HOUSE TRANSCRIBER EMPLOYEE INDICTED IN SPY CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000201830092-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 92
• Publication Date: January 15, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TIMES
15 January 1986
House Transcriber Employee Indicted in Spy Case
By STEPHEN ENGELBERG
Special to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 - A Federal
grand jury today indicted a messenger
for a Washington-based company that
transcribes official proceedings on two
counts of spying for the Soviet Union.
The messenger, Randy Miles Jef-
fries, 26 years old, was charged with
'both delivering and attempting to de-
liver transcripts of closed hearings of
the House of Representatives that were
transcribed by the Acme Reporting
Company. He was also charged with
misuse of classified documents.
If convicted, he could faces a possi-
ble sentence of life in prison on the first
count and 10 years in prison and a
$10,000 fine on the second.
His attorney, G. Allen Dale, has said
his client is not guilty.
Mr. Jeffries has been held'without
bail since his arrest Dec. 20.
The case has raised questions about
the security procedures at the House of
Representatives, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence has begun a
study of whether changes are needed.
The House has a staff of stenographers
with security clearance but it occasion-
ally contracts with outside companies
to transcribe closed hearings.
Federal officials have said that the
transcripts involved a hearing last
year at which Pentagon officials dis-
cussed the military's methods for com-
municating with its nuclear forces in a
war.
Michael Giglia, an agent of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, testified
at a pretrial hearing that Acme dis-
carded classified documents in the
trash after tearing them by hand. Fed-
eral officials have said this would be
violatation of Federal rules, which re-
quire either shredding or turning such
material to pulp.
Mr. Giglia testified that Mr. Jeffries
was overheard making a telephone call,
in which he offered to sell documents to i
the Soviet military office here., An
F.B.I. undercover agent telephoned
Mr. Jeffries and said he was continuing
the negotiations on behalf of Moscow,
Mr. Giglia said.
According to Mr. Giglia, Mr. Jeffries
told the undercover agent he had al-
ready given the Soviet Union sample
pages of the documents and offered-to
sell a complete set for $5,000. Mr. Jef-
fries said the documents.were being
held by a friend, who did not know what
they were, the agent testified.
Mr. Jeffries was then arrested. Mr.
Dale, the defense attorney, has argued
that the arrest was made before a
crime was committed.
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