CIA ON MEND, INMAN SAYS

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NAPLES DAILY NEWS (FL)
28 February 1983
'dresses In telligenc
Symposium.
By MATTHEW SPINA
Staff Writer.
Amerirra's intelligence' community,' hampered for years by in-
forreiation jeak~,budget cuts, and :an. inability to attract new blood
to its:ranks,".is'on.-the:mend .aided'greatly by CIA`Director,Wil-.:
liarri Casey and his close friendship with President Reagan, a once
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RADIO TV REPORTS, INC
PROGRAM NBC Nightly News STATION WRC-TV
NBC Network
DATE February 6, 1983 6:30 P.M. CRY Washington, D.C.
Probe of Assassination Attempt
CHRIS WALLACE: George Bush is in Italy tonight,
continuing his trip through Western Europe to sell the Reagan
nuclear arms policy. But on this stop, NBC News has learned that
the Vice President has a secret mission, to tell Italian leaders
to continue their probe into the shooting of Pope John Paul, even
if that investigation-ends up involving the Soviet Union.
Diplomatic correspondent. Marvin Kalb reports.
MARVIN KALB: It is not on the Vice President's public
agenda, but we've learned he's been instructed by the White House
to assure anxious Italian leaders that President Reagan fully
supports their controversial investigation into the papal plot,
even if the trail leads to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov.
During his visit to the U.S..Embassy in Rome today, Bush
had a related chore, to stop all leaks, principally from CIA
officials, that tended to dishearten the Italians and discourage
the investigation. Similar leaks from CIA officials in
Washington flooded the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and
the Wall Street Journal this past week, stating, among other
things, that Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who tried to kill the
Pope, was crazy; and therefore neither the Bulgarians nor the
Russians would have used him. But on this point, it seems that
either the CIA is badly informed or chooses, for whatever reason,
to badly inform the public, because the evidence suggests Agca
was anything but crazy.
Severino Santiapichi, the Roman magistrate who sat in
on the early interrogations:
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UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL,
6 February 1983
REAGAN REASSURES ITALIANS ON PAPAL PLOT PROBE
WASHINGTON
The White House told Vice President George Bush to reassure anxious Italian
leaders that President Reagan supports their probe into the alleged plot to kill
the Pope, even if the trail leads to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, NBC News
reported Sunday.
NBC, on its evening news, said Bush, during his visit to the American embassy
in Rome Sunday, also was charged with stopping ''all leaks, principally from
CIA officials, that tended to dishearten the Italians and discourage the
investigation.''
Bellowing the report, a White House spokesman said Reagan last month publicly
stated the U.S. position on the probe, expressing "full confidence that the
investigation is in capable hands, that the Italians are carrying out a rigorous
investigation."
' The various reports in this country that the U.S. is encouraging or
discouraging the investigation just are not true,'' spokesman Mort Ailin said.
'We think the Italians should proceed without people prejudging them. The fact
is they are carrying it out and you accept the results of the investigation.''
Allin said the topic of the probe ''certainly is expected to come up during
Vice President Bush's meetings with Italian leaders, but he simply is stating
U.S. policy in this matter." ,
A U.S. embassy spokesman in Rome said most of Bush's time Sunday was
''private time'' with a few meetings-with Italian leaders at the embassy. He
said no details of the meetings would be disclosed.
Aliin said the White House would have no comment on stories regarding the
leaks.
''There have been stories the last couple of weeks that U.S. government
officials have been putting a little bit of cold water on the whole story,'' he
said. ''We're just not taking a position. The Italians will make the decision on
the outcome of the whole Investigation."
NBC said leaks from CIA officials in Washington appeared In the New York
Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal this past week, stating
that Mehmet All Agca, the Turk who tried to kill the Pope, was "crazy," and
therefore neither the Bulgarians nor the Russians would have used him.
''But on this point, either the CIA is badly informed or chooses for
whatever reason to badly inform the public," NBC correspondent Marvin Kalb
said, ''because the evidence suggests Agca was anything but crazy.''
NBC quoted Roman magistrate Severino Santiapichi, who said in on the early
interrogations, as saying ''all the interrogations of Agca revealed a
lucidity.''
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES .
