US efforts to aid
land reform in El Salvador, and the Phoenix Program in
Vietnam, carried out a decade ago under CIA direction.
US encouragement of Salvadorean land reform has
come chiefly from the American Institute for Free Labor
Development, founded in 1962 as a joint effort of
American labor and multinational corporations to en-
courage social and educational development in the third
world. In the past, AIFLD has been the subject of some
controversy, carrying with it charges of complicity with
the CIA in Latin America.
Finally, the Reagan administration's hasty attempt
to push Congress toward repealing the five-year-old
Clark Amendment ban on CIA covert operations in
Angola, further increases skepticism about the extent of
US "aid" to troubled areas of the world, especially El
Salvador. (See Organizing Notes, Vol. 5, No. 3.)
On the Homefront:
Reagan Views the Opposition
Protest against American intervention in El Salvador
has been intense in the past few months. Ronald
Reagan had a few words to say about opposition to his
policy in a March 29 interview with the Washington
Post:
... But I do think that we have to recognize that the
campaign against what we're doing, the helping of El
Salvador, is a pretty concerted and well-orchestrated thing,
propaganda that I think has confused agreat many people
and many well-meaning people ... it's even been world-
wide. And you find the same slogans being used in demon-
strations in European countries about the United States in
El Salvador. You find it here ... There were some of those
demonstrators in Canada on our recent trip. Incidentally,
that's another thing we've done in these first 48 days. The
placards were the same. The slogans were the same there.
And you can't, when we have been able to establish with
our white paper that this is Soviet-backed, that it is Cuban-
backed, the surrogates of Cuba are in the front line in
providing the material, training of the guerilla fighters, all
of these things, you have to assume that they must also
have a hand then in the propaganda.
Campaign or Political Rights
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Justice Department Begins
Assault on the FOIA
Fears that the Reagan Administration will seek limi-
tations on the Freedom of Information Act appear to be
justified, in light of a memorandum issued by Attorney
General William French Smith on May 4. The memo,
circulated to all federal agencies, announced a change in
Justice Department policy regarding the FOIA, allowing
agencies to withhold requested documents that would
have been released under previous guidelines. Under the
new policy, agencies no longer need to show that "demon-
strable harm" would result from the release of material
that the agency seeks to withhold.
In effect, the policy change means that the Justice
Department will now defend agency FOIA denials in
"borderline" cases that would not have been defended
under guidelines issued by former Attorney General Grif-
fin Bell in 1977.
While attorneys and organizers familiar with the FOIA
disagree on the actual impact of Smith's policy change, all
agree that his recent action is a sign of things to come.
Already, Attorney General Smith has solicited sugges-
tions from agency heads concerning "reforms" they would
like to see made in the FOIA. These "reforms" are expected
to be further limitations on the application of the Act, in
keeping with the restrictive interpretation of the Act
reflected in the May 4 memorandum. In addition, Vice
President Bush has gone on record saying he believes
federal regulations have gone too far in providing public
access to government files.
Following the issuance of the Smith memo, a Justice
Department spokesperson indicated that the Administra-
tion might incorporate provisions of a bill introduced by
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) into its own FOIA legislative
proposal. The Hatch bill (S. 587) includes provisions that
would limit individuals and organizations to one request
per agency per year, impose an automatic $10 filing fee,
relax deadlines for government compliance with the law,
and substantially broaden the number of law enforcement
and intelligence agency records that can be withheld
under the Act.
A further indication of what might be expected in a
Reagan FOIA proposal is a CIA request made earlier this
year to completely exempt the agency from the FOIA. The
FBI is known to favor a similar exemption for its records,
and there is sentiment within the Administration to honor
these requests. The Reagan FOIA legislative package is
expected to be introduced later this summer.
July Fourth-15th Anniversary of the FOIA
A number of organizations working to protect the Free-
dom of Information Act have designated the Fourth of
July as a day of activity in support of the Act. The Act was
originally signed into law on July 4,1966, and is now being
threatened on its fifteenth anniversary.
Supporters of the Act are encouraged to hold press
conferences, release statements, and request placement of
relevant editorials in newspapers throughout the country.
For more information or assistance in planning events,
contact the Campaign office.
FOIA Hearings Scheduled
Plans for comprehensive hearings this summer on the
Freedom of Information Act have been announced by
subcommittee leaders in the Senate and House.
Senate
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), chair of the Subcommittee
on the Constitution of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
will begin hearings on the FOIA on July 15. The hearings
are expected to continue through the summer. Of parti-
cular concern to the subcommittee could be S. 1235,
introduced by Sen. Alphonse D'Amato (R-NY), and S. 1273,
introduced by Sen. John Chafee (R-RI). Both bills would
virtually exempt the CIA from the Act.
House
Representative Glenn English (1)-OK), chair of the
Government Information and Individual Rights Sub-
committee of the House Government Operations Com-
mittee, is planning three days of hearings on July 14-1(i.
According to English, the subcommittee does not plan to
focus on any specific legislation, but will concentrate
instead on how well the Act is working. English is
specifically interested in hearing testimony from "those
who use the FOIA and those who are affected by it."Those
interested in testifying should contact the subcommittee
by June 22; written testimony will be accepted for the
record until 30 days after the hearings. The subcommittee
can be contacted at 2157 Rayburn House Office Building, Wash-
ington, D.C. 20515.
Clark Amendment Update
House
On May 12, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted
19-5 to strike repeal of the Clark Amendment from the 1982
foreign aid authorization bill. Passed in 1976, the Clark
Amendment requires Congressional approval of any mili-
tary aid to the contending factions in Angola.
The Foreign Affairs Committee vote followed the Africa
Subcommittee's resounding recommendation in late April
that repeal of the Clark Amendment at this time would be a
big mistake. (See Organizing Notes, Vol. 5, No. 3). Now, an
attempt will probably be made to attach a repeal amend-
ment to the foreign aid bill when it reaches the House floor.
Senate
Bowing to strong Administration pressure, the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-2 on May 1;3 to
repeal the five-year-old Clark Amendment. The vote came
after a bipartisan compromise had been reached to include
language disclaiming any inference that the repeal was an
endorsement for providing assistance for military or par-
amilitary operations in Angola. The Committee lifted
requirements for specific Congressional approval of such
assistance, but maintained the stipulation that the Presi-
dent must submit a report detailing the reasons for pro-
viding the assistance, as well as the amount and purpose.
The report, which may be classified, must contain a
Presidential determination that concrete progress has
been made toward a settlement for Namibian indepen-
dence and that the proposed assistance would not substan-
tially impair efforts for such a long settlement.
The full Senate is expected to follow the lead of the
Foreign Relations Committee. If the Senate amendment
remains intact and the House holds firm against the
repeal, the issue will be taken up in a House-Senate
conference.
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The Lefever Nomination:
iShould the CIA Use Professionals for Cover?
