SAFETY ARRESTS STUDENTS PROTESTING AGAINST CIA

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 CORNELL DAILY SUN (NY) ll+ March 19'34 Safety Arrests Students Protesting Against CIA By ROBERT MATZ Cornell Public Safety, forcibly removed 19 students yesterday morning who- were blocking,thc entrance to the office where the CIA was conducting on-campus recruitment. The students had been protesting CIA recruitment because of its "role in the conduc- tion of illegal wars in Central America," according to a prepared statement. The Ithaca, police also arrested one Ithaca resident for trespass- ing. A group of about 25 Cornell students and Ithacans assembled at about 8:15 a. m. in the hallway outside the Career Center office in Barnes Hall. They lined up two deep leaving only a narrow pathway to the office. The group hindered students from entering the office and questioned them about working for the CIA.. ? . Three protestors sat in the door- way and told students to "step over them" as they would have to "step over people" if employed by the C1A. The protestors hoped the studenu would "think about the moral implications of working for the C1A," according to the state- ment. A student who attended the CIA's presentations said he could "vaguely" hcai the protestors out- side the door, but that they did not interfere with the presenta- tion. He said that he thought it was wrong that the protestors blocked the doorway to the office. Group spokesperson Brian Feeney grad said after the incident that the protestors did not violate the students' rights because they only hindered the students' en- trance rather than preventing it. Dean of Students David Drinkwater arrived shortly after the protest began to tell the group they could no longer block the doorway. "] invite you to move. If you don't move I'm going to tell you to move. If you still don't move you will be moved," Drinkwater said. rut ern reate t e situation as "business as usual," according to Devlin. Despite Drinkwater's warnings, the protestors refused to move from the doorway and continued the demonstration. Students had to push their way through the group's blockade in order to enter the office. A secretary stood in the door- way and gave her hand to the in- terviewing students to help them cross the blockade. After one student pushed his way through the ~ protestors, a group member responded "you'll i Y" i be flood in the CIA," drawing laughter from the rest of the group. Other group members chanted "USA, CIA out of Nicaragua" and other slogans, and sang songs such as "We Shall Overcome." Some protestors did not par- ticipate in the sit-down show of civil disobedience, but rather handed out information about the CIA to interviewing students. One student handing out leafleu, Louisa Coan '87, said she doubted that the protest would change the minds of the studenu interviewing with the CIA. She added that the protestors could at ."si- least le a students know what they thought. RAL[Y: Students protest CIA recruitment yeste -, day. Drinkwater returned later to tell the group to move. He welcomed them to protest, but told them that they had to leave at least 12 to 18 inches of free space around the doorway because University policy states that entrances to rooms cannot be obstructed. Group member Michael Richter '82 questioned why the University had no poficy against CIA recruit- ment. `Viable Job Opportunities' After the incident, .Career Center Director Thomas C. Devlin said the center allows the CIA to recruit on campus because it provides "viable job oppor- tunities" for Cornell students. The Career Center "strongly supports the students' freedom to decide the best opportunities for themselves," he said. ~,_ lihacans Ltave --~- Before Public Safety arrived, Drinkwater explained to the pro- testors that if there were any non- Cornellians among the protestors, the entire group would be arrested and prosecuted by the city of Ithaca. A group comprised of on- ly Cornell students or staff would be taken to Barton Hall and pro- cessed through the Judicial Ad- ministrator. After some debate the non- Cornellians left so that the group could fall under the jurisdiction of the Cornell Campus Code. Drinkwater then formally ad- vised the students that they were violating the Campus Code and that they would be brought to the Judicial Administrator. A few minutes later public safe- ty'officers who had been wailing at the ends of the hallway carried the protestors away one