2 February 1583
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The Were the Atten t he KGB, which,
to Andropov and d the KGB, which,
judg
ing by the Readers Digest and
CIA, Andropov
NBC exposes, seems to be probable,
? ? Andropov's position as the new Polit-
an a icicle f.. p possible
compromised as to make possible
hat is going on with the"My view of his ouster by his own and, perhaps,
Andropov is that some U nhappy colleagues in thePolitburo.
W White House, the CIA, people make this KGB thing sound There is precedent for such anouster
the Soviet KGB, Italy, horrendous. Maybe I speak defen- . .. -'NikltaS.Khrushehevwas"voted"
Bulgaria, Turkey -and sively as a former head of the CIA.. out of office in October 1964.:
Yuri Andropov, as the suspect in the But leave .out the operational side -P on a U.S. standpoint, Andropov
Case of the Pope's Assassin? of KGB -,the naughty things they is in a tough spot. The Italian judi-
Something is going on and my' ilegedly -do..: ' ' L_.-cial investigation proceeds with all
"scenario" may explain the strange . The Washington Times of Dec. 27". deliberate speed,. although the news.
lassitude exhibited by the CIA and, published my critical commentary from Rome hasbeenmeager recent.
CIA Director William Casey towards on this interview. Now one must . ly..Even the Vatican seems to be
what is potentially one of the greatest assume. that-Bush like .any. ambi- avoiding comment-on the investiga-
scandals in modern history - the 1 tious vice president, Wouldn't have tion,:a strange phenomenon, since
greatest since the June 1914 events made such an outrageously idiotic afterall a pope; the vicar-of Christ,\
at Sarajevo. The reputed lack of statement about the KGB without was shotand almost killed
interest by the CIA in the Italian some encouragement or even. an
judicial investigation of the attempt order from the president himself Purther, a source who follows the
on the pope's life almost two years or from a trusted Reagan aide. Bush Catholic press in America told me
of that leading Catholic journals have
ago has become a subject private and the president had several meet- kept their discussion by former CIA executives -- fnllrn"ine ?1%^ %A#-& .t..~a%AdnNe _ Pt reporting of the case to a
VWkM1-LAJ4 At =.
wno scat maintain connections with meeting with
. aM _ _ _- in... _ Is the pope also signaling that he is
the agency - successor as as party c chieeftain... ready to forgive and forget if
If it is true the towards sthe the Italian n maintaining If this theory is correct, then what Andropov lofty attitude e . pov will soften the Soviet atti=
probe, such inaction would come ? Bush was doing was exonerating in tude toward Poland and elsewhere
onlyondirectordersfromtheWhite advance Yuri Andropov of any towards Catholics in the Soviet
House. Such orders may well have involvement-with theassassination empire? Is there some kind of
been issued by President Reagan plot against the pope. Bush's kind "blackmail" operation going on
for all kinds of reasons. One of them: words aboutthe KGB are, of course, because, fora change, the West holds
to get Soviet agreement on some belied by everything we know about some trumps and has displayed those
acceptable form of arras control or the KGB and a lot of that knowledge -trumps by discouraging rather than
on a pullout of Cuban troops from is to be -found in ~ the recently , encouraging speculation about'.
Angola or on some other conten- published report, "Soviet Active Andropov and by leashing the 'CIA tious question. Measures,". issued by the Perna' , :. while awaiting some afore by
There is a clue which might con- neat Select Committee on InwIli- Andropov? firm this scenario:
a clugene of -the House of Represents. The New York Times seems to be
fives the only daily newspaper working
On Dec. 20, 1982, The: -Chris- ositbemysderyaftbe 'sassessin.
tian Science Monitor published a The House report details some: ? ., .Pope
tape-recordsd interview with Vice KGB activities againct'tha enthal.itsexecutiveeditor,
ien~? ~
President George. Bush. In the ques- the United States - activi ,has assigned at least five of hia to
ties which . J p
lion and answer session, Bush, foz` raange from the disgusting to the ?COTreapondents to keep. working on
:.
mer head of the CIA, made several unspeakable. Obviously, the CIA.- -'thecase
statements about the Soviet secret , which uncovered some of these There is sometligiggoiug.on.and
police, the KGB - until recently "active measures,"the White House .:'there fs'no doubt that-Vice.Presi-
headed by Yuri Andropov.- which d Bush' himself know what the dent Bush's tourof Western Europe
implied that the KGB was much . KGB is capable. of. Yet, strangely, has more to do with Yuri ?Andropov
maligned. The crucial paragraph in Bush deplores the exaggeration than with .any.of the cover stories
the interview quoted Bush as follows: about the KGB's "naughty things." j put out for his tour d'horizon.