On May 18 and 19, the Senate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee held c nfirmation hearings on the appointment of
Ernest Lefev r as Assistant Secretary of State for Human
Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. Questions about LefeAffairs Questions about Lefe-
ver's views o the CIA's use of clergy, academics, and
press groups or cover were raised during the testimony by
Senators Sar anes (D-MD), Tsongas (D-MA), and Percy
(R-IL). Senator Sarbanes introduced the issue with a direct
question to Dr. Lefever, resulting in the following inter-
change:
Lefever: No, I do not believe that that should be a practice of
the CIA. I do believe that every American, regardless of
profession, should not be legislatively barred from voluntarily
cooperating with any U.S. government agency ...
Sarbanes: Do you believe the agency should undertake to
cooperate with an American citizen wishing to do so if the
citizen is a member of the clergy or a journalist?
Lefever: I think that is a question between the citizen
concerned and whether he felt he could serve his.country by
providing useful information. I think he should be free to do so
Lefever: I do not think the CIA should go out of its way to
recruit, in fact should not recruit, missionaries abroad. That is
quite a different thing from a missionary who witnesses an
insurrection up country and a month or so later is down in the
capital city where there is an American embassy and he goes
in and tells the ambassador or someone else in the embassy
what he saw...
Lefever's answers to Sen. Tsongas's questions on this topic
were similarly vague.
The Churches Respond
The next day, Senator Percy followed up a discussion
about CIA use of professionals by asking a panel of
religious leaders what they thought of Lefever's position
condoning payment to missionaries for assisting the CIA.
Sen. Percy read testimony on that subject made by Lefever
last year before the House Intelligence Committee (see
Organizing Notes, Vol. 5, No. 2). The Senator then asked,
"What adverse circumstances, if any, could result from
this policy?" Dr. Bill Howard, President of the National
Council of Churches, said that after the matter resurfaced
last year, he visited missionaries and asked them the same
question; they told him they were already beginning to feel
their credibility compromised by Lefever's statement.
Rev. Martin Deppe of the United Methodist Church
reinforced Dr. Howard's opposition to Lefever's position.
He reported that the UMC had not only passed a resolution
prohibiting clergy from working with the CIA, but also
had inserted this resolution into their permanent book of
discipline.
A member of the National Association of Evangelicals
(who spoke as an individual and not a representative of the
group) concurred that many members of his organization
were opposed to CIA use of missionaries.
Many Senators have asked Reagan to withdraw Lefe-
ver's nomination for numerous reasons, but a vote by the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee is still expected in
mid-June (which will then be followed by a full floor vote of
the Senate). For more information on CIA use of profes-
sionals, contact Susan Benda at the Campaign. For infor-
mation on the Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights
Community (established in opposition to Lefever's nomi-
nation), contact Bill Goodfellow, Center for International
Policy, 120 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002
[phone].
Lefever Targets His Opposition
While Ernest Lefever lobbied for confirmation as
Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs, he tagged several religious,
human tights, and research groups as participants
in a "communist disinformation" campaign. The
public first learned of Lefever's smears during his
confirmation hearing on May 18. Then, Senators
Tsongas (D-MA), Percy (R-IL), and Pell (D-RI) ques-
tioned Lefever about charges he had made to each of
them prior to the hearing, that his opposition was
communist-inspired.
During the hearing, Senator Helms (R-NC) not
only reinforced Lefever's charges, but also encour-
aged hi to elaborate on charges he had made earlier
that the World Council of Churches supported terror-
ist groups around the world. (The World Council of
Churches has taken no position on the nomination.)
Senator Helms expressed his concern about the
organizations opposing Lefever's appointment by
saying that he wanted to "question the credibility" of
the National Council of Churches as a representative
group adequately reflecting the views of its member-
ship. He personally attacked Dr. William Howard,
the President of the National Council of Churches,
during his testimony opposing Lefever's nomina-
tion.
Helms told Howard: "You came here as an expert
on human rights, and you attack a man of fine char-
acter." Howard replied: "The nominee owes us all an
apology for saying that opposition to him is orches-
trated by communists. I do not come here to attack
him personally. I attack his record only." Helms'
questions to Howard were quite lengthy, and in-
cluded totally irrelevant questions such as "What do
you think of William Kuntsler?"
After the two days of hearings, the controversial
nominee embellished claims against his opposition
during media interviews, although he cancelled some
appearances following media reports of his attacks
on his critics. Lefever now maintains that there is
both "honest" and "other" opposition to his appoint-
ment.
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Shareholders Vote on Corporate Relationship
to Universities with Guidelines Governing
Intelligence Agencies
Among the shareholder proposals listed in the notice for
the American Telephone and Telegraph's 1981 annual
meeting, was a motion that the "corporation, its subsi-
diaries, affiliates, and agents" make no contributions to
schools that "restrict or attempt to restrict contacts be-
tween any intelligence agency of the United States and
members of the academic community of such educational
institutions ... " The AT&T directors recommended that
shareholders vote against the proposal; stating "Whether
association with intelligence activities is consistent with
the spirit of free inquiry which is the university's basic
mission is a legitimate and serious question that the
universities themselves should be permitted to examine
without fear of economic sanctions." They cited conclu-
sions of the 1976 Church Committee Report, regarding the
CIA and the academic community. Since that report was
released, more than a dozen universities have adopted
guidelines governing agency activity on campus, and at
least as many universities have similar guidelines under
development.
On April 15, at AT&T's annual meeting in Houston, the
shareholders voted against the resolution 472,261,000
(93%) to 34,964,000 (7%). Since the resolution received more
than three percent of the vote, it qualifies to reappear in
next year's proxy statement.
More than twenty other corporations (including Chase
Manhattan Bank, Exxon, Texas Instruments, Scott Paper,
Polaroid and IBM) had the same proposal in their 1981
proxy statements. On the average, votes favoring the
resolution tallied less than three percent.
Environmental and Safe Energy Groups Urge
President to Protect Political Rights
In a May 25 letter criticizing Administration attempts to
expand domestic security investigations, 13 national safe
energy and environmental groups challenged President
Reagan to explain how he will protect the political rights of
all citizens.
The groups criticized the Administration's efforts to
revise Carter's Executive Order 12036 which places some
restrictions on domestic investigations. Reagan's pro-
posed executive order is still under review (See Organizing
Notes, Vol. 5, No. 2).
Signing the letter were: Citizens' Energy Project, Criti-
cal Mass Energy Project, Environmental Action, Environ-
mental Action Foundation, Environmentalists for Full
Employment, Environmental Policy Center, Friends of the
Earth, Mobilization for Survival, Natural Resource De-
fense Council, Nuclear Information and Resource Service,
Karen Silkwood Fund, Sierra Club and Union of Concerned
Scientists.