by one. :The officers were equipped with Continued Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 a. guns -which is normal policy for officers on duty, according to Public Safety Captain Daniel N. Murphy. The students were taken to 13ar- ton Hall and charged with refus- ing to comply with a Cornell of- ficcr, according to Ivan Greenberg '84, one of the protestors. Feeney said the University of- ficials had "been very eary to deal with." Community Service? The protestors will be brought before the Judicial Administrator and could receive any sentence from a verbal reprimand to dismissal, Feeney said, but will most likely have to perform some sort of community service. After Public Safety had taken away the 19 Cornell students, one of the non-Cornell protestors returned to the doorway and began to block it again. The non-Cornellian was ar- rested by the Ithaca police and charged with trespassing, Greenberg said. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 COR"7~LL DAILY StJIti (1\'Y) ll+ March 195 , Students Protest CIA Recruitment 200 Attend Rally By ROBERT MATZ More than ISO people gathered in the cold outside the Straight yesterday to listen to a group of Cornell students and faculty pro- test CIA "covert" action against the Nicaraguan government. The group, called the March 13 Committee, organized the rally to "use the CIA's presence on the Cornell campus as an opportunity to protest covert actions" and pro- vide studenu, including those in- terviewing with the CIA, with in- formation about the agency's history and actions, according to a statement by the group. The committee is not connected to the students who were detained by Public Safety yesterday for blocking CIA recruitment in Barnes Hall. The group was not challenging the right of students to interview with the CIA but challenging "the moral bankruptcy" of the agency, Abigail Colman'86, spokesperson for the group, said. `Blow the Whistle' After the rally a group of about 100 people marched around Barnes Hall where the CIA was recruiting, and shouted "USA, CIA out of Nicazagua." They blew whistles and carried signs which said "blow the whistle on the CIA." Prof. Eldon G. Kenworthy, government, said that since 1981 the CIA has been organizing, arm- ing and training counterrevolu- tionry groups in Nicaragua. These "contra" groups have kill- ed more than 1,000 people, which is proportionately more than the number of Americans who died in the Vietnam war, he said. H.e said the "contras" have damaged crops and oil wells in Nicaragua, causing the country economic damage as well. The counterrevolutionaries, composed mainly of exiles who supported Anastasia Somoza, the former leader of Nicaragua, has not won the support of the~peo- ple, Kenworthy said. But instead of giving up, the CIA has "upped the ante" by suppling the contra groups with more equipment, he added. While it' is easy - to say that working for the "CIA is "just another job," Kenworthy .asked the crowd to remember. the "good Germans" during..World War II who also said they were doing their jobs. - - Prof. Steven Jackson; govern- ment, said the University had fail- ed in its mission to educate if students are willing to interview with the CIA. There are other information-gathering organiza- tions in the U.S. government, he said, but only the CIA exists for covert operations. Jackson called the CIA the "dirty-tricks branch" of American foreign policy, and asked students to think about career alternatives. The University will not succeed in its mission until no one shows up for C1A interviews, he said. Anri "Peters grad, an an- thropology student:c3os~ g ~ ~~ 1: An o erator uiaid t IBM' l rt r r h t > p a a qua e sn-?~ s rnrpo a eac e '-ing4~vhile;"intoxicated .2;'isber was -~. -~ ~-~ ,r-, _~;~,~,;?~ ~~ c~ould beseeched immedia ~' ~ o arrested ~ Dec - r i7.; 39e3 e . atements.'~~"` ~ _._ . ; - - t ? t~ ~~ta~ler~lilest~aa ' __ _ __ - . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 Th (II?.