C.I.A.: THE CASE FOR GEORGE BUSH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100010067-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: November 19, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE i'IEi' 'Yr,'_-'P K TIMES
19 Noti emb er .1-975
'.' ie Case- for er L Bush
To .the =Editor:
The C.I.A. has been under attack for
-allegedlyviolating its. charter, which
restricts' it to foreign intelligence op-
erations, for alleged assassination plots
aganst;,?foreign heads of state and for.'
other: peccadillos. Senator Frank
C; it Idaho Democrat, heads one
committee which is investigating the
C.LA . Piesident Ford has nominated-
George Bush as the new director of the
C.LA. The Times, The Baltimore Sun,
Senator,Church and Senator Proxmire,
Democrat of Wisconsin, have indicated -
prer:atuii opposition to Bush even
before ,.he'-has :'.testified. ..Let us look
ai_ the record.
If confirmed; Bush will bring a Phi
3etaaKappa from- .Yale, considerable
xDerience as an administrator in the,
bUsnessworld, experience as a naval
aviator ' in World. War -I1, experience
as - a.' two-ter.m Congressman and
experience, gained in two'most delicate,
sensitive rand high positions in diplo-
macy; -chief: of the U.S. mission to
mainland- China grid Urs._Ambassador
to thei 1U. 1. In otherlwords, he brings
intelligence, proveTt executive capacity
and--a thorough:.-groundin in foreign
affairs::T_he objections 'to him are that
he . also served as: chairman:.'of the-
Republican ..National Committee, and
that he ' is;not a professional spook
andis`an::"outsider" to the intelligence
community.'
Consider that- the C.I.A. is under
under the direction; of "'insiders," or -
professionals. 'Do - tve, ' at ' this time,
-wdnt'another "insid`er"Wdo we want
a=fresh;:inquisitive."outsider"? Is Bush
the ; first ""outsider'.'? -No, John McCone
served`=as'Ca.A:`dtrector. He. was-.not
a -professional spook:- More . recently,
James R'Schlesinger : served` as C.I.A.
director: What. were-' Schlesinger's
credentials?-'He' came from the aca-
demic- world.- in- to serve first as
an assistant director of the Bureau' of
the- Budget and 'then as- head 'of the-
Atomic Energy-Commission-from 1971
to 1972,. when- he. became C.I.A. direr-
tor: Not a. professional -and- not an
"insider." . ..
J.F.K. selected brother Bobby Ken
nedy to be Attorney General- of the
United States: R.F.K.. had no previous
experience as -a prosecutor--but- did
have terrific partisan experience as
J.F.K;'s'--campaign manager. The At-
torney General is' over- the F.B.I., the
domestic intelligence gathering agency
in this Country. Did Senators Church
and-Proxmire-vote to confirm partisan,
nonprofessional - "outsider" R.F.K. to-
thatsensitive job? Did -The Times and:
The: -Sun. approve? : Some 'say R.F.K.
worked',out well. Does Bush deserve- !
the same -opportunity? Cart confirma-~4
tion' and : approval o% Bobby Kennedy;'
McCone and Schlesinger .square- with.';
the - a "priori attempted knifing -of_
George=Bush? I'think not. - i
ANTHONY J. P. F. RR'IS
Houston, Nov. I1,' 1975-
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