Denton's Subcommittee Hears
Testimony on Agents'
Identities Bills
Jeremiah Denton's (R-AL) Judiciary Subcommittee on
Security and Terrorism held hearings May 8 on the
Intelligence Identities Protection Act (S 391). Testimony
was heard from representatives of the Justice Department,
CIA, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Association
of Former Intelligence Officers and Senator John Chafee
(R-RI), who played a key role in efforts to enact agents'
identities legislation in last year's Congress.
The subcommittee does not plan to hold additional
hearings on the legislation. Subcommittee and full com-
mittee mark-ups are likely to occur in mid- to late June, and
it is anticipated that S 391 will go directly to the Senate
floor.
The House Intelligence Committee's Subcommittee on
Legislation, which held hearings in April on its version of
the Intelligence Identities Legislation (HR 4), is expected
to mark-up the legislation in mid-June. The bill will then be
voted on by the full committee, and may be referred to the
House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Civil and Consti-
tutional Rights, chaired by Don Edwards (D-CA), where it
could be the subject of additional hearings.
CIA Asks Congress to Authorize
Searches in Agent Disclosure Cases
CIA Director William Casey has suggested that Con-
gress authorize surprise searches for "work product" and
other "documentary materials" when reporters are under
investigation for unauthorized disclosure of information
identifying covert agents. In a letter to Edward Boland
(D-MA), chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Casey
recommended that Congress amend a statute responding
to the Supreme Court's decision in Zurcher v. Stanford.
(See Organizing Notes, Vol. 4, No. 4, 5). The statute
requires law enforcement officials to use subpoenaes
rather than search warrants to obtain documentary
materials from journalists and broadcasters not suspected
of committing the crimes under investigation. It contains
an exception, however, which permits surprise searches in
espionage cases, and Casey would like to extend that
provision to disclosures arising under either the House or
Senate version of the Agents Identities Protection Act.
The Campaign for Political Rights' Special Report,
Internal Security: Operation Revival, is avail-
able in bulk orders. The report, which appeared in the
March/April issue of Organizing Notes, outlines the
history of past Congressional internal security com-
mittees and the move to revive them in this Congress.
The report also includes a directory of organizations
to contact for legal and political information on the
subject, and lists relevant materials and films that
can be used by organizers to raise public awareness
of the internal security issue. At the Campaign's
request, the National Committee Against Repressive
Legislation (formerly the National Committee to
Abolish HUAC), assisted Campaign staff in the
preparation of this report. 1-10 copies: 30? apiece; 20?
for 10 or more. Send check or money order to the
Campaign for Political Rights, 201 Massachusetts
Ave. NE, Washington, D.C. 20002.
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Agents' Identities Bill
Renewed Opposition
In the 97th Congress, the Intelligence Identities Protection Act has once
again attracted apposition from civil liberties, press and other public
interest groups. The Senate and the House are considering different ver-
sions. Some grows have voiced opposition to the bills in entirety: other
organizations have focused on the most controversial third section of the
legislation, which would make it a crime to disclose information leading to
the identification bf an agent, informant or source of the CIA or FBI even if
the information was obtained from non-classified sources.
American Civil Liberties Union: Statement by Jerry Berman and
Morton Halperin on behalf of the ACLU before the Senate Subcommittee on
Security and Terrorism of the Senate Judiciary Committee, May 8, 1981.
We believe that section 601(c) is facially unconstitutional in punishing the
publication of information which has come into the possession of private
citizens, the public and the press. We believe this is so even if the
information were classified . . . but particularly because it includes
information-however sensitive-which has come into the public domain.
The government has a right to restrict sensitive information, but it cannot
attempt to punish its publication once it has become public or come into the
possession of the press. A line of Supreme Court cases supports this
position.
Americans for Democratic Action: litter from Leon Shull, National
Director, to Senator Joseph Biden, Jr., May 7, 1981.
Section 601(c) endangers first amendment rights by permitting prior
restraint of the press. It far exceeds the legitimate purpose of the Intel-
ligence Identities Protection Act, the protection of the identities of covert
agents abroad. It should not be necessary for the U.S. to muzzle the press
and forbid the publication of unclassified information in older to meet
foreign policy objectives.
American Newspaper Publishers Association; National Newspa-
per Association Association of American Publishers; American
Society of News aper Editors; Radio-Television News Directors
Association; Th Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
Freedom of Info mation Committee; Society of Professional Jour-
nalists, Sigma Delta Chi: Letter to the Chairman of the House Intel-
ligence Subcommittee on Legislation, April 6, 1981.
We understand that the intent of this legislation is to protect the lives of our
intelligence agents. We concur completely and heartily with that goal.
However, the path which is being taken to reach that goal is not only
ineffective but dangerous. The U.S. Supreme Court has clearly and
consistently maintained the right of the press to publish any information
which is obtained through legal means ... Enactment of Section 501(c)
clearly would violate this very fundamental and historic principle.
Anti-Repression Resource Team: Letter from Ken Lawrence, Director,
to the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Civil and Consti-
tutional Rights, February 7, 1981.
Why do we name the names of agents? The main reason, of course, is the
Nuremburg Principle, that people must be held accountable, as individuals,
for their actions, and cannot hide behind the anonymity of being mere
soldiers following Q,r~ders. Since the clandestine activities of the intelligence
agencies are usually illegal under the laws of countries where they are
conducted, often u er international law as well, and frequently even under
U.S. law, the most important result of a law protecting the identities of
clandestine agents) would be to shield them from criminal liabilities for their
actions .
Association of American Publishers: Statement, April 29, 1981.
On Section 501(c) of HR 4: Such language would seem to offer little
assurance to the p4blisher of any of a number of types of books discussing
governmental of fairs, for example: investigative works which legitimately
seek to expose a pa tern of illegal or unconstitutional behavior on the part of
intelligence agent or agents overseas, or in the case of the FBI, within the
United States; wor s concerning foreign policy and national security which
seek to influence gislative or Presidential policy; analytical or historical
studies of intelligence agency objectives, policies and programs; or nar-
rative accounts by former agents themselves who seek to describe events
through which the have lived and which provide insight into government
operations and activities.
Middle East Research and Information Project: Letter to the Senate
Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism, May 6, 1981.
Section 601(c): ..this provision serves no useful security purpose. Rather, it
impedes the legitimate circulation of information and critical discussion
among US citizens concerning vital issues of foreign policy. We believe it is
unconstitutional in imposing prior restraint on the free press. It is distinctly
not in the interests of the American people.
National Committee Against Repressive Legislation: Letter from
Esther Hearst and Lorraine Petti to Sen. Jeremiah Denton, Chair, Senate
Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism, May 4, 1981.
We believe that the current bill, S. 391, would pose serious threats to freedom
of speech and freedom of the press. Civil liberties in our country are
endangered by efforts to protect national security interests, when those
efforts fail to give due consideration to the constitutional implications of
curtailing necessary public debate.
