CIA CHANGES BUT SPIES ARE HERE TO STAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00418R000100100008-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 11, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 22, 1976
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NEW ifORK DAILY NEWS
22 February 1976
ZVHEN .THE .CENTRAL ~InteUigence Agencyi
was born back in 1947;= its.mission 'seemed:
-clear enough--to ? make sure the' nation was
never again surprised by a PearLHarbor and
limited ca inability' to~sto some: smal l brashfire from
to-fight the emerging Cold `Vac against the developing to an_ a -out confrontation 'with'
Soviets. -; nuclear
power. But he, argues, that only, 5% of the:
Most legislators on Capitol Hill thought they were agency's energies in recent years;have-been diverted.
voting for a National Security Act that would confine. from intelligence-gathering to covert actions.
the agency to intelligence-gathering overseas.. There; - Cit .Intelligence-gathering.overseas: would-. not -be'
was a vague provision allowing the CIA "to perform; hampered by the Ford. proposals or by niostl of the:
such other functions and duties related to intelligence
affecting - the national ` security. as the National;
Security Council may from time to time direct."-But
nobody 'quite knew what that meant. `~-
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In the ensuing: '29 . yews, -both. =Demociahc, 'a
Republican -Administrations.. have - interpreted - it, to
allow the use- of-the CIA not. only. is foreign,.;but
also domestic,-intelligence gathering::. That has?ineladed'a 20=year mail-opening campaign
at John F. Kennedy Airport and other port cities and
dozen., of - cases of break-ins and wiretapping, -mostlf
against CIA employes:=
Did More Than Snoop- -17-3 -7- -
Overseas, the-'CIA has : done-? ore-'than- snoop.
Often the ability to use a' gun- or ,a 'tank *",:More
important than any skill' in- planting, i,hidden mike.
But now that Senate.end. Houssq committee, Vice
President Rockefeller's blue-ribbon-.panel and President
Ford himself all have offered-:their views on'how to
--reform the agencyy_w-hat;is;ih store or. the, future?
Ford isaued-a 36-pageexecative order last-Wednes-
day that basically delimits just what the CIA-.can and
cannot do in the-United States. Ford's-lists of "don'ts'-'l
are based on revelations by-congressional:committees'
that the agency : had,' among:-other things;- conducted
'LSD experiments; on'unsuspectiag people, 'infiltrated
'domestic di3sident gronps_-andplotted to? assassinate
foreign leaders.' Such'past- activt#ie3; =which were -a
minor if - sensationar part' oL -the'CIA orkload-bad '
already been hatted. - _- ? ._ .. ,,..:., -
Secrecy is - any- intelligence ageney'a most.- vita
asset, and-Ford went.a long way-.toward_closing-they
security, leaks--if Congress;. agrees... Y : a _.x=:= :~
r Although prosecutions have been almost impossible;
under existing law, the-new proposal would probably
sharply cartail'leaks-,add publication.of books:about-;
intelligence agencies This: mighti help the-'agency'.i
carry--outs operations;;but-'it. might-,.also -aid, :an-!
unscrupulous= President.-from being discovered in.--leis;
misuse of the agency.~.s
Covert C erations Uncurbed ~'' " i y" """"
X 7%
covert operations-allof the big ones in the past have
been--approved by Presidents 'anyway-;and' the`: CIA
might-continue -to bperate`in-the'field:-Former' CIA
Director William E. Colby, a covert operator bimselta
reforms proposed on Capitol Hill. And Colby insists;
that throughout the heavily-publicized
Congressional
.
hearings,which_spent little.time'on.actual.intelligence.
gathering methods, CIA agents and methods have
remained secret.
Tae day of the spy's infiltrating the highest levels
of a foreign. government ?i9 not over--even in thin era,
of spy satellites and electronic-.wizardry: A -Col. Olegl
Penkovskiy (the key member of the Soviet intelligence;
service who spied for the U. S.). can tell CIA analysts!
esplvaage me'Cn?4_rdlfj2~ougi hp~? 091e~t~_ ozin.3tn
for, its ", ..~ ~sr ?r+r~ok,1
,'n ry and economic espionage tha~~hird~Werid~
:of w aligned nations.'has had an'increasing-fascination=
for the `agency.. t ~-~ -
It 111: in Africa. or in.. South America that young'
diplomats; for example; can be`.recruited men and;
-women-who will represent their countries one day ini
:Moscow -or--Peking:-And who. will
be CIA spies, too.
~cRow*much--of the_information-..the.CIA
-will. be worthwhile?":2 :intelligence' - expert t can, ?
'predict`this'-?in. advance. Perhaps some, of the, most: I
significant "espionage'work" will be.done back-in the-.
