'HOT' US INTELLIGENCE EXPERT JOINS CIA

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CHRISTIAN 312=IC,E, MONITOEst
29 January 1931
'Hot' US intelligence
exper/ joins CA
By Daniel Southerland
Staff correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
_
Washington
A new Central Intelligence Agency appointment has gone
virtually,. unnoticed among the public at large but is being
widely 1, applauded among US government intelligence
- ? -
Vice?Adm. Robert R. Inman, now-chietof America's larg-
est intelligence orgenieation, the supersecret National Secu-
rity Agency. (NSA), has been chosen by President Reagan to
take the No. 2 position at the Central Intelligence Agency.
?
- Among intelligence insiders, the- publicly anonymous
three-star admiral is considered America's "hottest" intelli-
gence officer. Most of what Vice-Admiral Inman accom-
plished at the NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, Md., 15
miles north of Washington, remains shrouded in secrecy. But
in closed testimony over the past 31/2 years, the bespectacled,
youthful-looking admiral has impressed senators and con-
gressmen with the effectiveness of the NSA's many elec-,
tronic listening posts around the World._ With 20,000 employ-
ees, the NSA has more personnel and a larger budget than
the CIA.
,
The NSA was created 28 years ago to intercept the mes-
sages of foreign governments, and it is believed to have
broken more than half of the world's existing governmental
codes. lJnbi the Soviets caught on, the NSA was reputed,
among other coups, to have developed a system whereby it
listened to telephone conversations between Soviet leaders in
the Kremlin and other top Soviets driving in their
chauffeured limousines around Moscow. During the mid-
1970s, the NSA suffered a brief period of notoriety when it
was learned that, at executive branch instruction, it had
- eavesdropped on American citizens. ? -
Irunan is known to believe in competition in the analysis of
intelligence, and this is something the- Reagan administra-
tion is pledged to pursue. According to one report, the De-
? fense Department wanted hh-n to take over the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency, but new CIA chief William J. Casey, insisted
he was needed there instead. -
Because of his experience in dealing with the technologi-
cal and electronic side of intelligence collection, "Bobby"
_ ..Inman complements Mr. Casey. Casey's most active involve-
, ment in intelligence work was during World War II, when be
was In charge of dropping agents into Nazi Germany.'` ?
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'----,:iitiViksEEDIGTON4?Secretary of StateAl.--\--ander M. Haig JrOn ,Wedne's= '
"...7daY-7 flatly ruled out-the-supply of_ any military; equipment to Iran andde= -
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]'-'_---clared-- :that countering, international'terrorism will replace human rights as !
-:laicireign policy priorityfor the United States,' '2=1; - ., `..,-;.'"- - ? - ' '
--,,--ILAthe--outset of :??s--.y;fic-st.,news 1
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l'canferenceas secretarya day after '
'Ll.t.hpation'S7capital7-ce1ehrated -the-1
:rettrriibithe former Americanhos-
'. tages from Iran; Haig,. said,-Met me...-
7-s-t&-----c---ategaricaLT-Y.:tcclaY there with-.
:,-be_rfo:rililitary*p#ment provided -,-.
-,. tc1:--the- government!xof.: Iran - either
nder earlier obligations CT as-yet- ':
unstated requests
In spelling out foreign policy Pri- -
?rites for the incomingR-eagan Ad-
ministration, Haig put both Iran and
the. Soviet Union in the:category of
nations :that foster ancVencourage
terrurimmanctlielm ade., any: arms
--..c antral.; negotiations ;with:412e So-
viets contingent upon theii_behavi-
:or in other areas of activity_j
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teMplate. negotiatiori=7,ratifica-.
tion:r of,,arrns., controL-aeements
eactizive:,:ofzconsidla-atiorr.-of . the
'conduct and activities crEthe Soviet
Uniori.7. outside . the sphere ;of arms
-control:7 he-said..=:1;jr.,72
iering.Terrorist-Aii
tr4Eraii:leit no doubt-that Ccilmter:-..
4ng acts:of terrorisrei:siinilar _to the -
t_seizure of the hostages lias-aSSuined:
-.-a?toli., priority Reagan '
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- and his foreign policy advisers:
-7-.;'-?. Haig; Wice-Presiclent-IBUshfand-.
other:rnembers'of 'the- SoeciaLCenor:, -
dinating Committee- of-the Nationali/
Security- Council .met,with Reagan'.