National Lawyers Guild, Baltimore Chapter: Letter from Christine
Williams, Coordinator, to the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, May 13, 1981.
On HR 4: The proposed legislation would impose criminal penalties on any
person who, after learning that an organization had been infiltrated by an
intelligence agency because of suspected foreign connections, shared that
information with any other person. In addition, the press would be subject
to criminal penalties for reporting on the infiltration. Because the penalties
appy even if the information is obtained from public sources, character-
ization of the proposed legislation as an "official secrets act" seems
accurate.
New Democratic Coalition: Statement, May 7, 1981.
The Senate of the United States must recognize and reject S 391 for what it
is: an official secrets act, providing a cover for potential questionable and
even illegal activities of our CIA and FBIof which there have been so many
in the past decade.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Statement to Sub-
committee on Security and Terrorism of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
May 1981.
On S 391: This bill, with its severe criminal penalties for news reporters,
amounts to an Official Secrets Cover- Up Act for the intelligence community
because it authorizes the conviction and jailing of newspersons without any
showing that identifying an intelligence agent has caused harm to the
national security... The solution to this problem of agents identities is not
to prosecute the press. The solution is for the CIA to provide better cover for
its agents and to remove them from danger when their identities become
known.
Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi: Testimony of
Robert Lewis before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, April 8, 1981.
At bottom, HR 4 is an attempt to substitute the Congress for the press as a
kind of "super editor"; a well-intentioned effort to declare legislatively that
a species of information is irrelevant to citizens in a democracy. The Society
believes such legislation is unconstitutional.
Washington Office on Africa: Letter from Jean Sindab, Executive
Director to Sen. Strom Thurmond, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee, May
6, 1981.
... our reading of S 391 indicates that Section 601(c) would make it
impossible to discuss the foreign policy issues involved in the possible
renewal of CIA support for parties in Angola.
Women in Communications: Statement of Kathleen Larey Lewton,
President, to House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 30,
1981.
Because the names of agents are available in public sources, any group-
including terrorists or foreign intelligence agencies-can get information
easily. Those people are far outside this country's law. They are not easily
caught and punished. If HR 4 becomes law, only our own country's
investigative reporters, writers, and scholars, doing legitimate work using
non-classification data to inform the public, will be punished.
Women Strike for Peace: Statement, May 7, 1981.
Ever since our group organized in lawful and constitutionally protected
protest against nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere, our activities
have been surveilled by the CIA and several US intelligence agencies-
such as during the secret COINTELPRO and CHAOS programs. We have
brought suits against the FBI and the CIA for damages suffered during that
surveillance of lawful political activity. Our interpretation of S 391 is that
Section 601(c) would place a criminal penalty on those members of Women
Strike for Peace who identify agents who unlawfully infiltrate our meet-
ings.
Senate: S 391. Section 601(c) House: HR 4, Section 501(c)
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1 Anti-Spying Legislation:
In July, the Seattle anti-spying ordinance will observe
its second birthday. Passed unanimously by the Seattle
City Council in 1979, the ordinance is the nation's only
local law regulating police intelligence activities. The
Seattle ordinance prohibits police from conducting surveil-
lance, infiltrating organizations, or keeping files for polit-
ical purposes. (See Organizing Notes, Vol.. 3, No, 5.)
Because the ordinance is the first of its kind, the law
requires a review by the City Council after 18 months of
implementation.
In February, the Police Intelligence Auditor, an inde-
pendent reviewer whose position was established by the
ordinance, presented his first year's report. After extensive
investigation of police files, indexes and procedures, and
lengthy conversations with police officials, the auditor,
David Hoff, found that the police had not "substantially
violated" the ordinance and had attempted "in good faith"
to comply with it.
The Seattle Coalition on Government Spying (SLOGS),
which lobbied and organized support for the ordinance in
1979, issued its own report in May. SCOGS supported
continuation of the ordinance and argued for the addition
of certain provisions not included in. the ordinance when it
was passed. The police have also prepared a report. The
Mayor will present his own recommendations to the City
Council in July, after reviewing all the reports. Contact'-:
Tom Parsons, SCOGS, 2101 Smith Tower, Seattle, WA
98104 [phone].
Proposed Anti-Spying Bills
Connecticut. Despite public support, a bill that would
have prohibited political spying in Connecticut died in
committee in April after the Joint Judiciary Committee
chair failed to schedule the bill for a full committee vote.
The bill, HB 6853, would have forbidden any officer,
employee or agent of any law enforcement agency from
engaging in political surveillance, including infiltrating or
harassing organizations. The bill includes requirements
for keeping records and standards for investigations re-
lated to specific criminal acts.
The joint House and Senate Judiciary Committee held a
public hearing on the bill March 26. Friendly witnesses
included Thomas Emerson, a Constitutional scholar affil-
iated with Yale Law School, and Roger Frey, who chairs
the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, The chief State's
Attorney, Austin McGuigan, opposed the bill saying it
would interfere with legitimate investigations. Supporters
plan to have the bill introduced in the 1982 legislative
session. Contact: Bill Olds, Connecticut Civil Liberties
Union, 57 Pratt Street, Hartford, CT 06103 [phone].
District of Columbia. In April, District of Columbia
City Council Chair Arrington Dixon introduced the Police
Investigations Act of 1981, which would prohibit political
surveillance and infiltration by the city's Metropolitan
Police Department. The bill forbids the police from
collecting and disseminating information obtained
illegally, and sets criteria for initiating investigations. The
Police Investigations Act has been referred to the
Council's Judiciary Committee; hearings are expected to
be scheduled during the summer.
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The legislation was drafted by members of the ACLU of
the National Capital Area and the D.C. Committee for the
Bill of Rights. The two groups are also working on Hobson
u. Wilson, the major lawsuit charging DC police with
spying and infiltration of the civil rights, anti-war and
women's movement. The suit is expected to reach the
courts in the fall, (See Organizing Notes, Vol. 5, No. 1.)
Contact: Leslie Harris, ACLU of the National Capital
Area, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Suite 301, Washing-
ton, DC 20003 [phone].
More On Local Legislation
Maryland Anti-.Klan Bill Withdrawn
A Senate bill that would have enabled authorities to
prosecute Ku Klux Klan members was withdrawn one
week after it was introduced when it was pointed out that
the bill could affect labor strikes, civil disobedience, and
other forms of protest. Senator Bourne introduced Senate
Bill 1060 on February 25, following a series of cross
burnings and other Klan-sponsored incidents. The bill
would have made it a misdemeanor for anyone to parti-
cipate in or to be a member of a group which advocated
violence, intended to use unlawful violence, or participated
in illegal activities.
Within a week after the bill was introduced, an ad hoc
group of Baltimore activists met to discuss ways to stop it.
Bourne announced he was withdrawing the bill, the same
day that a hearing had been scheduled on it. Contact:
Chris Williams, National Lawyers Guild, 438 E. Cross
Street, Baltimore, MI) 21230.