~~I Ir,r,mnral ('IA `~ ?r,. ``'``~y ~ e Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 ' Ivan Greenberg I receatly head a lecture by Tom Wicks, columnist of .the New York Times. One particulu. wrmtent he made has stuck in my mind the last tew weeks:. The history of the Unitcd States sins World Wu II is very much the story of Ameria's dalute is the world, sot in military apability - the Reagan administratioa's claims not witlutandin8 -but in turns of moral lcadaship, com- mon decency aa~ respect far other peoples. The United ~ States emerged from the wu a rapocted power, for the right reasons. The govern- ment played a vital role in defeating Hitiu, a focus of evil if these ever was one in the modern world. Few would seriously deny that the Americans were "liberators." That some American multinational companies, such as Dupont, may have helped ~ to establish Hitler is another ~wes~ lion. Today the United Status government commands relatively little raped among the world's people. Anti-Americanism is com- mon both in Europe, and throughout much of the noa- Watern world. . While the invasion of Granada, for instance, ,was perversely celebrated here as a macho show of fora, most countries in the world, including many of our own alGa, condemned the military ac? lion as wanton lawlessness., Why This sentiment for America the protoclor of the "free" -the aa? lion, if we listen to our leaden, that give "hope" to the world's people? Time end time again, American foreign policy 'has been chuacterizcd by oontradictioa. The moral power_ona possessed by this nation -has terribly diminished, in a large part because of a history of secret, covert ac? lions by the government.. These activities have often violated fun- damental standuds of intern~~ tional behavior, and hwe generated a constant skepticism i ,the CIA is current- ly enjoying a remark- ablerenaissance on col? lt~e campust~ ,, thousands of aviliatu. The CIA has conducted covert operations in more than 2i countries sins the early 1950s, according to the Washingtoa?based ;research group, the Center [or National Security studies.. These nave in? eluded the. toppling of 'govern- ments: lran (1953), Guatemala h-8 end, arming of.. the anti-. ' Sandinist forces, known as con- tras, Is the most vuible example is recent yeas of the CIA's blatant violation of international agreements. It dos not sam to mattes to the Reagan Administration that Unitcd Nations article 23 and ?A forbid assistance iA any form for "SUbYe[SlYO teaorut or Blmed aC? tivitia duetted toward the violent overthrow of the regime of ' another state or interference in the civil strife of another state." But anent the U.S: backed con? 'tress such a terrorist group involy ed in such arnoed actividal Despite such illegal activities, the CIA is currently enjoying a I remukable renaissance on college campuses, openly recruiting through?an estimated 300 college carer offices nationwide. " The February issue of the 1'ro- (1954), Greax (196'1), Cambodia (1970), and Ciulc (1973). Some actions ue now in pro- cess, most notably the ongoing CIA efforts to destabilize the popular government of ~icaragua. The financing, train- graslve magazine quota a CiA officer confidu-g, "Ihe view of the Agency is very flood. We're doing very well." The C1A?man adds that anti?CIA . demonstra? boas on college campuses have "dramatically declined." Not at Cornell, one hops. In fact, a large protest will take place -today as the CIA interviews students in Barns Hall. A coali? lion of students and faculty members plan a rally at noon on the steps of the Straight. Several speakers will talk about CU ac- tivities wound the. world, pu- ticularly those. in Nicaragua, as well as on the connection. betwan "intelli`ence?gathering'; and "covert actions. The protest today should serve a dual purpose. On the one hand, the rally will function u an unusual form of career counsel- ing. Towuds this educational end, informational tables about the CU were set up all last week in the Straight lobby. On the other hand, the protest wiu be a healthy expression of the democratic process -democracy at work in the street, where the Reagan administration, apaiaAy on this "Super Tuesday," can hear our voices speak against covert in? tervenlions. Sort columnist Ivan Greenberg b a senior )o the College of Aris and Sciences. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 about .the intentions of the government in the international community. A 1948 National Security Dira? tive defined "covert operations" as activities relalcd to "propaganda, economic wufare, preventative d'uoct action including sabotage, anti?sabotage, demolition and evacuation measures, subversion against hostile states including assistance to underground resistaaa groups and support of Indigenous anti?CommunI;t elements in threatened countries of the free world." ' Furthermore, clandestine ef- forts ue "so planned and wn- ducted that .any United Stara government responsibility, for' them is not evident to tmauthoriz- cd.pcrsoas, and that if uncovered the Umtcd States government can plausibly disclaim any respon- eibility for them." Such activities have included the financing and coordination of military invasions utd guerdla raids and the "disappearance" of Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 F K, Q ~~"o~nell student:, protest +) r r~: ~n~,i ,, ~ ~ ~,. l ~,~~~~ c~.mpus re~rua }m~- ITIIACA (AP) -Nineteen Cornell~Universfty students were detained and one non?student +~s-arrl~ted,Tue~day?