CIA, FBI: A PARTING OF THE WAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100130060-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2007
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: February 3, 1978
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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MIAMI, FLORIDA
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FEB 3 1978
artin ff of the Ways,
OTH THE CIA and the FBI are try-:'
and their internal morale, and the,
eaves ifi.,qur:,eacup revealhope_for the.:.
FBI, more woes for the CIA.
Why? We'll let the statements of CIA..
Director Stansfield Turner and FBI Di-
'W?1 H Wb
l
tam ester
rector-designate t
speak for themselves.
Judge, Webster, testifying. before the.
Senate 3tidiciary Committee' on? Monday,
promised to?make.the FBI once again-the-
"top . law-enforcement,,agency : -in:;. the
country. '. While advocating -..vigorous
lawir ..*enforcement,; he added, * thatI "it , ......Turner,
should bedone with. due 'regard for the
ri hts'of our Citizens."
were rarely reversed); his dedication -to-
t admiral' Turner, interviewed. by U.S. Constitutional principles unshakable..
News &?'World Report, revealed that the Unless 'he modifies his views of its1
I CIA is cutting back on its. meddling in role, Admiral Turner may succeed in rid-
other -nations': internal affairs. Not that ding the CIA of its dead -wood,. but he
such interference- is' morally indefensi- will never lead it out of the thickets. It is
ble, mind. Or even that the CIA tends to desirable, indeed mandatory, for the CIA-
botch intrigues that it should never-have to collect intelligence from abroad; na z
undertaken anyway. tional security demands it. But foment
Nb 'satcl Acbnrrai Turne# "Today we ing're%olutions elsewhere, inviting more.'.
dcmt think that kind' of interference in Chiles and Angolas, should not be U.S_
otliier p"eople-s. governments,- political` 'poltcy. = t =~ - : ~'
acfiorr is as dsefuT a tool o=_this coun Judge Webster may well reforms
try. We=re-not :esciielwving'it completely; :=~ the FBI, .because 66-7--speaks. within the
but we're downplaying it." ; x context of law and due process. But Ads
Unless he has blemishes that"investr ` -iniral` Turner, byr not -disavowing. .CIA
gators have not found, Judged' Webster meddling in other.:n tions'-internal`poli-
seems the right choice to rebuild the FBI. -...tic . has seta course--that those nations
His personal life-seems impeccable, hid ; can only interp et aswbemg .fall speed
ecord admirable =. his dectstons,:r nstern~
'udicial r
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