Bills to criminalize Klan activities have also been intro-
duced in California, New York, Oregon, and other states.
Some, such as the Maryland Senate bill, have been criti-
cized because they could be used against left activitsts.
Seattle Police Expelled
SCOGS learned during the review of the Seattle
anti-spying ordinance that last fall, the Seattle Po-
lice Department was expelled from the Law Enforce-
ment Intelligence Unit due to LEIU concern about
the ordinance.
The IaEIU is a nationwide association of state and
local police intelligence officials, which was criti-
cized by the Campaign for Political Rights and local
activists in 1978 for disseminating information about
political activists, (See Organizing Notes, Vol. 2, No.
6 and 8.)
In a letter dated October 28, 1980, LEIU notified
the Seattle Police that the department's membership
had been terminated by the national board. The
board expressed concern for the security and privacy
of LEIU information held by the police, referring to
the independent police intelligence auditor who would
have access to all files held by the department. The
Board requestedthat the department return all LEIU
subject cards and files.
New Hampshire Bills Aimed at Anti-Nuclear
Activists Defeated
In early May, the New Hampshire He
tives defeated a bill passed earlier by the Senate, which
would have made it a felony for two or more people to agree
to publicly declare their intent to commit a crime. The 1981
legislative session ended several weeks later, thus stop-
ping further consideration of the bill. (See Organizing
.Notes, Vol. 5, No. 2.)
The bill, sponsored by conservative Senate President
Robert Monier, was aimed specifically at anti-nuclear
groups that have held demonstrations at the Seabrook
nuclear site. Representatives of the State AFL-CIO, the
state's teachers' union, the New Hampshire Civil Liberties
Union, and anti-nuclear activists had opposed the bill
during a house hearing earlier this spring.
A companion bill, making it a felony to enter any nuclear
facility with the intention of committing an illegal act,
even if the act is never committed, was also stopped.
Contact. Robin Read, PO Box 383, Portsmouth, NIT 03282
(603).431-5491
Texas Fingerprinting 13i
house Bill 372, allowing fingerprinting of all current
and future employees of mental health/mental retardation
facilities died when the five-month legislative session
ended in May. The bill was intended to protect patients at
the facilities, but drew sharp criticism from the Texas
State Employees Union, the state ACLU, and others, who
said the bill would permit arbitrary fingerprinting even if
no criminal activity was believed to be occurring. Union
members were particularly concerned that the bill might
silence future whistleblowers concerned about conditions
at the facilities. Contact: Mary Kieki, Texas State Em-
ployees Union, CWA/AFL-CIO, 503 A West 15th Street,
Austin, TX 78701 [phone].
rdinance
l1U expelled the Seattle Police before in 1978,
'OGS attempted to gain access to the LEIU
cards by making a request for LEIU documents
under the Washington State Public Disclosure Law.
The department was readmitted six months later,
however. LEIU documents recently obtained by
SCOGS show that some efforts have been made to
purge political information from the LEIU's system.
During the review process, the Seattle Coalition
also learned that the Seattle Police Department did
not apply for membership in the Western States
Information Network. The WSIN is one of seven
multi-state and regional intelligence projects assist-
ing state and local police with organized crime
investigations. Like LEIU, WSIN strictly limits ac-
cess to WSIN-distributed information. The Seattle
Policeinterpreted WSIN bylaws on access as being in
conflict with the ordinance's provision for an inde-
pendent auditor, even though the law includes strin-
gent penalties against leaking of the auditor of
information seen during review of the files.
Litigation
ing a seven-year legal struggle, the City of
Chicago on April 24 signed a proposed federal court order
restricting the intelligence gathering activities of the
Chicago Police Department. If approved by the court, the
agreed order will finally terminate litigation of the law-
suits initiated in 1974 on behalf of the Alliance to End
Repression, American Civil Liberties Union, and dozens of
other organizations.
According to Matthew Piers, attorney for the
plaintiffs, the agreement "constitutes the most out
ing set of regulations of intelligence and investigative
activities anywhere in the country." Attorneys for the
People's Law Office, however, have filed objections to the
settlement, contending that its provisions are inadequate
and unfair to some members of the plaintiff class.
The agreed order sets out specific procedures for police
investigations, totally prohibits certain police activities,
provides for periodic independent audits of compliance,
and retains court jurisdiction for enforcement of the
ement, A similar settlement with the FBI was signed
ember 1980, and the parties are awaiting final court
approval of that agreement (See Organizing Notes, Vol. 5,
No. 1). Contact: Richard Gutman, Esq., 407 S. Dearborn
#690, Chicago, IL 60605, [phone]; Flint Taylor, Esq.,
People's Law Office, 343 S. Dearborn #1607, Chicago, IT.,
60604, (312) 6635046.
Secret Proceeding Challei
in Truong Case
Arguments were heard before the Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals on May Sin the case of David Truong, convicted in
1978 of conspiracy to commit espionage (See Organizing
Notes, Vol. 2, No. 7). At issue in the hearing was whether a
trial court review of documents not considered in the
original trial could properly be conducted without t;he
participation of Truong's counsel. Such review had been
ordered by the appellate court in July 1980. The govern-
ment contends that such secret proceedings are permis-
sible under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Contact: Viet Nam Trial Support Comtnittee,1322 18th
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, [phone].
"Gag Order" Challenged in Puerto Rico
The imposition of a "gag order," barring press coverage
of a significant political trial in Puerto Rico, was chal-
lenged in proceedings before the First Circuit Court of
Appeals on May 8. The contested order was issued in the
"Cerro Maravilla Case," initiated two years ago by the
families of two young Puerto Rican independence activists
who were killed in a police ambush.
In addition to denying members of the press access to
depositions taken in the case, the order also prevents
disclosure of such information to an investigative com-
mittee of the Puerto Rico Senate and to the plaintiffs
themselves. Contact: Jose Antonio Lugo, Esq., (',enter for
Constitutional Rights, 853 Broadway, New York, NY
10003, [phone].
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ACLU/MEESE. Counselor to the Pres-
ident Edwin Meese said in a speech that
the ACLU, was in effect a "criminals
lobby" because it has worked for legis-
lation that he characterized as "opposed
to law enforcement." White House press
secretary Larry Speakes later said Meese
had been speaking for himself and not for
the Administration. Another close Rea-
gan associate, University of California
regent William Wilson, suggested recent-
ly in a letter to a fellow regent that it was
logical to think groups like the ACLU
are protected and "supported by those
whom they in turn are helping, namely,
organized crime." (WP, 5/15/81; NYT,
5/18/81.)
DIA/COVERT ACTION IN LAOS. A
secret U.S.-fihanced reconnaissance team
was sent into Laos in May to determine
whether American POWs were being
held in a prison cammp there, as sug-
gested by overhead photographs. The
mission was coordinated by the Defense
Intelligence Agency and is reported to
have been conducted partly to preempt a
similar attempt by a private group which
included fa ilies of American POW/
MIAs. The tam found no evidence that
Americans were in the camp. (WP,
5/21/81.)
