PLUGGING LEAKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000503880002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 25, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/13: CIA-Ri P90-00965R000503880002-9
NBC SUNDAY NIGHT NEWS ALE ONLY
25 May 1986
6: 30 PM
Plugging Leak.
CHRIS WALLACE: Increasingly
frustrated over leaks of
classified information,
President Reagan wants a
crackdown. And the administra-
tion has prepared a study
recommending how to do it. But
those recommendations have set
off arguments among top White
House officials who disagree
over how to plug the leaks.
Robin Lloyd reports now from
the White House.
5 ROBIN LLOYD: White House
aides say President Reagan
wants stronger action to be
taken as soon as possible
against all government offi-
cials who leak classified and
sensitive information to the
press; one official here saying
there is a consensus now we've
got to get tougher.
Top level administration
officials say the decision to
crack down on leaks came after
the Libyan raid where one
official said he was shocked at
how much leaking of, quote,
very sensitive stuff was going
on.
This week the President's
top advisers, including
Nat onal ecurit vise-
Poindexter, Secretary of State
Shultz, Secretary of Defense
einberger and CIA Director
Casey, will meet to discuss a
secret interne memo which
recommends greater use of
polygraphs and the formation of
a special FBI strike team to
rv o put a stop o lea s
Attorney General Ed Meese
wasn't talking about the memo.
EDWIN MEESE: Well, you're
talking about a topic that
hasn't even been discussed yet.
So I don't want to comment.
LLOYD: But already some
administration officials have
expressed opposition to the
idea of an FBI strike team.
Controversy also continues to
surround the use of polygraph
tests, with CIA Director Casey
in favor and Secretary of
State Shultz still firmly
opposed, a ong with many key
congressmen.
ORRIN HATCH: But
the polygraph itself should not
be a final conclusion. it
should not be the basis upon
which anybody is determined to
be a leaker or a non-leaker or
a criminal or a non-criminal.
LLOYD: Already, two
mid-level officials, one at the
State Department and the other
at the Pentagon, have been
fired for allegedly leaking
classified information. And
officials here say there i,;
widespread support within thrr
administration for this type of
disciplinary action, even a:,
there appear to be continuin,j
divisions about what els,
should be done.
Robin Lloyd, NBC News, at
the White House.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/13: CIA-RDP90-00965R000503880002-9