~uring a slt~la tq protest '~}1e;`i~6 nceon,campus,ot,Centrallntelltgence. A~lNC recruilprsf ?? 1Vta~9.'students wer! detained by Campus se? ti curlty, tvho relerred`thelr cases to the ttniversi? ~ ty's=~IdlciAl' adminlstrator. bean 61'Students ~r'7d;:Drinkwatef~'aaid 'action taken against. ~ them probably would not include suspension. " ~ ,~hMarcfi 13'`~Committee Bald the anion v+aa. ~ o~gahf2ed,.to "ptbtest covert operatibns; such ~ a'~~,t-~os~'currently being conducted against the ~oQn(ar,governmegt of Nicaragua."~ , .; : i ~'-*A6o~Y 40 people blocked the entra~ce to the ~ i~ilgersity CareeY ,center for aever~l;hours be? ~ jur~,~rinkwate~ ~to~d.them t~s wh{ horoh bits i ~iitl~r$Ity. ~ . ,. ~ ~, ;As;tpe.estimated 10 to 15 studenta.Interested n with the agency . Ig,igteryiew4 8,~ trledito [ind a ~ yyap~Ih'ai~e, the prbtestere said;'"1~oa;ve got to step: on;peopie It ,you're going to ~ork,, for the .,r ~ k..F _,...- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19 :CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19: CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 VN G ~ V ~+ ~+~- ~ The CIA has secretly worked to overthrow the legally elected governments of other countries for years! (SEE BACK OF SHEET) The precedent was set back in 1948 when a National Security Directive defined Covert Operations as activities related to "propaganda, economic warfare., preventive direct action including sabotage, anti-sabotage. demolition and evacuation measures, subversion against hostile;; states includin assistance to under ound resistance groups and support of indigenous anti Communist elements in threatened countries of the free world." issued an Recently, in December of 1981, President Reagan Executive Order regarding U.S. Intelligence activities which utilized a yet t~roader definition with no direct reference to Communism. COVERT OPERATIONS VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS Covert operations like those mentioned above havet a lat on olicy since the early 1950 s in comple of U . S . foreign p of international agreements. United Nations Articles 23 and 24 state "...No state shall organize, assist, foment, fie8 directed towards tolerate subversive terrorist Brim mof anotherlstate or interfere in the violent overthrow of the r g the civil strife of a FLORIDAtaHONDURAS AND NICARAGUA CONTRAS IN Atihis very moment in Florida and Honduras, in spite of international agreements, the CIA is financinn trainin and arming anti-Sandinist government soldiers known as Contras" to carry out Their ob'ective is to undermine terrorist activities in Nicaragua. the o ular Nicara an overrunent. an Government has not been the only victim of these The Nicaragu an easant and Indian commun- CIA sponsored covert operations. Nicaragu P ities have been caught in the cross fire and Nicaraguan citizens have been wounded and killed b Contra terrorism. *~*******LL*CONTRAS***CIA*RECRUITNiENT**~* CORNS CIA Recruiters claim that there is no link betwdoe~dicovertgence aduates would gathering"-the kind of work Cornell gY' erations and how et the decisions to carry out covert op operations- y to do them well are based on information collected from "intell Bence gathering." PROTEST CIA RECRUITMENT ON THE CORNEhL CAMPUS! ^_ _ ~+ ~Y OVERT OPERATIONS IN NICARAGUA AND AROUND THE WORLD PROTEST CIA C IS OUR SILENCE OU4 SUPPORT? PROTEST ON TUESDAY MARCH 13, NOON WILLARD STRAIGHT FUNDED BY SFC Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19: CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19: CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 CORNELL CIA CONNECTION The following questions come from part of a CIA brochure entitled "People Often Ask". After each question are two answers. The first is the CIA response. The second is our response. iJe ask that you compare the two answers and consider this question. IS 170RKING FOR THE CIA MORE THAN JUST A GREAT CAREER OPPORTUNITY? **~**~********~*:t*******~**************~****~t***** 1) Who watches the CIA? Two committees of Congress ... have been established for the sole purpose of overseeing the activities of the Intelligence Community. - We do too.' We are a group of Cornell students and faculty who object to the CIA's history of illegal covert actions which violate United Nations' International agreements. 