CIA/MKULTRA. A Montreal hospital
agreed to pay $41,000 and court costs to
a Canadian woman allegedly subjected
to CIA-funded psychiatric experiments
at the hospital. (NYT, 5/16/81)
CIA/TERPIL. Former CIA officer Frank
Terpil and a partner, George Korkola,
were convicted in absentia by the New
York Supreme Court for selling 10,000
machine guns to undercover detectives.
Terpil has also allegedly provided Libya
with equipment and training for terrorist
activity. (WS, 5/8/81)
COVERT ACTION/LIBYA. The Rea-
gan Administration is reportedly drafting
plans to work with Egypt and other
moderate Arab states to overthrow the
government of Libya. One State Depart-
ment official was cited as saying the
move against Libyan leader Muammar
el-Qaddafi would not take the form of
assassination. (New York Daily News,
5/17/81)
EXECUTIVE ORDER. An interagency
Administration group has redrafted pro-
posed revisions of the current executive
order on intelligence. The new draft
would maintain some civil liberties pro-
tections but would give intelligence agen-
cies greater authority to conduct counter-
intelligence and leak investigations and
to employ physical surveillance, break-
ins, and other techniques. The draft
would also give the NSC authority to rule
on disputes about procedures approved
by the Attorney General under the exe-
cutive order. Formal action on the draft
has reportedly been delayed by a dispute
between CIA and NSC officials over
whether to undertake a major reorgani-
zation of the intelligence community.
(NYT, 5/21/81)
FBI/FELT & MILLER PARDONED.
President Reagan unconditionally par-
doned W. Mark Felt and Edward S.
Miller, two former FBI officials recently
convicted of approving warrantless break-
ins into homes in a search for fugitive
radicals in the early 1970s. Reagan said
"the record demonstrates that they acted
not with criminal intent, but in the belief
that they had grants of authority reach-
ing to the highest levels of government"
-the same defense unsuccessfully raised
in court by the two men. The chief prose-
cutor in the case, John W. Nields, Jr.
commented that "whoever is responsible
for the pardons did not read the record of
the trial and did not know the facts of the
case." (NYT, 4/10/81) Following the par-
dons, the ACLU requested that the
President issue a directive prohibiting
future warrantless secret searches in
national security cases. White House
counsel Fred Fielding replied in a letter
that the President "believes it would be
neither necessary nor prudent" to issue
such a directive. (WP, 5/15/81)
FBI/UNIONS. The San Francisco office
of the FBI attempted to recruit a group of
activists in the International Typograph-
ical Union in order to infiltrate New Left
and black groups in 1970, according to a
memorandum released under the FOIA.
(San Francisco Neighborhood Perspec-
tive, December, 1980).
FOIA/NEW POLICY. Attorney Gen-
eral William French Smith reversed a
1977 Justice Department policy which
directed Federal agencies to release in-
formation requested under the FOIA
unless disclosure would be "demonstra-
bly harmful." Under the new policy, set
out in a memo to all Federal agencies, the
Justice Department will apparently be
more willing to defend agencies against
FOIA lawsuits even when disclosure of
the requested information would not be
contrary to the public interest. Smith
also announced that the Administration
is reviewing the FOIA and asked for sug-
gestions from each agency to help "re-
form" the Act. (NYT, 5/4/81; WP,
5/5/81)
GRAYMAIL. The Classified Information
Procedures ("Graymail") Act may be
subject to its first constitutional chal-
lenge in the case of Wade A. Jolliff Jr., a
former CIA employee indicted for mail
fraud and impersonating a Federal em-
ployee. Jolliff allegedly posed as an active
CIA operative and defrauded acquain-
tances of at least $65,000. Jolliff's attor.
ney has said that his client "can't get a fair
trial" without revealing intelligence se-
crets and has refused to cooperate with
procedures for safeguarding classified
information which may be relevant to the
case. The attorney said he intends to
challenge the constitutionality of the "gray-
mail" law which etablished the proce-
dures. (NYT, 4/26/81)
MAY DAY ARRESTS. Settlements
have been signed or are near signing in
three suits brought on behalf of more
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Washington, D.C. 20002.
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maintains it has a right to covertly operate on American campuses?
That between 1970 and 1972 the FBI placed under surveillance a.
politically active faculty member and a black student organization
at Cleveland State University? And that between 1969 and 1978 Campus
Police-at City College at San Jose kept political records on faculty
and students, and University of Pennsylvania Campus Police admitted
in March 1977 that they were using work-study students to gather in-
formation on campus political groups?
*Students at over 80 universities and colleges around the
country have filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) re-
quests in attempts to uncover past and present intelligence
activity on their campuses.
*At universities, students and faculty have filed suit against
the CIA in an effort to obtain more documents under the FOIA.
*Over a dozen universities have adopted guidelines governing
intelligence activity on their campuses; at least as many
universities have similar guidelines under development.
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than 1,000 anti-war protesters illegally
arrested during a May 1971 demonstra-
tion in Washington, D.C. The protesters
will each receive between $900 and $3,200
in damages. (WS, 4/22/81)
TERRORISM. The intelligence commun-
ity's 1980 report on international terror-
ism has been delayed as successive drafts
reportedly sought to back up Secretary
of State Alexander Haig's assertion that
the Soviet Union trains, funds and equips
terrorist groups. The CIA and other
agencies which study terrorism have also
made a number of changes in the way
they define "terrorism" so that, for ex-
ample, threats will be included in statis-
tics on terrorist activity and some insur-
gent or military activities will be character-
ized as terrorist. (NYT, 4/24/81; NYT,
5/3/81) FBI Director William Webster
said there is "no real evidence" of Soviet
backing for terrorist activity in the United
States. (WS, 4/27/81)
Resources
Cotter, George. "Spies, Strings and Mis-
sionaries," Christian Century. Mar. 25,
1981, pp. 321-4. Missionaries who have
developed confidential relationships with
the people they serve should not be
linked to the CIA.
Friedman, John S. "Culture War II,"
Nation. Apr. 18j,1981, pp. 452-3. A group
of right-leaning intellectuals have formed
an organization with ties to the CIA.
Goldenberg, Gene. "CIA-Green Beret
Bank Reports Rise from Ashes," The
Press. May 1981, p. 16. U.S. and Austra-
lian officials are probing the mysterious
collapse of an obscure international bank
in which former CIA agents and U.S.
military officers reportedly deposit mil-
lions of dollars.
U.S. Senate, Select Committee on Intel-
ligence. Nomination of Admiral B.R. In-
man to be Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence. Hearing, Feb. 3,1981.36 pp.
ligence. Nomination of William J. Casey.