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fon Monday for more than an hourto
dliCuis. -the-71'61E1?-6f 7iiie-Ttliiiiiif
States to resjlond to terrorism here
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and:overseas; Actrainistration`offi='-
cials said;;;-..17
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By JACK IZOB6RTS()N
ELECTRONIC NEWS
213 January 1 981
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/11 NAHEINI, Calif. -- Rear Adm. Bobbie Inman, director of the
Li_ National Security Agency. and nominated to be deputy CIA director.
now claims he is not so alarmed that state-of-the-art commercial computer
security encryption devices are prngressing ?so fast that U.S. government
and military codes could be endangered.
Two years ago, the NSA chief sounded the toscin that the commercial
computer industry unintentionally zind quite independently was beginning, to
encroach on NSA code technology.
He was concerned that computer security microcircuit encryption techni-
ques ? though not as sophisticated as NSA code systems ? could become
openly available to potential U.S. adversaries. Such forces could begin
duplicating the devices ? or simply buy top-quality U.S. commercial
encryption units on the open market ? for use in their communicataons,
making U.S. code-breaking efforts more difficult.
Interviewed after speaking to the Armed Forces Communications &
Electronics Association's recent western convention here ? only his second
public appearance ? Admiral Inman said he may have been a hale
premature in his concern.
"Studies we have made now show that the commercial computer industry
is not moving quite as fast as we had originally feared in developing highly
advanced encryption technology," the NSA director said. "We can live with
the present situation."
PERHAPS COMPUTER ENCRYPTION technology is not rushing ahead
quite as fast as NSA feared, but it is said to be only a matter of time before
the NSA director's original alarm will be justified. ESI ? and the oncoming
VLSI ? circuits will certainly make highly sophisticated encryption tec'oni-
ques economically and technically feasible.
Perhaps Admiral Inman foresees the futility of trying to hold back the
commercial technology floodwaters. Little short of a police-state iron hand
could stop commercial semiconductor and computer firms from developing
the technology that worries NSA.
A hyper stop-commercial-encryption campaign only puts the spotlight on
an unsolvable dilemma, anyway, focusing the interest of our adversaries on
technologies they may have overlooked or be unable to exploit without other
academic or commercial assistance.
THERE IS A LESSON HERE for export control hardliners in other mis-
guided high-visibility campaigns to try to stem all exports of critical
technologies.
In a free society, total embargo is not possible ? or desired ? but the
publicized campaign certainly focuses Soviet and Communist Bloc attention:
on technologies that could help them the most. Then it is not that difficult for
such potential adversaries to follow the technical roadmap we have given
them, picking up needed products from other Free World suppliers, the open'
market, or clandestine diversions, supplemented by readily available'
academic and industry data, seminars, and publications.
If Admiral Inman foresees commercial encryption technology not movingl
ahead that rapidly, his own agency's military technology has also run into a
few snags on major programs.
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OM ME An-7 STATINTL
25 JANUARY 19e1
WI PAPP,
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The Washington ?Star today continues
compiling nominations and appointments in
the administration of President Reagan with
yesterday's announcememts from the White
House. Subsequent lists will be published as
the job vacancies are filled. '
SUB-CABINET OFFICIALS
The pay of the' following is It Executive
Level III, currently $55,387
? Roscoe L. Egger, commissioner of inter-
nal revenue. - v.
Vice Admiral B.R. Inman, deputy director
of central intellnce.
Norman B. Ture, undersecretary for tax
policy, Treasury Department.
Robert W. Blanchette, administrator,
Federal, Railroad Administration, Depart-
ment of Transportation.
The Pay of the following is' at Executive
Level IV, currently $.50,112:-
+le
John M. Fowler, general counsel, De-
partment of Transportation.
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ART.V;LE.
THE WASHINGTON POST
?N 25 January 1981
& like Causey
and Lee Lescaze ?
??.