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as the 1.918,4 Olympics in Los An- endin would go to t>eef up the
geles" and the incident here last s foreign eounterintel ig nee
December in which an anti-nuclear program. These "significant en-
demonstrator, threatened to blowup hancements in both staff and fund-
the Washington Monument and fi- ing." as the Justice Department
sally died in a hill of police bullets: described the increase, are intended
The unit "will be above the usual to carry out recommendations made
competence of a SWAT team and by William J. Casey, director of
short of that which would require central intelligence, to improve the
FBI's capability for countering for.
LTi:.
$800,000 Asked for New budget request 4should leave po
-FBI Hostage Rescue
d
Scta Ss annncihility in ndrireceinv the tna.
military intervention," Colwell told
a budget briefing at the Justice
Department "For several years, we
have been concerned that we would
not be able to meet an organized
threat that falls within the civilian
Jurisdiction area," he said.
The $3.4-billion budget for. the
Justice Department marked the furst.
time it has topped $3 billion and also
the first time that the proposed
spending program for FBI, which is
included in the department's budg-
et, exceeded $1 billion. .
A major part of the $447-million
increase in the department's spend-
ing would be $185 million for the
Administration's attempt to curb
organized crime and its narcotics
trafficking.
By RONALD S. OSTROW, ?tints Staff Writer An undisclosed Dart of the added
WASHINGTON-President Rea-
gar's fiscal -1964 budget. for the
Justice Department calls for spend-
ing 8800,000 for a special FBI
hostage rescue squad that already is
to training at the FBI's Quaatieo,
Va-, national academy and at, an
undisclosed site with themilitary.
The surprise creation of the an-
ti-terrorist unit helped lift the Jus-
tice Department's budget to $3.4
billion, an unprecedented 15% ever
its budget for the current 'fiscal
year.
The omit, which will complete its
training in several months, wilt' be
based at the FBI's Washington field
office and will be available- for
assignments throughout the cvcm-
try. As one Justice Dement
Official explained, "It will be an
alternative to caning in the mili-
tary" when a major hostage sitxua-
tion occurs.
Presently, the FBI's 59 field of-
Bcea have SWAT teams made up of
marksmen who serve on theteam in
addition to their regular duties.
Agents will serve full-time on the
anti-terrorist unit, with hostage
rescue their "No. 1 priority," the
department official said. ?
Lee Colwell, executive assistant
director of the FBI, said the team "is
designed for special situations, such
. Twelve regional task forces have
been established, including
ei Ries o rating within the
United . .
The increase is a mar ' ?.'of
' ?
$40,142,000 that the FBI would
draw for its highest priority field
prop rams, but the specific amount
for Joreign counterintelligence was
kept secret. - ? .
Colwell said the ratio of Soviet-.
bloc intelli ence agents tin in
the United states t o rj3l ocounterin,
to ence a ents current! a roil-a
mates to rev to put the FBI
n most Outnumbered Position in
several years. ' .. .:
-Steps to relieve the overcrowded
-federal prison system, now operat-
ing 21.5% . above" capacity with
29,097 inmates, include building a
500-bed metropolitan correctional
center in Los Angeles, building and,
planning . two additional . 500-bed
facilities at sites in the Northeast
operations in Los Angeles. San : yet to be designated and adding 340.
Diego and San Francisco, to carry' bed spaces at existing facilities. The
out the attack on such criminal price tag for the prison expansion is
activities. The fiscal 1984 budget ? 896 million. ? .
would provide for 1,260 agents-760 , Officials regard $175 million ear-.
from the FBI and Drug Enforce- 'marked for "high technology"
ment Administration and 500 from ;operations - by ,the FBI- and other
the Treasury Department-and 340 department units as one of the most .
prosecutors to staff the task forces. significant, elements in the budget
Atty. Gen. William French smith,. f'request. ..:. -! , .
The diva of putting an FBI agent
on the sweet with .a -,38 (caliber .
pistol). and a ;shield are over," one.
official said. . The equipment in-
cludes upgrading'FBI computer ca-
pability and that of the I migration
and Naturalization Service as well'
as giving FBI-agents radio wino-
nications that cannot be moNtored
with a simple scanner.
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