Hearing, Jan. 18, 1981. 51 pp. Contains
the DCI's views on counterintelligence,
covert operations, reporting to Congress,
leaks, and intelligence failures.
Wallace, Bill. "Missionaries With a Mis-
sion?" Nation. May 30, 1981, pp. 662-5.
Wycliffe Bible Translators, a missionary
organization, is accused of providing
cover for covert CIA operations and of
engaging in intelligence gathering in Latin
and South America.
U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judici-
ary. Confirmation Hearing on William
French Smith, Nominee, to be Attorney
General. Hearing, Jan. 15, 1981. Serial
No. J-97-1. 179 pp.
Brown, Cynthia and Fernando Moreno.
"Force feeding the Press in El Salvador,"
Nation. Apr. 25,1981, pp. 487-9. Repres-
sion of journalists covering the war and a
biased U.S. media result in superficial
coverage that allows little chance of
understanding the situation in El Salva-
dor.
DeYoung, Karen. "White Hand: How
the Peace Was Lost in El Salvador,"
Mother Jones. June 1981, pp. 26-36+. An
analysis of the situation in El Salvador
describes the reasons for the current
U.S. military buildup.
Stein, Jeffrey. "The Silent Treatment,"
Progressive Magazine. June 1981, pp.
14-15. A Pacific News Service story by
John Dinges, criticizing the State De-
partment's White Paper on El Salvador,
was not picked up by the major papers in
Washington and New York.
"Some Reflections on the FBI Trials,"
Situation Report (Security and Intelli-
gence Fund). Spring 1981, pp. 1-15. The
entire issue is devoted to a defense of
Reagan's pardon of Felt and Miller.
Wise, David. "The F.B.I. Pardoned,"
New York Times. Apr. 28, 1981, p. A19.
The pardon of two FBI officials convicted
of authorizing illegal break-ins signals
approval of government burglaries.
Office of the Attorney General. Memo
for Heads of All Federal Departments
and Agencies Concerning the Freedom
of Information Act; from Attorney Gen-
eral William French Smith. May 4,1981.
6 pp. Contains new guidelines for admin-
istering the FOIA, which allow each
agency to develop its own release policy
and no longer require that agencies show
demonstrable harm could result if docu-
ments were to be released.
Relyea, Harold C. Business, Trade Se-
crets, and Information Access Policy
Developments in Other Countries: An
Overview. Paper prepared for the ABA
Administrative Law Section's program,
"Your Business, Your Trade Secrets,
and Your Government," May 11, 1981,
Wash., D.C. 86 pp.
Satire, William. "Wrong Moves by Rea-
gan in Four Important Areas," Washing-
ton Star. May 25, 1981, p. A14. Safire
decries the reversal of support for FOIA
by the Reagan Administration.
Schmults, Edward C. "The Freedom of
Information Act-Is It Working Correct-
ly?" Remarks of the Deputy Attorney
General before the Second Circuit Judi-
cial Conference, May 9, 1981. 10 pp.
Outlines problems in administering FOIA,
which are deemed to thwart or under-
mine important government functions,
and which will give rise to proposed
amendments to the Act.
U.S. House of Representatives, Commit-
tee on Government Operations, The
Freedom of Information Act: Central
Intelligence Agency Exemptions. Hear-
ings on HR 5129, HR 7055, and HR 7056,
Feb. and May 1980. 205 pp.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
SERVICES.
Epstein, Edward J. "An Incredible Mole
Who Would be Tsar," Washington Star.
May 17, 1981, pp. G1 & G4. The alleged
son of Tsar Nicholas II claims to have
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successfully penetrated the KGB as a
mole for the CIA.
Center for Constitutional Rights. The
New Threat to Civil Liberties: The Senate
Subcommittee on Security and Terror
ism. 27 pp. Available from CCR, 853
Broadway, New York, NY 10003. A
study of the new security and terrorism
subcommittee, its members, goals and
targets. Includes discussion of legal is-
sues surrounding Congressional inves-
tigations.
gate Reform Laws," U.S. News and
World Report. May 25, 1981, p. 37.
Among the Reagan Administration's plans
to relax post-Watergate restraints are
proposals to restrict access under FOIA,
liberalize FBI and CIA guidelines, and
abolish the special prosecutor.
Cockburn, Alexander and James Ridge-
way. "Naming Names, 1981: The Terror
Hearings," Village Voice. Apr. 29-May 5,
1981, pp. 1 & 10. A run-down of Sen.
Jeremiah Denton's recent hearings on
international terrorism.
names of agents legislation, reprints a
CIA-censored article by an ex-CIA agent
on CIA activities in Indonesia, and a
comment on approving the use of covert
action.
Fight the Right (Center for Constitutional
Rights, 853 Broadway, New York, NY
10003), May 1981. A new publication
which monitors the Right; the first issue
,looks at the Senate internal security
subcommittee, Reagan administration
plans to unleash the FBI and CIA, Ernest
Lefever, the resurgence of Klan and Nazi
activity, and U.S. aid to El Salvador.
Muravchik, Joshua. "The Think Tank of
the Left," New York Times Magazine.
April 26, 1981. An unflattering profile of
the Institute for Policy Studies, recently
the subject of attacks from the right.
Neier, Aryeh. "An Open Letter to The
Times Magazine," Nation. May 30,198 1,
pp. 660-2. The author responds to charges
that the Institute for Policy Studies is a
center of subversive activity and a front
for the KGB.
Dowie, Mark. "Atomic Psyche Out,"
Mother Jones. May 1981, pp. 21-23+.
The nuclear industry's strategy to divide
and destroy their opposition.
Smith, Damu. "The Upsurge of Police
Repression: An Analysis," The Black
Scholar. Jan./Feb. 1981, pp. 35-57. This
review of the history of local, state, and
federal police repression includes sec-
tions on police spying, LEIU, LEAA and
COINTELPRO.
U.S. House of Representatives, Select
Committee on Intelligence. Prepublica-
tion Review and Secrecy Agreements.
Hearings, April and May, 1980. 176 pp.
Includes testimony from CIA, FBI, DIA,
NSA, as well as CNSS, ACLU, Society
of Professional Journalists, and the As-
sociation of American Publishers.
Peterzell, Jay. "Congress Hearings New
Conspiracy Theory," In These Times.
May 6-12,1981, pp. 3& 6. A report on the
Senate Subcommittee on Security and
Terrorism's recent hearings on the So-
viet Union's involvement in terrorism.
The hearings dwelt on "disinformation,"
or the KGB's manipulation of the West-
ern media, sabotage of intelligence ser-
vices, and infiltration of New Left groups.
Wicker, Tom. "The Great Terrorist
Hunt," New York Times. May 5,1981, p.
A23. Recent Senate hearings on Soviet
involvement in international terrorism
shared characteristics with the hearings
of HUAC and Sen. Joe McCarthy: the
sweeping but unsubstantiated charge,
dark hints of conspiracy, and linkage of
dissidents to Soviet control.