2) kfi at kind of people work in the CIA? - Scientists, engineers, economists, linguists, mathematicians, and o computer specialists are but a few of the disciplines continually in hh~ demand. '"`N - People like Cornell graduates echo consider working for the CIA as a great -~ advancement opportunity. They don't realize that the work they'll do is M linked to covert actions which have led to the assinations of foreign leaders ~ and violations of international agreements. 3) What is Covert Action? C.~ - Covert Action is a special activity conducted abroad in support of U.S. ~ foreign policy objectives and executed so that the role of the U.S. gov- ernment is not apparent ... Covert action is distinct from the intelligence c~ ~ gathering function. - Covert Action over the past 20 years has meant working to destabilize and overthrow foreign governments, plotting assinations of political leaders and training and arming insurgency groups in other countries in clear violation of international agreements. COVERT ACTION IS NOT DISTINCT FROM INTELLIGENCE GATHERING: The two are connected. This quote from a CIA brochure shows the relationship. "The principal task of the political analyst in the CIA is to research, analyze and write reports on significant political trends and developments abroad. This analysis is used in support of the formulation and execution of U.S. foreign policy." COVERT ACTIONS ARE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: We ask that you reconsider your decision to interview with the CIA. Working ii~?th ~Che CIA ?me2ns ?working 'for an ~organiiation whose activities violate many of ~-,z. ~'~+hys Zi-.l ~~4aCa.-zJ CohS,p~p~, in4~~Qrl[~lp ~ eSpet;elly Y-fu. ~..-q~~ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19: CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/19: CIA-RDP90-008068000100360003-8 CORNELL CIA CONNECTION The following questions come from part of a CIA brochure entitled "People Often Ask". After each question are two answers. The first is the CIA response. The second is our response. tJe ask that you compare the [wo answers and consider this question. IS t70RKING FOR THE CIA MORE THAN JUST A GREAT CAREER OPPORTUNITY? 1) Who watches the CIA? Two committees of Congress ... have been established for the sole purpose of overseeing the activities of the Intelligence Community. We do too: We are a group of Cornell students and faculty who object to the CIA's history of illegal covert actions which violate United Nations' International agreements. 2) What kind of people work in the CIA? - Scientists en i i li i , g neers, econom sts, ngu sts, mathematicians, and computer specialists are but a few of the disciplines continually in demand. People like Cornell graduates c~~ho consider working for the CIA as a great advancement opportunity. They don't realize that the work they'll do is linked to covert actions which have led to the assinations of foreign leaders and violations of international agreements. 1 3) What is Covert Action? C.~ - Covert Action is a special activity conducted abroad in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives and executed so that the role of the U.S. gov- ernment is not apparent ... Covert action is distinct from the intelligence gathering function. Covert Action over the past 20 years has meant working to destabilize and overthrow foreign governments, plotting assinations of political leaders and training and arming insurgency groups in other countries in clear violation of international agreements. COVERT ACTION IS NOT DISTINCT FROM INTELLIGENCE GATHERING: The two are connected. This quote from a CIA brochure shows the relationship. "The principal task of the political analyst in the CIA is to research, analyze and write reports on significant political trends and developments abroad. This analysis is used in support of the formulation and execution of U.S. foreign policy." COVERT ACTIONS ARE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: We ask that you reconsider your decision to interview with the CIA. 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