STATEMENT OF ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

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• Publication Date: March 18, 1980
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STATEMENT OF
ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE.
BEFORE THE
PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
01`i
H.R. 6588
THE "NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ACT OF 1980"
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MARCH 18, 1980.
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I'm delighted that the President in his State of the Union
Address asked the Congress both to enact charters for the intelligence
community and to relax some of the excessive restraints that have
been imposed.upon us in recent years. The Congress responded
favorably to these remarks of the President. This is a testimony
to the soundness of the President's policy over the last three years
of endorsing regular and thorough Congressional oversight of the
intelligence community. In the absence of such oversight, some
constraints were placed on the intelligence community which are
now not necessary.
These constraints are mainly limitations on our ability to.
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keep our necessary secrets. It is clear that/these rules are not
changed in the near future our ability to collect the intelligence
needed.for the conduct of foreign policy could be severely hampered.
We have the finest intelligence service irk the world today-With the
passage of charters and the lifting of these restrictions, we will
certainly keep it that way.
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A_R T I CL?E APPEARED
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LEA .i ERS
NEWSWEEK
3 December 1979
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In your report "Spying on U.S. Business"
(NATIONAL AFFAIRS, Nov. 12), you quote
me as saying that the results of security
checks of U.S. industrial firms are "dis-
couraging." I would like to correct the
record. That quotation was from a speech
made in August of 1977. Since that speech,
I have been very- encouraged by the respon-
siveness of American industry to new em-
phasis on industrial security. The results
have been impressive. I no longer find the
situation "discouraging." Instead, it is
heartening.
STANSFIELD TURNER
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C.
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