Washington Post Scat t Writers
? '-.The Reagan -administration yester-
day backdated its tough federal hiring
? freeze to Nov. 5 and the president an-
nounced his choices. to head? the; Inter-
nai Revenue Service and to be deputy -
_dirk:tor of thee Central Intelligent:el
Aeencv: -
e.-The decision-to backdate the freeze.
to the day; after .Reagan's landslide
!ele-Ctiore victory will, be a: jolt ,.to ,the.
?bureaucracy and to thousands of peo-
ple Who halve ...been, promised federal!
. .
jobs since then. but not yet on the
payroll The backdated . freeze ifter;-.
Min to face. legal Challenges from diS;
appointedrjobeseekers.-7--..
, Except- for "-.emergency situations,
? people-offeredea job since Nov. 5 can-
. not now be hired. When no freeee is
in effecteethe:executive branch :ag-en-
cies hire. about 1,500 new workers. a
day. -
? Reagan chose Roscoe L
partner- in the giant accounting- firm-
of Price Waterhouse & Co., to- head
the IRS, and Vice Adm. Bobby!. It I
Inman, an intelligence specialist whom 1
President Carter named to nead tne
National Security Agency, to he depu-
tv to CIA Director William Casey.. ,
Inman:- 49: is a former No. 2 man
-at the- Defense. Intelligence Agency
and 'heact-oUthe? Naval; Intelligence.
Department.e.As . head of- the.super-
..
secret...NSA, ?Inman.- established, goo
working relationships__ with coneeri-
r -
. sional oversight, committees- -1-le -is, re-
..garded within..the Pentagon'as- one Tif-
the brig,htest: younger_ admirals.. ;
:. Egger,..::60,-;...w.as -. for ,-.17,- years, , the-
partner-,inechaig-6 of his pria'Stax.4e.:,.
partment- before 'switching in .1973. to.
head its ? Office. of Government . Ser
vices ::-!,-','--e-Ace. e'ref.'ffe, I ,..!!iil -.,, eel)----1 ..?
.. Reagan ,promised ! a 'hiring. freeze,
,during hiPiesidential Campaign. and -
'issued the order imposing' one Within
hours' OF being inaugurated. The deci-e
sion to backdate it is a surprise", how-
ever. ? ?e.
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, The executive branch has been un-
der a partial hiring freeze, allowing
only one of every two vacancies to be
filled, since last March. Full-time per-
manent employment dropped by
about 20,000 jobs in the first months
of this freeze, imposed by President
Carter. But recently the agencies ?
clearly anticipating a Reagan freeze ?
went,on what officials have described
as-a "hiring binge." -
Full-time -emploYrnent in the execu-
tive branch has been increasing since
'September. despite Carter's order and
now stands at 1.86 million.
Officials at the Office of Manage-
ment, and Budget, which will oversee
Reagan's freeze, say that making the-
freeze-retroactive does not mean that
people hired in recent months and al-
ready, on the payroll will be fired.
They _are probably safe. _Those prom-.
ised jobs' but not on the payroll will
have- to get clarification of their status,
OMB officials said.
It is expected that agencies that
haw ?issued job promises will have to
ask whether they can go through with
the hires or not.
The freeee guidelines, signed by
acting ONIB director Dale R. McOm-.
ber (Reagan's choke for director, Da-
vid A. Stockman, is not expected to
get Senate confirmation until Tues-
day) say that the freeze applies to "all
departments and establishments and
to all types of appointments, tempo-
rary as well as permanent" except for
certain exempted positions.
Exemptions ,will be for- jobs that
protectlife and property, and for
medical, hospital and other health
care operations. Agency heads seeking
other exemptions must submit written
justification to the director of OMB.
The freeze does not .apply to the
U.S. e!epostal . ? Service,. ?a quasi-
government corporation with more
than 650,000 workers, no to execu-,
tive-level jobs nor non-career positions
in the Senior Executive Service.
Federal officials say a lot of ques-
tions remain despite yesterday's new
guidelines. They anticipate that some
mechanism' will be established to han-
dle "hardship.cases," such as a person
who-was promised a job-after Nov. 5,
iithis Id job his.= home and
d1wc1.A 1E19.1,7act9a,
Federal hiring freeze-
new. There have been h.
dered by Congress or pr
past 20 years, but. this 1
one in memory and t
makes it unique. Cri
Reagan's right to backd.
to months when ano
president. In addition
. Inman, Reagan ? ap
other-Men to top gov
yesterday: .?