Counterspy, May-July 1981. (P.O. Box
647, Ben Franklin Station, Wash., D.C.
20044) The current issue includes arti-
cles on El Salvador and the draft execu-
tive order on intelligence operations.
Covert Action Information Bulletin, April
1981. (CAIB, P.O. Box 50272, Washing-
ton, D.C. 20004.) The current issue
contains articles on U.S. intervention in
El Salvador, U.S. weapons sales to the
Guatemalan deathsquads, the CIA in
Mozambique, Wm. Casey as DCI, the
Senate security and terrorism subcom-
mittee, and a special report on the new
right and U.S. intelligence.
First Principles, May 1981. Contains an
analysis of the constitutionality of the
FOIA, Inc. UPDATE (Fund for Open
Information and Accountability, Inc., 339
Lafayette, New York, NY 10012), April
1981. Contains an article on the New
York red squad settlement, press use of
FOIA, and an update on the FBI records
destruction suit.
Freedom (Church of Scientology, 5930
Franklin Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028),
Issue #55. Articles in the current issue
include those on Army biological warfare
testing in the U.S., terrorism, and IRS
raids.
Guild Notes (National Lawyers Guild,
853 Broadway, Rm. 1705, New York, NY
10003), March-April 1981. The current
issue reports on the SWP trial, the anti-
Klan network, internal security efforts,
and the NASSCO trial.
NCARL DC Memo (National Committee
Against Repressive Legislation, 510 C
St., N.E., Wash., DC 20002), March/April
1981. Analyzes the draft executive order
on intelligence operations.
Organizing Notes, May 1981. Carries
articles on the firing of union activists for
their political work, the draft executive
order on intelligence operations, the Pau-
ken nomination, efforts to repeal the
Clark amendment, and newly-released
campus FOIA files.
Rights (National Emergency Civil Liber-
ties Committee, 175 Fifth Ave., New
York, NY 10010), March 1981. Contains
pieces on the NY red squad settlement,
the SHAD Alliance suit against LILCO,
Whittaker Chambers, and a review of
Victor Navasky's Naming Names.
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Selected Background Materials on El Salvador and the CIA
The CIA's Blueprint for Nicaragua, Philip Agee, CouertAction Infor-
mation Bulletin, #6, October 1979.
Documents Tell Different Tales, John binges, In These Times, April
1-7, 1981.
El Salvador: Which Vietnam, William Colby, Washington Post, April 20,
1981 and Ralph McGehee's Response: Colby's Vietnam: History Misre-
presented, Washington Post. May 5, 1981.
El Salvador White Paper, Konrad Ege, Counterspy, Vol. 5, No. 3, May-
July, 1981.
The CIA and the White Paper on El Salvador, Ralph McGehee, The
Nation. April 11, 1981.
The US in El Salvador, Stewart Klepper, Covert Action Information
Bulletin, #12, April 1981.
White Paper? Whitewash! Philip Agee on the CIA in El Salvador,
Werner Poelchau, ed. (1981, $5.50, Deep Cover Publications, Inc., NY).
Agrarian Reform in El Salvador: A Program of Rural Pacification,
Philip Wheaton 11981, $2.50, Epica Task Force, Washington, D.C.)
The ('IA and the Cult of Intelligence, Victor Marchetti and John
Marks. Famous expose on the CIA and other US intelligence agencies.
(1974, $1.95, Dell Books)
('ry of the People. Penny Lernoux. The role of the CIA, multinational
corporations and the Pentagon in the Third World. (1980, $12.95, Double-
day. New York)
Decent Interval. Frank Snepp. Former CIA officer's account of CIA
involvement during last days of Vietnam (1977, Vintage Books, New York).
Dirty Work: The CIA in Western Europe. Philip Agee and Louis Wolf.
Compilation of articles on CIA involvement in Western Europe. (1978,
$24.95. Lyle Stuart, Secaucus, New York.)
Dirty Work II: The CIA in Africa, Ellen Ray, William Schaap, Karl Van
Meter, Louis Wolf. (19811, $20.00, I.vI( Stuart and Co.)
Hidden Terrors, A.J. I.angguth. Study of how CIA and State Department
work with Latin American police. (1978, $10, Pantheon, New York)
In Search of Enemies, John Stockwell. Former CIA case officer in Angola
examines CIA covert involvement there. (1978, $12.95, Norton, New York.)
Inside the Company, Philip Agee. Well-known CIA critic tells of his
twelve years with the Agency. 11975, $4, Penguin Books.)
The Lawless State. Morton Halperin, Jerry Berman, Bob Borosage,
Christine Marwick. Crimes of US intelligence agencies with special section
on CIA abroad. (1976, $2.95 paperback, Penguin Books, New York.)
Battle of Chile. Depicts the last days of the Allende government and CIA
involvement in the coup. (1976, Part I-100 minutes, Part 1I-91 minutes.
Tricontinental Film Center, 333 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10014).
The CIA's Secret Army. History ofCIA's illegal, undeclared waragainst
Cuba in the early 1960's. CBS production with Bill Moyers. (1977, 90
minutes. University of Michigan AV Education ('enter, 416 Fourth Street,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109).
Grenada, Nobody's Backyard. Examination of Grenada's political
history featuring the role of U.S. intelligence agencies. (1981, 60 minutes.
Caribbean Film Project, 1426 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
20009).
The Intelligence Network. Examines network of intelligence agencies
at local, state, national and international levels. Contains section on CIA
complicity in the overthrow of Chilean president, Salvador Allende. (1979,
35 minutes, Campaign for Political Rights, 201 Massachusetts Avenue, NE,
Washington, D.C. 20002).
On Company Business. History of CIA covert operations, including
involvement in Iran, Brazil, Cihle, Angola; the Agency's use of press and
labor; the AIFI,D.Originally broadcast on PBS. (1980,3 one hour sections).
Contact the Campaign about encouraging PBS affiliates to run the film.
The Rise and Fall of the CIA. A British-produced history of the ('IA.
(1975, 81 minutes in three sections, Campaign for Political Rights.)
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Front Page Story: A Role for the CIA In El Salvador?
The Lefever Nomination: Should the CIA Use Professionals
for Cover? .......................................................... Page 3
Local Anti-Spying Legislation: Seattle, Connecticut,
District of Columbia; Other Legislation in Maryland,
New Hampshire, Texas .......................................... Page 6
Litigation: Chicago Signs Settlement; Secret Proceedings
Challenged in Truong Case ........................................ Page 7
Justice Department Begins Assault on the FOIA ................. Page 2
Environmental and Safe Energy Groups Urge Reagan
to Protect Political Rights ......................................... Page 4
Update: News, Resources ..........................................Update
Opposition Grows to Agents' Identities Bill ...................... Page 5
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