:woodsy suburb of -Langley,' across. the--Potomac ! l
f;om ~{tashington where sehoIsrs `.in,economics,
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Political? science and: -foreign languages .:review:
;;,;,-magazines, newspapers;: books and statistical reports-.,
- to try to decipher . what is, -happening- in the world's :
'dosed societies. . - ? .
Ford's intelligence=reform-gives the.. -new -% CIA
"' director;-who is also chairman- of the new intelligence
management- committee, time-,to--try-.to- coordinate
the sprawling-intelligence establishment; which spends
at least $10 billion a year, While his-deputy runs the
:. agency: That should be a-major improvement,
`Joseph- Vodx: as a Tyaibvngtox: correspondent for -TA.
.Now
K' +rrt :Va .. _ _
;rr.Wili;mn E. Cdbjti,,f.:,ner CIAO cleat proliferation I think assist. k 'Colby-.1-He's still .there.; ; . _
cdireete.,-h.'s_b?n a eaiee- spy^'x ance 'from;.UmtecY'_States :;,~, ;N+rs. You:=mean =Americans'
l migutf-resolve at. a local - level ' opp Agents Y ~* -
=~rerdvating osed frent~ Pri- ?. y what..irould _otherwise: become
to., u. 1940, H. se;n n -th: amajor=international crisis. It "~' ~Oiby r Of -course your can't .
z Offiee Hof' Strat i. S.sv e s -in" `is'aot a: matter of -waiting: until - get.some?' good: -information by
'Iyoil&iWar lf,"jo,rrpi,i=.b.hinJ ' e United' States is under a '-= being a bright young-American-
3r_ -.? ,a: :? - rr . ~.:. _. ' nuclear::threab.toact. .""`< ~'~'} n 1n aforeigii country: You've to
Committee- contended: the- CIA=-
working with them:;
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` yorrhr~io.r fi?d w Feev weefei martyr-- of, those-1acilit:es
largely from . our own- self with other. agencies who.~rest=.have,
Naturally, we'didn't
Not. Colby, o- launching, a. more-people-;and spend. more-.
_.._ ?look?at. things : that went well. {money; Z9 it- ossible?~fi3ie: CIA.-
asur eeFeer, as, a 'leetarea?and. We looked ' at some:fat~ures. ~ is becoming a junior, Csitg-i
w r i t e r . and l a s t ,,,,.b. A. a t o p ? particularly at: one event that telligence agency, ' N , ,- ped.bj,.the:Washington Barea" t-c went wrong. We said- on'Oet
of The: Nomats discussth..f?.,- the day-,before:-the start ~ ~lb Oh,no..CIA has'ac:-i
"evre of; t1,.~CtA~witk Joseph w of theaArab-Israeli, war that wq ;' c =:to:. that: reporting .Thal:
: ~ ~!~ R : t? ors =' : _ `v~- didn't think. there.- would be sd` of machinery-can't tell you;
-Newsh President -?Ford's-ad.i f wari4hat .was wrong..and we about the political dynamics be,.
criticized -ourselves But . suc_ aween factions -of the -.Soviet.
iisefi say that no covert oiler- Politburo.'.Somebody .insidebu
' ationo- :will -be barred -'% overseasmnonths:. before, we -? said the tellou.
)by'the-new-intelligence; guide-? -:chances;of war, if there:-wasn't y. s,-,
' lines. ;What types- of ';'movement on the political level, News:. Is, the agency:stronger-
do yosr envision in- the neat- 1~'' *e going to increase substan or -weaker than it - was a- year
aim? ~L ~; Bally.. We raised the.level of 4.iago9
- .; _ ?s = 5 'consaousnes of our govern
ower_ Colby Right now; it is hart: ,
,;Colby:.> Suppose ta.~ s o m e I R anent to-'t he `fact there was
f eouatry here.,is a atruggle~for- y 1~ oblem: You can'_t =e~cpect lug : A number of foreign
epbetween-a group oLpee- - .Moll genre Lo be a crystal ball, agents can't work `for ns:
'pis basically democratically- in-_ Some",. foreign intelligence..
-glue ,a yon going 100%'0 predictton~..
give
what . agencies won't ive us sensitive
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elations_x vith ::thee:~fTnited 3 material. - We seem not -to2be
States ,and,op .the o s t.it to udorm yon oL xa able to keep a: secret. Bu if
.. the probebilihed that something Lyonaslrme how badly.damage~
$uppo t, . orr "a uautho ills ,more kket7 to -hapjiest, tlsa~ ' e CIA is: I rloa't think;
support, o ha .,..,
- b4 omethmg eT 5 eon cil pled. I think te
--want to: be hostiile to ?ths Y,T N4 s
tStates.~, .. - .> :: rc '- , News Is the days of ;some frankly e; CIA will be. strong
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