? Norman B.: Thr,
economist, to be unders
Treasury for tax policy.
? John M. Fowler, ,
officer of the Reading
eral counsel -- to the I
Transportation. .
? Robert
with lone and varied r,
ence, to le administrat,
end Railroad Administr.
In addition,: White I-
staff James A. Baker
that John F. W. Rogers
pointed special .).ssistant
merit and acting direct?.
of administration in the
Rogers will he responsib
ing, personnel, finance an
ence units in the White
as for the White House
fice. ?- ?
ere nothing
If a (keen or-,
-,idents in the
the toughest i
e. backdating
:us challenge
e .
,Next Few Days-,
By Jeremiah O'Leary--
Wasinngtort Star Staff Writer
- .
sident7Rea gall; Yesterday an
nounced five more .sub-cabiner
nominatiooi and aides said there
- will be a 'deluge" of high-level ap-
pointments-coming from the White
House in the-next few days ta break
a logjam in. the personnel process.
Acting for. the president, White
House= press secretary James S.
Brady. announced the following
nominations; all of which will re-
quire Senate approval: - ? - -
to Roscoe L. Egger Jr., a partner
in the accounting firm of Price
Waterhouse and Co., to be commis-
sioner of internal revenue.
? Vice Admiral Bobby R. Inman,
director of the.- National Security
Agency, to become deputy director
_of central intelli ence.
*Norman ure, an economic.
consultant, to- be undersecretary of-
the Treasury for tax policy.
*John-M. Fowler, vice president
and chief:financial officer of the
Reading Railroad, to be general ,
counsel .of the-Department of I
Transportation........-
*Robert W. Blanchette, a
prominent Washington lawyer, to be
administrator of the ? Federal Rail-
road Administration in the Depart-
ment of Transportation-. .
The White House also announced
appointment of John F.W. Rogers
as special assistant for management
and acting director of the Office of
Administration under Reagan's
chief of staff, James A. Baker III.
Egger has been with Price Water-
house for 24 years, first as head of
the firm's tax department and then I
.as chief of its Off of_Government'f
Services; ;, - ? ? .
A native of Jack.Son,..MiSS., he
graduated from Indiana University
and from .George Washington Uni-
versity Law School in 1950. He re-
cently served as one of seven private
sector members appointed to the
Commission on Administrative Re-
view 'of the House of Representa-
tives. He is a member of the
American Institute of Certified Pub-
lic -Accotintants, the U.S 1 Chamber
of Commerce and the District of Co-
lumbfa4. and American Bar Associ-
ations. . _
Inman is a resident of California,
but since 1977 he has been in charge
of the supersecret communications
operation at Fort illeade,_11cLaadi-
tionallyzAvhen a civilian heads the
CIA, the deputy directorship goes
to a military officer.
Inthan TOirre-d- the Navy in 1952
_througLa Dflicers Candidate School
,and is zg ad.rateof_the University
cirTeKaS and the gational War col-
-lege. From 1974 to 1976 he was direc-
tor- of the Naval Iulell...3eace
Department and-was also in charge
_QtTh_atelligence for the commander
iashief ot_thei_Bacific_ Fleet.
He is considered an ideal choice
for the second position at CEA. be-
cause he is current on .the latest
methods of intelligence-gathering ?
? through use of space satellites, com-
munications intercepts and code-
--tireaking_wida_CI A Director
Willi.am_Ca_seya_s_been away from
ractive intelligence work-Sqc-e ?
yorld War IL =
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 24, 1981
The President announced today his intention to nominate Vice-Admi a
B. R. Inman as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.
Since 1977, Admiral Inman has served as Director of the National
Security Agency, From 1976 to 1977, he was Vice Director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency.
From 1974 to 1976, Admiral Inman served as Director of the Naval
Intelligence Department. He was Assistant Chief of Staff Tntelli er
to the Commander of Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1973 to 9 4
From 1972 to 1973, he was Executive Assistant to the Senior Aide
the Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
,
Admiral Inman entered the Navy via the Officer Candidate School it 9'2.
He is a graduate of the University of Texas (B.A. 1950) and the N tmal
War College (1972).
He is married and has two children. The family currently resides it
Ft. Meade, Maryland. Admiral Tnmaa was born on April 4, 1931, an
is a legal resident of California.
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Vice Admiral Inman as Number Two Man at the CIA
BILL LYNCH: ...Among the latest Reagan choices for
key subcabinet jobs is Vice Admiral Bobby Inman to be number 1:io
man at the CIA. Inman currently heads the super-secret Ndtiorll
Security Agency.
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THE WASHINGTON STAR (GREEN LINE)
19 January 1981
T it C.'
ON
- Reagan--Sele s--
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&thanaasUS.iT
: I
r_easurer
By' Jeremiah O'Leary
:--Washingtort Star Staff Writer
_
-Angela Marie Buctianan;-sister ot
eonservatiVe columnist Pat Buchan- ,
',ant -and -a-veteran.:Reagan, loyalist,
has been ',chosen by President-elect
,:..RonaId..12,eaganaG.he the nexttrea.-_
, ;surer of the United:Statps, informed'
SoUrces at Reastan,headquarters said
today- ,
The decision: is one of nearly,300
-.SubCabin.et jobs that were approved
,.overnthe..I4eel:end...,and which will,
, be announced soon, possibly today.
receivingslinal approval of
Reagan and his top advisers was
Adm. Bobby Inman, director of the
. National Security Agency, to become
. deputy director ot. the CIA under
WilliamJ: Casey.
' It was also reported that-the'dr_--
- again; off-again sithatiom f or-the-key-
, post of assista.nt:secretary of state,
Tor inter-AffefiCan affair S has been
--resolved-by-selection-of.forrnec Flor-
ida Sen. Richard,..Stone;?,i, '
-?-It --still--was-not- knovin- Wheth-er.,
_ the deputy's post at the State Depart-
ment would go. to California-Judge "
? William Clark;to-Fred Iklerformer--
director of, th.e.-Arms -Control:-and-
-Disarmament Agency;.,or to someone
.else..'
.---,Solirces close. to Reagan said that
the delay.Tin...naming people to the
300-plus?undersecretaryships and as-
sistant secretaryships_in the 13 Cabi- 1
n et departments: was :becaus
'Reagan has-heen-husTworking-orr
the economiemessages he plans to
deliver in the-early days of his-1
presIclencr-Zlie] sub-Cabinet deci:-,
sions finally were completed Satur-
-d a R 51 n ts a s ft n
clieradquartei-e-'0nt-y-"three--sub-1
.Cabinet nominations have been an- ,
',ncnuaced-formally:r.c,
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Reagan headquarters -today- alsOA
was to announce appointment of
? Larry .Speaks and Mark Weinberg-
-to positions in the new White.House -
under-press secretary James Brady
'and-his deputy, KarnaSma1I?
."Bar-Buchanan, 30; will become.'
''-Treasurer in what has become tradi.-
? tionally a job reserved for women; ?
replacing Carter's.. treasurer Azie
Taylor Morton. She is a' native of
? -Washington and a graduate,"of
Georgetown Visitation Convent who
later received_her ,mastees .degree
iirt-raathematicSat_McGillliniyersity-,
in Canada.
-7 Buchanan, who is-single, Worked
in the financial office fOrthe Nixon
-re-election campaign in 1972.-From
1973' through 1975. shelivedin Syd-,1
.ney,'Australia..In. 1976 she became I
bookkeeper for Reagan's unsuccess;1
.fuLcampaign for the GOP?presiden,:l
tial nomination. After that she was
financial officer for :Lyn .Nofziger's
Citizens for theRepublic organize?
-
tion-She then was-treasurer of the
Reagan-Bush Election Committee.
'officer, was Rea- 4.
? gm's first choice to be deputy CIA
director,but he did not want to give I
. tip the ciirtorshp of tne National
Security Agency lor.the No. 2 man
at another.,
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- - , - - STATINTL-
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romises to
By Georgetardier Jr.,
Washington PosS Start WrItar
. -Declaring 'that "this is not the time
for 7another bureaucratic shakeup of
the;.CIA,"' J.. Casey said yes-
: terday:he would work to revive the
spy,- agekicY's morale4and ffminimize",
the